But to me, this just feels like speculation and gambling.

I don't mind an educated gamble on condition, adds a bit more excitement to it.

We could have hired someone else, but for one week we did not want to take that gamble on an unknown.

Might be worth a 997 gamble.

Secondly, it's this:Let's say I find a property, and I put it under contract and put a deposit in escrow and have it as a legal, binding, authentic contract.

Area was too saturated and signs got pulled quickly.CL seems to yield a great response...from autobots trying to cross sell you anything from viagara to gambling websites...and even some stuff I don't need or want.

I would check to see how much prices have gone up in the last year and I most likely wouldn't buy since you are gambling if you pay market rates for a property.

Don't know if I would take that gamble.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/Amazing what a difference the 2% fee average fund fee makes over a lifetime.

In my experiment I was looking for something super cheap and treating it like a gambling and/or educational experience.