Something to be said for letting the listing agent gamble and spend money to sell your property.

Kinda dicey.My friend's reasoning: I will have a greater equity gain on a house and perhaps a better income (again, renting out my current house instead of the condo).Then there's the other thought of selling the condo now and putting the equity into a cd, gambling that the market will flatten or dip, and buying low.

Never been and I can't gamble yet!

So basically if I can invest in LA, I would have but at this moment there is just no way I am going to take on such a big gamble on a slowing market.

Assuming a mosdest gain of 5% appreciation a year after 5 years the home is worth $638,000 and you still owe $500,000.Always remeber that with a Intrest Only loan you are gambling on your home appriciating.

The ARM is going to start adjusting, but if you want to gamble and think rates will go down by when the rate starts to re-adjust, an ARM may be for you.

If it's a land locked lot, meaning there is no access to it except through someone elses land, it could be quite a gamble and may pay off big time.

But anyone who thinks that appreciation is going to bail them out of a low or negative cashflow situation is gambling, pure and simple.

I am not willing to gamble that much to be the one that ends up being the case law around it.

I won't gamble money that my family needs for the necessities, but the money I'm using should go to paying off bills and filling an IRA.