Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Don't gamble. 

Its a gamble to go the permit route or not in Philly and absolutely matters the neighborhood/your neighbors as they are usually the folks that will call L&I on you OR if your property is near other construction sites where inspectors would be traveling to/from. 

Focusing just on appreciation causes people to take on negative cashflow situations, gambling that the market will eventually save them before they run out of cash.

Its a gamble to go the permit route or not in Philly and absolutely matters the neighborhood/your neighbors as they are usually the folks that will call L&I on you OR if your property is near other construction sites where inspectors would be traveling to/from.

@Cory Gamble do you have their contact number

Investing isn't an Either Or sport, but rather a This And.

There's a new era in big money college sports thanks to the changes in NCAA rules in compensation for athletes name and likeness usage.

Thats not a wise gamble in most cases if there is a market change for any unknown range of factors.

I would wait a while to get them at a discount but with condos, it always feels like a gamble because of future assessments, fee increases and difficulty getting a tenant approved in a timely manner.