Have you seen a documentary called The Retirement Gamble?

If you place $20k bet on Mayweather - and McGregor wins the fight... you will win your hedge ($1,367) but lose the $20k... ie how gambling works.I am not sure of Bovada and maybe their rules on betting but straight line sports betting is binary

Multi-Family (40 units and up)Leveraged (Investors put up max 25%, Bank finances the rest) Value-Add (Finding ways to increase property value and rent)Cashflow Positive (Cashflow positive once stabilized) Refinance & Hold (The ability to pull out 50-100% of our initial capital while keeping the property)Skin the Game (Enough so they're not just gambling with other people's money)  The above seems doable so far by going through a syndicator, although I haven't seen many who want to buy and hold the properties for cash flow and allow investors to pull out their initial investments after a few years.

Second, if someone I don't know spams me with text messages, I will take their number and start adding their number to every spam phone list I know about -- they deserve the same crap they're doling out to others.Third, if someone spams me with text messages, I will never, EVER buy a deal from them, regardless of how good the deal is.Just one investor's opinion...

SPAM

I cannot stand that crap, just outright SPAM!!!

The whole idea is to get as much money in origination fees as possible to keep running the company and for them to pull out and use for trips, lavish lifestyles, rings, gambling etc.

I'm testing different areas of Houston and as mentioned, the Willis house was a gamble to buy as a rental. 

It's a great way to reduce the spam you get, to prevent viruses from crawling your emails, and to in general protect your data.

In the end, it is always a gamble.