But I was notified last week that I won the Irish Lottery and I am sending some of that money to a Nigerian Prince so he can bring his inheritance to this country, so I am expecting to receive about $10 Million from the Prince soon, and maybe I'll get back with you.

Originally posted by @Ken Minard:Originally posted by @Stephen Weaver:My home state is in the top 20 4 times so thats awesome.Yeah, it's like winning the lottery.  

People buy lottery tickets too but that doesn't make them a good investment.  

I recently won a small sum of 20k in the lottery.

Which after reading I resurrected a dead RE deal and negotiated a return that was comparable to winning the lottery.

My father-in-law is a farmer, and he likes the joke about a farmer who won the $10M Lottery. 

I guess I was just hoping that he would get things turned around and I would have another 5+ years of on time pay, or I guess I could hope to win the lottery too lol. 

That does seem about right.One thing you will want to be careful about in that strategy is the appraiser lottery.

There are kinds of down payment assistance programs in many different parts of California I read  in LA that provided up to $80k in funding i just got an email about a $10k teachers assistance program in NV .USDA loans 100's of programs across country for civil workers farmers etc The Hud lottery program for teachers,police etc another example Any little bit of assistance can accelerate the home buying timeline for those in need.

I'd take PMI if I secretly know there are buried diamonds in the backyard, or someone that just won the lottery grew up in this home and I knew they'd pay top dollar to get it... you get the idea.