It's still going to be a risk/gamble, in state or not.

There have been many from NR who were spamming the boards here and had to be banned. 8)

It's really a great thing to be able to hang out, get advice, build relationships, and not get pitched and overwhelmed with annoying spam.

Check your promotions tab or spam tab or other tabs in Gmail and you should find them.

(not to mention free and no spam emails after signing up)..

If I'm going to gamble, I go to Vegas.Zach Schwarzmiller on gross income of $76,896 on your 12 unit building, you're projection NOI of $51,983 or 67%.

Anything else you are gambling/hoping it will turn out OK and not be an issue.

If your goal is simply to "gamble" on appreciation ... then hold it and deal with headaches of remote ownership/management. 

I might start my own to keep out all the spam and loons!!

That being said, I won't gamble that property values will improve significantly within the next 5 years as the true improvements are taking place approximately 5-8 blocks southeast.I am going to check with the seller re: a second mortgage to see if thats an option.Seller purchased in 2014 for $100K in 2014 and prior to that, the property was sold in 2009 for $82K.