#7 not an issue if you use offshore VAs for PM as I do at $4/hr.

We're taking it slooooow, and don't want to gamble with our savings. 

But that’s not nearly my craziest story....We had a tenant who ran an illegal gambling ring, the biggest one in Denver at the time until he got caught.

If I wanted to gamble I would take my money to the stock market.

In my opinion, you are gambling, with your Financial Future and Well Being as well as everything you have worked, to create.

Surely, any investment must fit one's plan, and risks can be logically evaluated, but a certain profit cannot be accurately calculated..it's always a gamble in real estate.

You could look in the 44105 zip code, but it's still a gamble.

I like the gamble because it's hard to imagine rates not dropping over the next few years, at which point we'll see 5 million qualified home buyers per point, driving up demand and prices while you're able to reduce your carrying cost. 

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