A blue chip dividend growth stock say Proctor and Gamble will have a lower PE ratio, say 15, that might be the equivalent of slow steady appreciation, but no real price appreciation. 

It’s till a good market to get started in.Are you looking to invest in rental houses, or do you want to gamble on fix and flips?

Yep, the architect and builders who conveniently, for them, dont get to change or dissolve their LLC or company after every new construction.Besides liability there also the problem of selling and zoning.

There are a lot of meetups for local investors so I would strongly encourage you to start attending whichever is most convenient for you. 

@Thomas Weidner Because “convenience” is worth every dollar to most people.

By Day 40, had anyone called the tenant's place of work supposedly inquiring about collecting on the tenant's outsized gambling debts?

@Evan Tan, I do believe gambling winnings are taxable and paying income tax on it would give you documentable income which you need to get financing. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc419

It's a convenience thing for me.

Gamble and play the odds in Vegas, but not in business.

sounds like a convenient cop-out to me. i'm all for people experimenting like this, especially when it benefits the community. as far as tracking hours, most volunteer organizations already do this. if you're sending them volunteers i'm sure they'd be happy to send you accounting of hours volunteered.