I much perfer to be conservative rather than gamble.

If manufacturing comes back in my lifetime, I'll be happy, but I'm not holding my breath or gambling my future.

Of course, I always get commercial loans because I'm involved in a commercial enterprise.

If I want to gamble, I'll go to Las Vegas.Mike

Rest assured there are other expenses, and if your deal only works with a low amount allocated for expenses, and you don't have reserves to cover the others when they come up, you're going to be in trouble when something happens.Those have been around a while know I sometimes compare investing to gambling.

So Jason,Do you want to sleep soundly or gamble on a bigger return?

I have met once an enterprising young Japanese guy who has amassed a sizable fortune in rental apartment buildings, but certainly he was not the average and he worked extremely hard to get the financing while credit was loose.One source of cheaper houses are the government auctions.

Baby boomers are too close to retirement to gamble whats left of their next eggs.

I was thinking taking the cash now is better than gambling on the future (with the savings in mortgage I would be getting 65K over the 5 years).

Roy was gambling prices would rise enough to make these good investments.