Option A sounds like a gamble with no current cash flow, and only real upside being potential future price appreciation.

In every world this is a mathematically inferior situation to paying less for the property, unless you are willing to gamble that the 10-40k is a drop in the bucket because the place is going to explode upwards in value...?

So, it's all a gamble choosing one because of HQ2.

That means insurance, like casino gambling, is a negative expectation bet. 

@Eric Gamble have you received the Trailing 12 and the rent roll from the agent?

The BP community has tremendously helped ignite building my portfolio so I love giving back.

During the summer, smoker induced mulch fires continue to be a huge issue.Yet I often see smokers around fellow investors building, with piles of dried leaves blown up against the building, just waiting for an ignite!!

She may not but it is not in your best interest to gamble once a red flag has gone up.

It's an economy that's dependent on tourism and gambling.

That can work I have seen it done but now you are talking about gambling.