All highly speculative, but hey, it's fun!

Of course this is speculation because it's not my client, but my very educated guess is his debt ratio is high. 

I've speculated that he needed cash to operate the business.

The idea of betting on future events you have no control of isn't investing...it's speculating...and trouble waiting to happen.Cash flow, positive cash flow, is the risk control that makes an upside down property almost irrelevant...until you sell. 

This is just "icing on the cake" and the more speculative part of real estate investing.

Numerous DSTs are now curtailing distributions, and I don’t think they are even allowed to make capital calls, unless they blow up the DST structure and turn it into a taxable (and very unattractive) syndication.So I think carefully considering market cycles is still a necessary analysis, even though it’s always a guess or speculation on the investors side.

Of course this is a more speculative play than buying something that cash flows .

I’d argue that BELLEVUE, WA Is an amazing place to invest for appreciation- which is speculation to be clear. 

The GoldMoney path is full of red-tape and speculation and fees.

To that last question, you want to buy before the area is "there" which takes some degree of educated speculation.