Why is DMM so acceptable to gamble with money, but no one is relying on lotto to provide for their families?

You are gambling with DMM.

Check out Hopewell, South Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, those are less of a gamble as they have better schools!

There's P2P lending sites, LendingClub and Prosper, which may be a bit riskier if not diversified properly.Stock market is a gamble, so the ETF route may work out, but I personally wouldn't bank on it.Safest bet would be a high yield savings account or CD, but at today's rates, the returns are pretty awful.Best of luck!

Investors who have a longer time horizon, a higher appetite for risk and are ready to take a gamble.

We had a tenant who was running an illegal sports gambling ring, who got busted by the feds.

Strategically it sounded great and theory and this was an authentic case study(personal success stories no guru BS).

Anyone buying in this saturated market is doing just that, gambling. 

I'm okay gambling that the FED will reduce rates in the next 2-3 years and then get cashflow post-refi, but want to at least break even until then. 

I am just not a gambling kind of guy and I like to see success connected to how much work I put into something (physically and even better, mentally)Are we just taught that investing in stocks/401K/Roth Ira and similar investments are the way to go and should be part of everyone's portfolio, but maybe for true real estate investors its not needed ?