It also seems like there are 6+ month waiting lists to get into modern, resort style apartments around here so tenants may be out of luck if they take a gamble leaving, which i think is playing in us (Landlord's favor) as of now as they don't have as much bargaining power.

I have always thought that was a gamble not worth taking, and it is even more risky in this time of rising interest rates. 

Yes things do fall out of the sky and no matter how much attention you pay to detail Murphy is bound to be around one day - so protect against that instead of gambling (*like some share investors do) 

It was a bit of a gamble up front because I paid for it myself entirely while pretty much all of my classmates had tuition reimbursement through their employers (for instance, a few of my classmates worked for Disney,  who pay their full-time employees 75% of their education costs.

He had a big keychain dangling out of the ignition with some kind of plastic picture frame on it.

To gamble on appreciation like many are doing in Dallas here now.

It is the myths of a deeply misguided society that spends its time keeping up with the Kardashians and spends billions of dollars a year on online gambling that tells us there is such a thing as life happiness and contentment, and my personal favorite, becoming "a success."

Easy to upgrade to disk brakes and electronic ignition....or just keep your truck and maintain it :)I should also mention that I rely on public transportation and my own two feet when necessary and don't drive much (I also have a 2008 Chevy Malibu that I inherited...it has 23,000 miles on it).

:) Suggested above was to get a couple winners first and then maybe take the low end gamble.

I bought them on the gamble that I could get them reduced.