.: I don't want to gamble (and wait) on appreciation, all while paying taxes and condo fees out the ***. 4-6% just won't cut it for me.

The whole couch thing was tongue in cheek but boy it sure would be nice for the first week after quitting my day job.There was a good episode on Frontline called The Retirement Gamble that really made me greatfull that I discovered passive income through REI.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/

You can also do them for property use, i.e. a church selling land but requiring it not be used for gambling, a liquor store, etc.

Look into the ad budgets of companies like Procter and Gamble, Car Manufactures, Cell Phone Companies, or Insurance Agencies.

@Aaron Mazzrillo Well you would think as a poker player I would be able to pull the trigger and gamble on the list I choose to mail to.

I agree.We support a great charity in the UK, my 8 year old recently ran a race in Florida and raised just shy of $1000 for them.I'm on the road to starting my RE investment business and when I do, part of my investment philosophy will be to give back.

UK discrimination legislation was based off of the US Civil Rights Act and Supreme Court precedents at the time.https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?

Real estate is gambling.

If this is the case we have been doing this for many years in the UK Back in 83 when I first started buying property in Spain I never saw the property but I did meet the UK client and send them out by plane to look at the property and they were shown around by the Spanish agent.

I haven't purchased this way before, and unless you can gamble a bit of cash without having a contract, I wouldn't suggest it.