I have previously worked in Investment Banking as an analyst, and was a Forex trader. 

Currency traders make the wrong call half the time so I certainly would not be qualified to guess.In my case if I were to sell there has been a real price appreciation in addition to the paper (currency-based) capital gain so I would probably break even, so not a disaster.  

I also speak some Japanese, and served in youth ministry and missionary work for over twenty years.  

Go for a Japanese or Moroccan style living and dining area design.

A little about myself is I'm a young man looking to get into the world of Real-Estate, currently I am an I.T Network Technician as well as a Forex Market Trader who is aspiring to become a first generation millionaire from a poor family that lives in low-income homes. 

Either job is tough I don't want to give the impression real estate is simple. its not and 50% that try it blow out first year.. but that's better than the 90% who try wholesaling blow whatever money they have and figure out its way to hard  and not really that profitable when you consider the fixed over head that has to keep on churning.Granted like all things cream rises to the top.. and there are wholesalers of course that make money and some in little honey hole locations will trade real estate like used cars.. by that I mean low value assets trading at 5 to 50k per house.. but that AINT the west cost. 

Meanwhile the S&P is up 10% YTD and savvy traders have easily made 20%. 

The goal is to create an all-inclusive platform for collaboration amongst stock traders.

Never ever trade rent for labour.

I would love to connect and trade RE stories to see what we can learn from each other as we go through the process.