The appreciation play is never certain, but it is not a gamble on hope, it is based on extensive statistical analysis of future expansion developments and years of data tracking solid growth.  

I am holding my breath to see what happens in the world of gambling as the industry has taken a huge hit in the pocket book with the combination of the pandemic lock down and the recently now permissible sports betting.

Probably most of us got started that way - taking a massive gamble. 

.- Once you find a deal with a number that works , Find Investors, connect with your local banks , partner with someone . ( I strongly recommend the book - Investing in Real Estate with low or no money down by BT)- Be consistent- Read Blogs, Read books, read posts- Attend Network events- Connect with one member a day with a purpose(Please: do not spam members , you may loose your messaging privilege).I doubt you will fail if you ritually follow 70% of the recommendations.

And yes, I checked my spam.

My point is this, unless you do SERIOUSLY BULK mailing, it is like gambling... and... the house always wins.. and thus you lose.So in other words, the only people winning doing DMM are the DMM companies.

Although I would still suggest a quick 2 minute phone call before you spam a bunch of realtors from google with what they won’t read anyway.

If you are purchasing to sell for appreciation in years, that could be a route to pursue, but is really a gamble.

So unless you want to gamble (and some people intentionally do), you generally want to run a title search and figure out what issues you may need to deal with.You could sell the property to another buyer right after the sale.

Finally, @Taylor L. and @Cameron Rockwell, I went to that link for the book, and submitted my info several times for the book, but have received no email or link to download (not in spam either!)