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. 

Are you talking about the cross-border financing companies mentioned in your article, which there are only two of?

http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/news/2013/dec/andersonskinner%2012092013.html Here is an editorial about it expanding on what went on... http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/william-norman-grigg/police-state-justice/ "At his change of plea hearing, Anderson admitted to having knowledge of an illegal gambling operation that was being run out of a house he owns located at 6655 W.

The biggest mistake is not doing something.I love to gamble so this will replace me sitting at the 2-5 game at motorcity.

Proctor & Gamble (P&G) is an international conglomerate with 25 separate billion-dollar brands including: Gillette, Pantene, Crest, Tide, Dawn, and Olay.

We just had a bust here with weed that they were growing here in CO legally, shipping to Chicago for sale and then sending the proceeds down south across the border.

I just want to point out, because you are in the DC metro area, do not get involved with a pre-foreclosure on the Maryland side of the border.

@Juan Diaz,I lumped categorical implications based on capital movement, and the constraint of otherwise limits in the principle based from mainstream economics; land, money, labor, and commodities, where money knows no border yet labor is monetized as a commodity just like the intrinsic value of a precious metal, or the value of crops.

It's a huge gamble because I've seen properties go for 50% of FMV and others go for more than 100%, it all depends on who is bidding and how desirable the property is. 

I notice you are a CPA, are you a cross border specialist or a general CPA?