The day I moved to Denver a Trader Joe's opened up in the neighborhood and several large developments were finally underway and when I sold a year later (so owned for 3 years--lived in for 2 and rented for 1) I netted $50k.

In the stock market, if you are an active investor/trader, get yourself a low/no commission account and have at it. 

@Alex Keathley Wall Street Journal did a piece recently on the rise of a new set of day traders.

He's a pretty smart day trader, so when he wants those returns, he knows where to go.

What got me started in the stock market was the Investing for Beginners Podcast and Zip Trader videos on youtube.

I know day traders that can turn $100k into $300k in 4 months.

Just in the same way that many people invest in stocks, but they don't call themselves day traders or stockbrokers.  

One of my college friends died of a sudden heart attack last year in his late 40's, also after 20+ years of working on Wall St (lots of pressure) and it reinforced my decision to walk away as soon as financially feasible and still have my health.Perhaps someone on BP have a story more exciting like buying bitcoin at $1 or win a sizable lottery? 

Hi my name is Adaora Nwogbo i live in Arlington Texas and for occupation I am a Broker (Trader) at a brokerage firm.

Additionally, I'm a fairly active trader on the stock market, so if you're into that I'd love to speak about that as well.Best,Desmond