I would not rely on bank statements solely, as I have seen cases where the money was in the account one day, and gone the next due to gambling problems or identity theft issues.

Our government is effectively making the most stable investment in the world a pure gamble without. 

Gamble wisely.And you need to very clearly understand the risk trade-off that they do not bother to explain: you're trading a secured contract with your property as a collateral for a (most likely) UNsecured contract. 

I haven't had a job in 3 years - that's cash flow.I sell a house here and there - that's gift.CA is one of few places where gambling works.  

Regarding the other side living for free for life, that is a huge gamble.

The thing that stops me is that even though I'm a podcaster's ideal listener: I binge listen most of the work day, recommend the ones I like, and rate and review everything I listen to, the thing that stops me is that I can't convince myself someone hasn't already done what I want to do, and done it better.Maybe I'm too hard on myself, but I suspect I'm seeing the situation authentically.

So I am willing to pay the price is the value is inevitable not gamble my savings on a guy selling me financial freedom through information I can get on these forums for instance.

Anything you do without all of this would be called gambling

That was not something I wanted to gamble with. 

The 5/1 for long term is a gamble at best although for the next 8 years or so, it's much more profitable than the 30.