Account Closed, your forgot the folks with substance abuse problems and gambling addictions, and of course those who are really terrible landlords. 

I'm not ready to gamble on those types of properties yet but I definitely would if I had more money to invest in buy-and-hold types of assets.

Hello, I don't have any experience with cast iron tubs, from these photos are you able to tell if this is a "definite replace now" situation or a "its just a gamble if you keep them" situation? 

When a person does such foolish things they forget, your gambling EVERYTHING, that NOTHING will EVER happen to blow open the door of accountability. 

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get shot.It sure needs renovation as a city but until there is a change of political will, it's a gamble.

They were told only cashflow mattered and they shouldn’t “gamble on appreciation” but nobody told them they were “gambling on cashflow” like it was guaranteed if your spreadsheet said it was. 

The only time I’ve ever been audited is when I rounded up the amount on a 1099-g gambling win, to the next dollar as I round all my entries.

Majority of those doing it now are doing it from off shore ergo the bad English. 

It's certainly a gamble...one that I've never seen gurus share with their students.

In direct answer to your question, from what I've read and from what people have stated, even though they don't understand why, "gator lender" is more gambling than investing.