Interesting read. If you're a real estate investor looking for high yield portfolios - one thing to consider might be to become the bank. Start looking for opportunities to make short term high interest loans secured by real estate - for other investors and house flippers. If you provide favorable terms , then you can outshine other local private money lenders and put your money to work. You have to be careful how many loans you make in a year - but follow your local laws and you can collect passive real estate income without even having to buy or sell it.