last home i closed on a property, the bank made me sign a document promising my company wouldn't operate any illegal gambling operations...this with a bank i've closed loans with before....they're constantly adding paperwork to closings....get ready

An American Civil Liberties Union spokesman has called the new security procedures a choice between a “virtual strip search†and a “grope.â€â€œTravelers are being asked to choose between being scanned ‘naked’ and exposed to radiation, or getting what people are describing as just a highly invasive search by hands of their entire bodies.†Chris Ott, a spokesman for the ACLU of Massachusetts, said.People traveling out of the UK and other areas of Europe don’t even get the choice – they are forced to go through the scanner if asked and cannot refuse or they are banned from traveling.

If you are going for appreciation/gambling, then open any real estate article and they will tell you the highest appreciation that happened in the previous quarters.

This would be a gamble.

However, one thing is certain, if you are going to gamble, Las Vegas is ironically a good place to do it.

High rates of return are addictive and there is a fine line between investing and gambling.   

It can't/shouldn't - unless you have a partner you really trust or want to gamble. 

Lease 2 own exit is a gamble as an exit strategy too. 

I have only been in the USA for 4 years (emigrated from the UK), so I don't have too much capital or equity in my personal home, 401K or other investments  right now , but I want to find a way to get started in investing in real estate this year.I have access to up to $70,000 from my family in the UK.

I know the UK market quite well, and it is viciously over priced.