Would this be considered gambling?

The pool will be added to by people who can qualify for a loan but for various reasons don't want to 'gamble' on homeownership.Demographics, location, employment opportunities and amenities will all play increasingly important roles to these people.It's an interesting new market for investors but with the same old caveat: that sucker better cash flow.

Of course, we've added new moderation tools for our users to go with this, to make sure that the site continues to be a place where spam is not welcome.We'll be sure to announce the deploy once it goes live, and have several additional exciting new features that we will be adding in the weeks to follow.We're extremely excited about this and hope that you will be as well.Here's a little preview:Have a great holiday weekend!

By the far the most replies i get come from there...but it borders on spam levels of replies. 

At the end of the day, it can still be a little bit of a gamble and unforeseen circumstances can arise.

These sites make homeowners the subject of constant spamming and texting even after they have resolved their underpayments.

(We had lumber quote go from $8k up to nearly $14k in a spam of a few months!) 

@Brianne H.It is always a bit of a gamble working with someone new. 

You are no longer investing you are gambling that the rents appreciate or you can refinance the property into a positive CF position before you run out of money. 

Your friend the seller's gamble is that he'll be able to sell the place for his asking price in As-Is condition.