I've spent a couple of hours, for example, swapping out a sink faucet.

I just spent a fair amount of money to demolish and rebuild a patio in my back yard.

From m vantage point of being a CPA to real estate investors, I see a lot of money being spent on investor education with nothing to show for it.

It is money well spent IMHO.

I've spent the last few weeks getting an education (books/forums/guru courses, etc.) though I'm sure that's going to go on for years.

I am thinking that the little bit of time that I do have should be spent on deals that will bring me many years of cash flow and bigger payoffs down the road rather than a couple hundred bucks a month for 3 years.Whats your take on this?

We all know looking for and analyzing properties takes a lot of time which can be better spent most of the time.

Your time would be better spent chasing black helicopters.

She spent the last 2 days looking for our new home!!

However, the size of that impact may be negligible and depends partly on just how much USD are spent by Japan each year, and what % those numbers represent of total US dollars traded in the foreign exchange market.