I thought of the first deal like going to the casino and bypassing the $5 blackjack table and taking a seat the $200,000 blackjack table. 

No one knows for sure what will happen, but you have to make calls based on probabilities like in Blackjack.

You can literally put it down on a blackjack table or take a cruiseOnce the tenant moves out of the property, a landlord must return/account for the deposit within 30 days of the tenant surrendering the property AND providing a forwarding address. 

I dealt Poker, Blackjack, Craps and Baccarat.

At a blackjack table, the house generally has a couple percent advantage over the player who is using a reasonable fixed strategy. 

Stick to Black Jack. 

I usually stick to blackjack, roulette and slots.

Compare the difference between getting a 300-unit apartment building for 80-100 million dollars in Detroit vs Florida (or any other state.) and getting negative cashflow.There's this concept called "EV" in blackjack card counting.

Congrats on the profits but it’s like patting someone on the back who just won at the Black Jack table if you’re strictly depending on appreciation .

If the funds are coming from somewhere else, it's a financed transaction, pure and simple.The reason for this is that if the funds are yours, there's 100% chance the deal will close (if you want it to); if the funds are not yours, there's less than 100% chance the deal can close (your lender can die, go out of business, decide he hates your guts, lose his money at the blackjack table, etc).