Some folks are willing to take the risk in the gamble for appreciation, especially here in CA, they are typically purchasing when the market is down, not high as it is now.

The way to make it less annoying is to gamble (like a dollar) with your family for which property the wholesaler wants before opening the mail.

It is not gambling per se, there are real wells with real chances of finding oil, but it is not another class B multifamily value play for sure.   

You are looking at a extreamly high risk gamble regardless of your past experience.

Some people hedge their bets, and go 50/50 fixed/variable (or some other ratio according to their best gambling/research beliefs, but then focus on paying one down quicker than the other once rates actually change). 

Vegas, even though very hot in the summer, does not have a big drop in the summer because people come for the shows, glitz, gambling. 

If you do that though you can't actually take out any of the cashflow...because the problem with CapEx is that it doesn't actually cost just 8% of your rent. when it come it comes big and heavy, so you'll need to be able to build up to having that reserve account...some people like to gamble and will take it out...I personally don't recommend taking cashflows from your real estate until you're much further along with much larger reserves.

I saw another in Allston list at $2.3M and in JP at $1.8M.The rents you would have to get in these places would probably be enough to pay for a mortgage on a 4,000 sq ft home on the south shore - and you could probably get an ocean view too.The only thing that would make me invest in Boston at this point would be a GAMBLE (horrible idea) on Amazon HQ2 locating here.

If you are having trouble getting a loan now, I would definitely not recommend getting in to a situation where you owe a hard money lender a balloon in eight months, that sounds like a HUGE gamble.

For me, constantly watching and moving investments is gambling...