It’s like gambling.

To this day 2 years later, I have never heard another peep from KW.In the onboarding, they pushed HARD for me to attend their "Ignite" program, which turned out to be a full day sales pitch for their $800 "Bold" training program. 

Bidding on the first property on auction.com back in 2010, without any experience, insight or analysis in real estate or buying a property. [ Almost a gamble ]Went in all blind, with just the intention of flipping and with investment of 170K netted a profit of 54K.

I still think a gamble but maybe with a management plan it could work out.

1031 is another gamble.

. :)Most BP'ers will tell you not to try and play the appreciation game, because it's akin to "gambling."

I expect to continue purchasing SFR in Indianapolis, but this weekend was considering the tangent of investing for appreciation.Let's assume that investing for appreciation is pure gambling, but the good news is that the dice are rigged.

Fuel oil is not explosive, a spark from cutting the tank with a saws all will not ignite it.

@Scott Bolinger - Incredible cash flow is subjective, moreover for CA investors  compared to buying  a Tesla , buying 20K house is  like quarterly budget for Vegas gambling.

Certainly the risk is calculated and I did my due diligence, but the gamble of it all comes from the forces and phenomena I have no control over"   Good Luck to all and don't be afraid to fail, those who learn from their mistakes and continue to push forward will succeed.