Could it have been from real estate? Seems unlikely.
Gambling? Not in Casinos.
Blogging?
Why do you say it is unlikely to make money from real estate?
Perhaps he got the original money from somewhere else, some criminal activity. But he could have multiplied it with luck or skill in real estate market
Gamblers are great at ‘moving money’
Treetop Flyer or pot grow investor.
Hmmmmmm.....
Let’s see.......
Owned and flew small airplanes......
Seemed to live near the border with Mexico.....
Always had lots of money, but no steady job.....
I’ve got it!
He was a used car salesman!
If he smuggled drugs from Mexico, via his planes, I would suspect he would have been a gun-runner to cartels in Mexico but he seemed to accumulate guns though this is an open question.
Rifle he bought on same day of hotel check-in is missing, that out of the 30 in his hotel room(s): http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/vegas-killer-stephen-paddock-bought-33-guns-one-year-600-rifle-purchased-way-vegas-missing/
So, this is curious. Could be anywhere at that.
Fast and Furious type gun running.
8. He was dealer of illegal weapons.
Huh. Have you seen the movie The Accountant? Wouldn't that be an interesting twist to all this?
Maybe he got a government grant to study the sex lives of grasshoppers.
Weapons dealer and all the associated vices such as drugs
Why did he need TWO airplanes?
Lots of money to be made in arms dealing
Ask former California Senator Leland Yee
Who was trafficking for radical muslims in the Philippines
Maybe like Pollack\Paddock
Using that resort - which is muslim owned- to launder money
He worked for the IRS for 10 yesrs. Maybe he gave himself some big refunds.
Good question.
Smuggler, airplanes and casino’s. Perfect match.
Probably a hit man. I bet this loser had murdered before.
Maybe Daddy left him a map to loot from an old unsolved bank robbery.
I have not heard what his current airplanes are. He did own a Cirrus SR20 but sold it in 2007. 5 seater.
Did he own a work plane and a fun plane?