If you'd rather gamble tens of thousands of dollars on the same information you could get here or from reading books and taking action yourself just to feel like you've better earned your knowledge or have put in more somehow that's your perogative.

You know, the gambling type of investing.We can only guess what her exit strategy is.

But I feel like without having a solid team in place, or at least another seasoned investor who lives in the area, I would be gambling with my money.

The stock market feels more and more like a gamble even if one does their research ,etc.

We are simply trying to arm you with a more realistic view of what your returns are going to be.Owning rentals is gambling.

Are they any disadvantages to using offshore VAs?

It's also based on a tax system that doesn't handle gambling income in a very logical way.Technically, you are supposed to report all of your gambling wins/losses on your taxes.

When handled poorly (thoughtlessly), it's gambling.

Corpus is also getting a boost from the Eagle Ford Shale play, so there is resource based jobs coming in the area that cannot be off shored.

I agree - seems like a gamble definitely not worth taking my friend