The general concepts are all the same with a few things being unique to our side of the border.

In fact, I think they have a meeting over in Merrilville tonight.Anyway, I am just across the border in Chicago, so feel free to contact me with any questions.

My parents live off Old Decatur "Saginaw Fort Worth border" and the neighborhood is great.

Even when young and could not really afford it, I would not hesitate to buy a new car, knowing full well that financially it was a bad deal.Taking a risk on a RE investment was just too much of a gamble - why, because it was different, it was not the norm, that made it scary.Even when I had plenty of capital to back me up, it was still difficult to make the first buy.I still suffer from analysis paralysis when looking at properties - that's probably due to some fear still existing.I'm still a relative newbie in the REI world, but every day it's becoming a little less scary.

Owning a property for a year is a tough gamble, since you pay a lot in selling commissions, etc so breaking even is tough. 

Here is my response to that question:I don't go to casinos to gamble.

Now, if you want to gamble a bit 'cause it's really a nice place, I'll buy the place subject to at a higher price, if ole Boyd gets to closing on time as agreed under the option, well, I lose the premium I paid and I'll need to sell it to him at that price....but, if he fails to the second (be'n the good ole boy he is) then I just keep the place and he'll need that stool.Fausto, not so close to Wayne, he'll get splattered, little more back towards you....that's good, right there, KA DING thanks.Speak'n of ole Wayne, he's on to someth'n there, a good Option Contract IS a purchase contract, in fact, you can go by a purchase contract and just take out all that default malarkey that nails the buyer if'n they don't buy the place.

It may be relevant, may not.In San Diego county to use a comp just over the zip code border in Bonita for a property in National City is not even close to being relevant.

He would eventually like to move across the border into upstate New York and he has a joint USbanking account with his US citizen fiancée already.

Naperville is a good place to buy and hold for appreciation but personally I think of that strategy as gambling.