@Eddie StarrCheck out  Robert Hytha https://www.facebook.com/FIXnotes/I think his company is a trader of  non performing construction loans.

The cemetery in on South Higuera is very low profile and will not likely affect property prices that much with your proximity to the green space, Trader Joes, Vons, and several schools within 5 miles.

get their money out of oppressive governments"yes, which gives it an intrinsic value in the trillions"speculators (not investors)"those are two of the same things. i think you might be trying to differentiate between a "trader" and an "investor".

For ex, my SFH is 2400 sq ft, my basement house hack is exactly half of that, so I can write off 50% of my mortgage.  

The Financial advisors you are referring to as having been educated all get paid commissions, the day traders get bonuses based on how much money they are able to bring into their perspective firms every year, they make somewhere between 1-2% of a clients total book and they get paid for every trade that they make "for their client"  for the life time that the client remains with them. 

Thank you for (ex)posing your naiveté for us to see and starting this discussion.

I've read court cases where IRS argued that "book keeping and research" was not a business activity but an investor activity when a day trader lost 100k in the stock market.  

It wont by my spirits though thanks to BP.BTW: Make sure you check out the Trader Joes that opened up I Plano, I hear they have great stuff!

For ex. if you want a property that generates rental of 1500 or 2000$ rentals monthly, then its better to have atleast a million dollar in your pocket. 

*Have you noticed that everyone is a Day Trader now a days, and when people are trading on leverage and a pull back comes, margin calls will be coming in at an all time high.