Unless you get a handy tenant and trade rent for work, you will need to have things fixed often.

Instead he makes about what hed make working at the Trader Joes grocery store.

As Oliver Velez (swing trader) says you look at your stocks (in this case real estate) as an employee.

It is very possible to make 1% a day as a day-trader if you ate disciplined and create a plan as outlined in those sources above.I can also cherry pick investments and numbers to show massive returns whereas you picked overweight tech stocks that were destined for a pull back. 

If you can consistently make good money being a trader (more than a year or two) and can show it on your tax returns you can potentially use that as income to qualify for a property in the future.

I'm also a frequent short-term stock trader but want to diversify to real estate.

I don’t know if you’d get anywhere requiring a few thousand in hard earnest money to reduce re-traders and who,sealers, that’s up to you and your realtor to decide. 

Early in my career - I worked under CPA's who would prepare returns for doctors, contractors, architects, real estate investors, day traders etc. 

Talk to BP members from the location, you'll quickly see a lot of congruence in terms of market perception, expected direction, and their business models Will this location work for my trading business (time zone, taxes, other traders present?)

If you or your employee breaks tenant's things, you pay.I would drop off two days in advance:Go to Trader Joe's and get 4/5 USED florist boxes (the waxed ones with handles that they can't recycle) or go 4 buy boxes.Roll of bubble wraproll of tapeProvide wrapping for their things and tenant puts in another room safely a DAY BEFORE the installation.