TL;DR: Low level card tester for a local stolen card ring decides to take a mini staycation, gets the fraud ring busted.

ROI,  means return on investment and does not consider down payment, equity percentage, or if funds used for investment were borrowed, stolen or gifted or traded for equity.

I'll be napping in the meamtime.But the last 3 dogs I sold easily by owner for full retail should have given me a clue :)  At least you didn't buy bitcoin at $19k.

Broken door and nothing stolen....yeah.I'd try and do it same day, but wouldn't think twice about doing it the next day

I did have an ac unit stolen and window busted out when one of the properties was vacant. 

Only for it to get approved and they finally get to do their inspections etc, and show up to the house to find the AC unit and appliances stolen and poof, deal dead..  

Pipes were stolen along with water heaters.

Your appliances will be stolen in broad daylight. 

Right now hes 30.a)COMMITTED: RECEIVE/POSS/SELL STOLEN VEHb) OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A CARELESS AND IMPRUDENT MANNERAll the above crimes were committed when he was much younger. 

A few people will get lucky, time the market perfectly and make huge returns compared to the other 90% that get into it that will do worse than the S&P 500.In other ways Real Estate is different though - first "Everyone will always need housing" unlike Bitcoin or Pork Belly Futures.