I saw your ad that you are in need of a loan of about $700k.I would be willing to offer the financial services you require at 4% to you from uk.

I am not willing to gamble that much to be the one that ends up being the case law around it.

Take a look at these lending rates: US 6.04%, New Zealand 8.7%, Dubai 9.02%, UK 6.4%, Australia 7.33% and Japan 1.92% The Bank of Japan (Similar to the US Federal Reserve) lends money to banks at around the .5% mark, the lending bank places 1% to 1.5% on top of that for their own profit for the risk of lending it to you.

I won't gamble money that my family needs for the necessities, but the money I'm using should go to paying off bills and filling an IRA.

I noticed your location is London UK.

Its hard to gamble with downtown right now when there is some very strong potential just in the normal market.And when you state that the current projects are doing fairly, if not very, well, I think that is very relative also.

buying re, and basing all your profit (and success) on the possibility of it appreciating sounds more like gambling then investing.

Then, they are going to agree on an option price that's above market *and* doesn't mind putting down a 5K non-refundable deposit to take the gamble that he's going to be able to fix any problems that wouldn't allow him to buy that house outright in the first place.

If you are gambling on the property appreciating then you are just gambling.

but guaranteed appreciation isn't likely, so you're really kind of gambling...