They then had to pay another $2.5mm out of pocket (the husband was a hedge fund trader, so not devastating, but hurt).

Of course, make sure you can afford it, but be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. 

Most haters (not pointing a finger at anyone in particular, just generally speaking) are simply angry and greedy as F.

Great example of how "NOT TO BE GREEDY"!!!!!

Am I being greedy?

Purchasing land in the path of progress is generally a long-term greedy play and many developers learn to "land bank" using various techniques to generate some cash flow on what is really a cash drain until you put the project in service. 

In fact day traders flip the same stock many times tax free in IRAs.

This is stuff for men who are both greedy and lazy.

Some may call it greed, I call it ingenious. 

I also day trade, always looking to neet fellow traders