A blue chip dividend growth stock say Proctor and Gamble will have a lower PE ratio, say 15, that might be the equivalent of slow steady appreciation, but no real price appreciation. 

It’s till a good market to get started in.Are you looking to invest in rental houses, or do you want to gamble on fix and flips?

By Day 40, had anyone called the tenant's place of work supposedly inquiring about collecting on the tenant's outsized gambling debts?

@Evan Tan, I do believe gambling winnings are taxable and paying income tax on it would give you documentable income which you need to get financing. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc419

Gamble and play the odds in Vegas, but not in business.

We got lucky (ugly house in the perfect neighborhood) and took a big gamble on a courthouse steps auction. 

The fire didn't start in my unit, but it quickly was uncontrolled due to high winds coming off the mountains that day, taking out 51 townhouses before they got the fire under control.

Insurance is a lot like gambling: the house always wins.They entice you to pay extra by promising to cover the full cost, minus deductible.

**************/mvc/auction/810929So buying it is a gamble that the owner never pays it off and you could foreclosure on the house.However if owner pays it off then you would loose everything over the $85 you pay?

However, if he is giving you a discounted fee for his labor and is willing to gamble on a percentage of the "profit" instead then that would be okay - but you may have to dig in your pocket to pay that percentage at the back end.