One "student" has a side gig: mining bitcoin - lookup what open pit mining rigs look like on Amazon- ten fans, thousand wires.Or they have a grow in closet or in the bathroom -black or silver plastic with zippers and lots of vents and fans.Bill it to tenants they all know who is doing the power grab.

Look into which block chains and new technology is being created around real estate to comprehend and possibly invest. 

They have over speculated 10 fold, they are buying up gold and bitcoins like crazy (they know they are tanking their economy) and censoring what we hear about it.

Those types of things do not exist (unless you believe in bitcoin or bought apple stock like forrest gump).

So many people see the big NET returns and think STR/vacation rental are the next bitcoin.

You might even start to spread out into reits or index funds or Bitcoin.

I cannot tell how many friends and family I've told about REI and all they want to do "BitCoin" and in most cases "nothing".

I am a freshman at the University of Sioux Falls and I been investing since I was a 16 years old when I bought my first bitcoin!

@Greg Gibson I would buy a bunch of bitcoin as soon as it hits 2k...

These people are your eyes and ears in the market and when you find a quality one, they're worth their weight in gold (or bitcoin lol).These are just the steps that I use to get more familiar w/ certain areas.