Infrastructure spending, lowering taxes on wealthy, ending free trade.

I have worked for corporate America for over 25 years and am now at a place where I no longer want to exchange time for dollars making others wealthy.  

Wealthy people have two things that separate them from everyone else.OptionsTimeThe more options you have in life directly correlates to true wealth.

You should also look into Kyle and Buda south of Austin if your goal is to purchase rentals for long-term wealth.  I

Employees can become wealthy, but owners do far better.It's a very common approach to be successful in business and then branch into real estate. 

For everyone else in the forum, Singapore real estate is crazy (and that goes for a lot of SE Asia, actually, since there are so many wealthy investors from China and other developing countries).  

My wife and I have chosen RE investing because of:The Cash Flow Factor Tax Benefits (to help keep more of our hard earned money) Wealth Creation / Net Worth Security (well, more then most other investments anyway - because everyone needs shelter)If you notice, wealthy people always have real estate in their holdings (including politicians who want to impose higher taxes on the rich - funny how that works).

I think there are quite a bit of both of these types of people visiting BP and would hate to deny the next @Brandon Turner the information they need in order to build their financial future.Maybe the answer is that posts about investing with no (and low) money down should have disclaimers warning newbie investors that it is important to make sure they have their personal finances in order before they invest and link back to some articles that teach the basic tenants of creating wealth. I

As a result of this I may as well study and get a certificate for something that applies to becoming wealthy through real estate - my goal.

When I read "The Millionaire Nextdoor" book, I thought it would be cool to be independently wealthy but not let it show through in my lifestyle.