If you are speculating on appreciation this may be the wrong time to get into the market, you will need cash flow to survive.Your best investment oportunity will come from multi unit properties with the use of leverage to increase returns.

If I’m the seller and I’ve seen the last five years the property fmv rise consistently then I’m going to “speculate “ and set my price higher for top dollar as opposed to a quick sale.

Yes, real estate requires new buyers, but they get value from the purchase by either living in the property or renting it for profit.Leading up to the crash of 2008, there was speculative buying, where there were no tenants.

I have not been to Irmo/Columbia for several years, but many speculators made money along the 26 corridor back about 5 years ago.

We'll see when I lay the numbers out for them.He still could have a speculator give him the price he is asking, but I'm not a speculator.

It really doesn't help to speculate. 

Some areas people speculate that home prices will go up forever.

I have been watching small multifamily inside the 494/694 loop for the last 1.5 years and without an exact count, I would speculate that there have been less than 20 3-4 plexes to hit the MLS in that time. 

I'm sure that investors and speculators comprise a substantial portion of the bidders.

We've speculated that the offers may have been rejected because of the due diligence period being 7+ days, or perhaps being contingent on inspection, but have received no feedback from the agents as to the true cause.