You then can play the "sales" game - Start the rental listing at $950-975, allow them to talk you down, just hold strong at $900.

And then the taxes are much higher.If you want to play the capital appreciation game, be my guest but this is pure speculation.

I still play the market, both long and short positions.  

I think it's important note that you're starting to play the "What If" card which is a slippery slope of negativity. 

But I digress, my point is that if you're willing to play the long game your strategy works fine but if you have the desire to scale quicker forcing appreciation by buying and renovating a property that doesn't have all the bells and whistles is probably your best bet.

Might be a way worth a shot b4 I miss out on deductions for taxes just trying to play the game. 

Many pros are not that forward-thinking and do not plan for when they inevitably are no longer able to play the sport.

There are people that play the appreciation game, only, but this type of speculation sunk a bunch of investors from 2008-2010. 

Because they are book works, go by algorithms, they do what they're told to do by the companies they work with, don't dare go to far and think outside the box, just play the game.

I’m no scumbag trying to play the system.