Real Estate is a team sport.

We might be able to use it for hunting and winter sports depending on the area we buy in.- If we buy a couple thousand acres of ranch land, but want to turn it into a wind or solar farm, how quickly does the land need to become active with the actual farming of natural resources?

School, sports, clubs, college, and internships filled your calendar and you began to operate efficiently as a well oiled machine, if you were a car you might be a Toyota or a Honda, smoothly operating with reliability day in and day out. 

Minus lottery winners, inheritances and professional sports stars, it does take a high level of skill to amass money.

So basically I'm gambling on appreciation, with crappy tenants, asbestos, etc. 

Or, am I just gambling with the appraisal fee and hoping for the best? 

I also played sports during my college career (swimming), nationally and internationally.

I have no worries about gambling my time over the higher probability it will close. 

It's like saying I play "sports." 

I also like a lot of water sports like surfing, paddle boarding, diving, fishing, foraging, and motorcycle stuff.I can justify the expense because I call it a "business facility" and I always love going in there to organize and play with my toys or work on my ventures.