You may dispute my gambling analogy, but owning rental property is absolutely gambling.

The numbers usually don't make a lot of sense, and "investing" with the primary goal of getting appreciation is speculative at best, and would be considered gambling by some.Don't get to hung up on the 2% rule.

Since the advent of the SAFE Act, various groups have been trying to get CFPB spokespersons to meetings like this and they have turned everybody down except to come in as a featured speaker meaning they chose their own topic, speak from a platform, and take no questions.Most state and federal regulators will not appear where they are going to be asked questions from the audience.

It's a bit of a gamble, though - both because your predictions have to be very close to reality, and because you never know what the market will do by the time you try to re-lease/sell.

Dion DePaoli I agree to disagree with you on Granite, especially because my main point in mentioning GLS was to suggest a trade desk platform because it's MUCH simpler than calling courthouses, accountants, etc.

If you take that gamble you'll lose.

But that's always the gamble.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/Amazing what a difference the 2% fee average fund fee makes over a lifetime.

The days of associating gambling with Las Vegas and Atlantic City with the lights and the glamour are gone.

That would be the equivalent of 'speculating' or 'gambling' with your investing.