It's a bit of a gamble, though - both because your predictions have to be very close to reality, and because you never know what the market will do by the time you try to re-lease/sell.

If you take that gamble you'll lose.

But that's always the gamble.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/Amazing what a difference the 2% fee average fund fee makes over a lifetime.

The days of associating gambling with Las Vegas and Atlantic City with the lights and the glamour are gone.

That would be the equivalent of 'speculating' or 'gambling' with your investing.

@Davido Davido Sure, you can bring the taxes current, but the adverse possession process is a gamble.

The HOAs that forego insurance are likely gambling that they will not have a claim.