It sure is going to be an adventure.

Big banks like to gamble with derivatives.

I understand that nothing beats real world experience, but I like to be kind of safe in my gambles & feel better once I have a little education to back my decisions.  

If you want to gamble and pay as little as possible, you could just go file the deed for about $75 at the county clerk.

I bought the house last week for 20k including delivery so I figured it's a gamble I can live with.

Don’t be afraid to gamble with nothing just be smart about your bets and smart with your winnings.

Saying your tenant is paying the interest on your mortgage is like saying you can gamble at the casino when you’re ahead because you’re playing with the houses money.

I suppose they are happy.then you have others that drive 100k cars and those car's are sitting the parking lot of the apartment they rent..Or buy really nice cloths and Jewelry... take great trips etc etc.its whatever floats your boat.for me it was airplanes I bought my first one when I was 25.. 5 planes later and a few million bucks .. could I have done better with real estate NO doubt never made a dime on any plane just spent big money on them.. but you can't take away the satisfaction of the ability to run down to the airport jump in my plane and in 3 hours be 750 miles away from where I live either doing business or some other neat adventure... would other people find the joy in this that I do  ... some yes.. some hell no.. they would think its a total waste of money.

I enlisted as a infantryman and though the past 8 years had been a adventure and full of life experiences.

In a rapidly rising market, some investors will pay more in anticipation of appreciation, but I call that "gambling".