:sigh:Never been too found of these kinds of deals as there's just too little control for me to gamble my hard earned money.

Is that to get around being flagged as "spam?"

... and since you enjoy gambling, be sure to sit at the high-stakes tables on your next trip to Vegas or Reno.

Since they all watch to much HGTV they want that on a spam budget and will squeeze your margins to get it. 

Sounds like the area is rent growth and an appreciation type play.The seller is likely looking for a buyer willing to gamble or a foreign investor that doesn't mind hardly any cash flow just to get funds into the states here.

He's taking a huge gamble with me and only has the resources to survive around 6 months.My plan is to do everything I absolutely can do right now, and then move down about 2 months before my partner is ready to move down.

However after speaking with a few succesful investors and 2 very cool succesful lenders everyone has advised me to not gamble with my money at first and invest in a rental primarily a MFU using a fha loan.  

Check out "The Retirement Gamble" video that aired on PBS a few years ago, it may still be on Youtube.

Yet, I'm willing to gamble on the fact that more often than not, they're the same ones who are unhappy about their experience.  

Other than that its more of a gamble when it comes time to flip.