Gambling on the market crashing and home prices going down is just that, gambling.

from an offshore Website.

@Philip L. you can do a land contract - you just have to gamble the lender isn't going to find out and call the Note due for violating due on sale clause.Don't recommend a LC to an occupant buyer due to Dodd-Frank regulations.

Take your $4,000, learn about stock options and gamble some.

I have no yet graduated to the level of intelligence to realize that real assets are far better than gambling on stock market and its derivatives.  

Some companies do their studies off-shore.

So I like picking up cash flowing properties, getting a nice boost in equity through some sweat equity, then riding out high cash flow and 3-4% appreciation from there.I understand why some people will take negative cash flow and try to pick the next big appreciation book market…but that feels less like passive income through investing and more like gambling to me.

Landon Schlabach It’s a bit of a gamble.

How did you choose that property in that part of Columbus, or did you just take a gamble?

It is gambling pure and simple.