Chapter Fifty Four
Tom Rule was fabulously wealthy, yet he wanted more.
A legendary, savage short bond and options trader, he had seen the NASDAQ axe falling after 2000 and had shorted the NASDAQ and made oodles of money for having done so.
Realizing that the Las Vegas real estate market was ripe for the picking and that the city was growing like a cancerous tumor he had left his frigid northern home, and bought a sprawling mansion in Spanish Hills off of Sahara and Tropicana. He owned several apartment, condos, houses as well as a massive Artists loft, which he spent much time in.
Along with other real estate investments he had become even richer and been making more money than he never thought possible as Las Vegas land and homes values escalated almost on a daily basis. He also thou
