Then the person is soured on gambling on real estate and not around here to answer questions. 

And depending how it goes down, maybe I counter there counter just for the fun of the sport, all depends.

Stock picking is gambling pure and simple. 

Without a solid plan, fix & flips would be huge gamble.

This is why so many people earn large sums of money quickly (lottery, sports, entertainment, etc.) and end up broke.Take Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Most gurus have their clients journey end the moment they send them the money, they join a facebook group - have overseas VA;s moderate it and provide some old videos that get repurposed.Those who are new and thinking they are creative typically get crushed as they are gambling not investing.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

I don't like to gamble on rent appreciation.

This is a team sport.