In the Alaska Gold Rush people made more money selling the tools and supplies to the Gold Rushers than the Gold Rushers made looking for Gold.

If you're running Section 8, on the other hand, you need to advertise a lot to get a lot of applicants to find the gold in the dross.There's a lot to know, beyond that.

. $1,000,000 in gold vs $1,000,000 in dollar bills. 

--George Bernard ShawOr then again:From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not bringMy passions from a common spring—From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow—I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone—And all I loved—I loved alone—Then—in my childhood—in the dawnOf a most stormy life—was drawnFrom every depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still—From the torrent, or the fountain—From the red cliff of the mountain—From the sun that round me rolledIn its autumn tint of gold—From the lightning in the skyAs it passed me flying by—From the thunder, and the storm—And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Heaven was blue)Of a demon in my view—-- Edgar Allan PoeOr still:"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

RE is so much more complex than crypto, stocks, bonds, gold, etc. and should be taken seriously. 

And then, there are those who have "gold rush fever" and don't understand the fundamentals and are going to lose their money.

No real estate person anywhere has EVER done anything sleazy and backhanded and slimy to make a shady buck...oh no...buncha angels with little gold halos and milk running through our veins...a warm little pat of butter wouldn't melt in our mouths...

I know of plenty of real estate investors that have taken lines on their assets (cars, gold, paintings, stocks, etc.) to buy more cash flowing assets.

Some people do not understand the essence of REI and try to find cheap rentals out of states, while ignoring the gold mine right next to them.

It is EXACTLY the same as "yes little Timmy, you could become an astronaut" or "go for the gold little Suzzie, you could be President some day".