I am normally a gambler, but this is a new world and not that I have more to lose than anyone else, but I don't feel like taking a bath on my first go at it. 

The cash you can "Throw at this" will probably figure into it, unless it's some type of high risk strategy where you have to do X a lot times in hopes of getting result Y (in which case it's more of a gamble than an investment).And as Kenny Rogers said in "The Gambler", "You never count your money when your sitting at the table".Kenny Rogers "The Gambler"But if you are gambling, then realize that sometimes gambles pay off and sometimes they "Crap Out".Good Luck!

Are you an REI investor or are you a gambler?   

I'm also not a gambler.

A Gambler! 

Did you ever see the movie, "The Gambler" with Mark Walberg?

., are you also the type to lend $1000's of dollars to addicted gambler friends of yours on their promise to you that they will pay it back next month?...

Set plenty of money aside, and don't get caught by the cycle - gambler you :)Good luck, Mitch!

If you were really an appreciation gambler you would have gotten in during the recession.  

It's generally the no equity appreciation 'gambler' (read that as almost every retail homeowner) that wants this kind of question answered.