This has stopped spam sales calls.

PS: When I spoke to the Maryland real estate commission they made it very clear that buyers who spam low ball one page faxes, are still entitled to having that offer presented to the seller.

That is spamming.

In the meantime, my in-law blew/gambled away a good portion of the money that insurance had paid him.

As a painful lesson that so many learned in the downturn, it is folly to include the gamble of price appreciation in our real estate analysis.

So neither of us should take offense ...So, are you in the gambling business where you "roll dice", or are you in the investing business where the objective is to learn how to become more profitable?

The Reno economy is very much based on logistics besides tourism/gambling, we have distribution centers for Walmart, Amazon, Chewy, etc.

At best its a semi-educated guess, at worst its gambling. 

I hear what you're saying about the cost to make them habitable but I don't think that will be considered a gamble when you're looking backwards a few years from now. 

We put these rules in place to keep our forums free from the clutter and spam that you see in so many other online forums.