You gamble the building will be OK with whatever you agree to and Seller gambles your deal is better than what else could be had, or not.

@Richard Gamble and everyone else.  

I like the huge tax advantages and passive income, BUT, even though you are drilling in areas where oil has been found it still seems like a huge gamble to come up with nothing.

That I could quantify the value of paying a little more early in the gentrification stages, that property went up in value over 100K the first 18 months of possession.What's going on in this area of Indy I can't seem to quantify it other than some people are buying $40k - $80K properties, tearing them down and building new, some are doing gut rehabs with a change in floor plans, and some are buying the $60k-$90k property putting $30k into it and renting it out in hopes of the spike.When I see the land for these lots are valued at $4,000 - $6,000 depending on lot size, that's a big gamble to teardown and scale that $40k - $80k property purchase to the $250k - $300k properties that are being sold on some of these deals.

After closing as you can imagine, all kinds of spam starts going to the house addressed to me.

Sorry for the spam.

Gambling on appreciation is just that, gambling. 

Well, it's really easy to spam job applications now.  

@Eric Carr I think it's the property holding pattern while gambling on the hopes of that long-term equity growth is the problem for many people. 

Today, I got a call from the agent telling me to "stop spamming my clients, it's not an open listing".