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Predictable appreciation is not a gamble or speculation. 

Gathering provides less risky, more secure and predictable results.

The alternative for me was not to buy the properties and make nothing.you always run the risk that they decide not to renew.. this is what took down so many investors in 08.. when all banks decided NOT to renew.. keep that in mind.. not predicting it or anything like that .. but a note due in 5 years is due and its the banks discretion to renew.. not an obligation to renew.

Make sure you account for holding costs and you will probably have to go with an FHA 203k, also be aware the farther in the future your sell date is, the harder it is to predict value at that time. 

Sure, you can’t predict real estate swings.

Age of the roof to predict whether you'll get welcomed with roof replacement notice?

For clarity, I still have a box of baseball/football cards as I idealized Bo growing up. 

Flipping is all about understanding the math and accurately predicting rehab costs, estimate too low and you lose money, estimate too high and you don't bid enough to get a property under contract. 

On a net basis, it has been predicted that Nashville's population will increase significantly increase over the next 5 years.