Wealth is redistributed through higher taxes in an attempt to narrow the gap between the haves and have nots.

For example, consider wealthy foreign investors who invest in US real-estate using EB-5 visas.

We found one neighborhood that, I guess, assumed because they had large lots, then it would be loads of large homes with wealthy individuals, but probably the market at the time, due to this place being the middle of nowhere compared to Houston, ended up just being a lot of mobile homes (they didn't have the foresight to block that I guess), but the HOA rules were written with things codified to where like the only way you could rent one room (and literally only one room) was if it was "your servant's quarters", and it couldn't exist anywhere but part of the house, because you also couldn't have any living space in out-buildings... so like the super-common Houston area 'garage apartment' ADU setup was blocked as well.

You don't need to buy big to retired wealthy.

for example:if you are independently wealthy with all your properties paid off. 

I'm not wealthy and can't keep my rentals if all of my tenants decide that they're not going to pay. 

He preaches that “the best way for the average American to get wealthy is through mutual funds.” I agree with that statement.

The duplex i'm putting an offer on in CT is .25 miles from the water in a very wealthy, white collar area.

Since my law students were going to a very expensive private university, with most of them being supported by their wealthy parents - and them being exhausted and overworked - I didn't think anything less than $100 would motivate them.  

It's the price to be paid for "saving" (read: not spending) money: own it without a business entity structure and manage it yourself in return for the dangers of nut-case tenants and more.No one ever built wealth by not spending.The only way to build wealth is by investing for income.