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1 February 2016 | 4 replies
SoCal) Getting into a deal with the hope of appreciation to make the deal work is basically gambling, and I don't like to gamble.
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1 March 2020 | 5 replies
Are people just willing to gamble that the first trust Lender will allow their lien to be extinguished?
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10 October 2019 | 9 replies
Otherwise you're literally just gambling, not investing.
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8 October 2016 | 6 replies
Or is it really just take my best guess and gamble with the outcome in such a transient area?
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17 September 2021 | 4 replies
@Tyler Gamble welcome to BP.
8 July 2021 | 3 replies
Land in our area doesn't come up very often, so its a gamble to just hold it and wait.
2 May 2022 | 3 replies
If I was a gambling man, I would imagine they do Rookie again :)
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8 October 2019 | 99 replies
Or what I would call slumlords.Or you have the numbers and can afford a gamble.
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15 August 2017 | 12 replies
So, it seems the gamble here is what other bidders will drive the price up to.
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22 February 2017 | 6 replies
@Ned Carey What characteristics of a property do you feel give you higher odds you may be able to acquire them?