I would be very cautious on the rental property-I am not convinced that rental property will not qualify for the new deduction-borrowing from Hedge Fund land -trader vs investor-it is not defined in the code and as alluded to previously trade or business under 162 goes to case law-in financial services one of the items to determine a trader-which is a better tax position (deductions not subject to AGI 2% limitation)-is regular and continuous activity-lots of trading-turning over portfolio multiple times a yearIn Real Estate World-if someone owns 6 or 7 houses and is always involved-think tenants, busted pipes, collection of rent, evictions when necessary-can you say that does not rise to the level of a trade or business-why is a grocery store any differentI have looked around and I don't see any major commentators saying rental wont qualify unless common ownership (I did see the verbiage in the proposed reg and I think there is a different reason that was put it-something about aggregating rental with non-rental activity)Bottom Line-all I am saying is lets wait and see as comments are submitted to Treasury and not rule anything in or out as far as rental properties are concerned 

Reno seems like a good place to WFH since we have many recreational activities (ski/snowboard/hikes), all the typical shopping/stores (whole foods, trader joes, coscto, 3 big malls) and of course nightlife at the casinos.

Lastly, if you have a trader's mentality (frequent buying and selling), your strategy should be different than a buy and hold type investor. 

Several of the world's most talented traders, economists and businessmen try to do it and most fail.

I forgot to mention the first thing I did was to jump in the binary options but I realized that being a trader is a job with super flexible schedule, not an investment.

That is an extremely high risk venture and only a "TINY" sliver of the investor market - in fact, those folks are not really investors but rather gamblers (similar to the day traders of stock investing).  

Volitity is good for traders.

My cousin told me about this man Reza Mohktarian and how he is a successful public trader and made successful trades for the public (periscope) but now discloses them in his monthly program for only $97 a month.I was very shocked by this news but when I looked into it better I saw some very bad reviews on his previous entity CTM (Capital Trust Entities) and how it was a scam but nothing poor about his recent programs.

Years ago I was a bond trader at the Chicago Board of Trade.  

My name is Erick F. Jarquin.  I am in the global trade of fruits and vegetables.  I work as a Director of business development for the Caribbean and Latin America.  I have zero experience in the real state market but ...