And, not trying to be a speculator, but there are a lot of attractions nearby that are ramping up tourist interest so there is also potential for rapid appreciation if that comes to pass.

RE Investment is an advanced speculative investment strategy, are you comfortable using the equity in your home?

You're not investing...you're speculating...and that's the most expensive word a REI can use.

We had tons of sales in 06 and 07 but they were speculative sales of vacant homes.

This is speculation, also bad.

and I wonder how up front he will be if I were to ask for a reference.There is a chance, and I don’t know this for sure, but I think Bob has not given notice to his landlord (I think he is waiting for me to give him an application and then when I tell him he is accepted, he will give notice, but this is pure speculation on my part).

Why else do you speculate that they are doing this?

Traditional investment banks have not yet registered for crowdfunding, leading to speculation that crowdfunding will be facilitated by lesser-known financial institutions with little or no retail investment track record.Or by entrepreneurs like us!

To try to speculate as to how much that in total could be is nearly impossible since there is no telling what might have happened throughout the foreclosure process.

I know people are always saying to invest based on cash flow and investing based on capital appreciation is based on speculation, but I've found that appreciation has worked for me.