It's absolutely a gamble to assume prices will go down and a costly gamble if you do not get in the market. 

On the other side, deals that are negative cash flow deals and your banking on appreciation are closer to gambling than I like. 

I am a get rich slow type of guy and dont gamble unless it's expendable money.

Most of the work is basically e-mails and web searching, sometimes you need a zoom or a call with a lawyer, servicer, realtor etc. and that can be done even with the time differences.  

Betting on an increasing market to make it work is just gambling.

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If the later, seems like it makes notes much more of a gamble, since you don't really know what exit options are on or off the table.

Check the Bar web site for complaints or actions against them. 

If you want to hide your address here, you can generally set up a mail box with a UPS Store, and use that.You can get a fake ID in some other name and if there are plenty of pics of you floating around the Web, claim you're the owner's cousin to explain the physical resemblance.But generally, if you're self-managing and dealing with a situation when you're renting out single family and residential small multiplex (up to quadplex), this kind of thing isn't a good idea.

Is there a FB page or other web pages out there to connect with GC and contractors?