Wealthy Asians will never consider moving to the U.S. - our tax laws ensure that.

My thoughts are that the people who will live there are not very wealthy and would greatly appreciate the ability to either grid-tie , or supplement their electricity bills with sun power.

That's where I see the real potential for getting wealthy from rental properties, not from a $100/door (unless you plan on purchasing and managing 25 or more of these babies until they're paid off).

In fact, you'll find the more wealthy you get, the more you'll stop talking about it, except in places like this and other forums with wealthy people (ie flyertalk, bogleheads).That said, you can always do what I did and trade up to Class A properties; now they call me a "Landed Noble"

Doing so on a small amount of earnings would be much more advantageous than on a larger initial sum they may hold in a retirement plan today.Rather than disparage the use of a self-directed retirement plan as you do, I would take away from your post this: Solid strategies in real estate investing such as you have outlined are a fantastic way to create wealth. I

Buy a small house, get it rented out, with income coming in and a real asset being paid for as the mortgage is paid down.Do NOT, for the love of God, blow the $15k on marketing campaigns in an attempt to get wealthy as a "wholesaler."  

Now, I only use credit cards / lines of credit and private lenders friends and wealthy individuals.Just a couple thoughts that may help you:1) Probably the reason why your credit got hit so hard is because you have high utilizations on your credit cards.

I feel the one who created the course always ends up the one that becomes very wealthy.

As @Anthony Gayden, I also eat a mostly whole foods diet.

If you are wealthy and have sources of income beyond one individual property, then your portfolio cash flow can be positive even as you have a negative cash flow property.