I probably should have a larger deposit, but since I'm living here too, I just gamble at hoping that they won't damage much with us both living in the same house.

Do you really want I gamble on what a jury could rule?

It's a gamble but most stocks are gambles since we don't the "real" story of a company.

But it is a gamble, and at the least you have something to get you around town!

Attempting to move it after you have been sued could be considered a fraudulent transfer and the transaction unwound.

He took the seller and real estate agent to court, claiming fraudulent misrepresentation.

It is a mathematical fact that if you are buying a rental property in any city where the monthly mortgage payment exceeds monthly rental income, or where mortgage payments along with monthly expenses exceed monthly rent, if any of those scenario applies, a down payment would be only other material method to avoid a negative cash flow situation.You let the investor worry about his gamble on the market going up.. thats not your problem.

I would have started learning about investing in RE in college rather than gambling on stocks while taking notes.If I have the knowledge and drive back then I might have skipped a party to buy a house or two. 

NOTE that you are gambling that the Interest Rate will AVERAGE 6% for the HELOC.

I forget the name of the program, but basically it is designed to prevent the IRS from issuing a fraudulent refund after they inevitably receive fake tax filings next spring and it should keep your filing as the only one they actually process.