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Katrina Nicole-Ivy I won two online Baltimore Foreclosure Sale but I bid too high!
28 September 2021 | 81 replies
You are taking out debt to buy speculative property based on a few metrics off a website, likely in a D-F class area that you don’t know.  
Account Closed Sell my primary residence to avoid the coming crash?
27 August 2019 | 7 replies
Like @Alexander Felice said this is purely speculative.
Devin Hightower Strategy to Prevent Over-Leveraging
21 May 2019 | 10 replies
He ended up speculating on a huge piece of land that he wanted to develop into single family homes.
Terry Dunlap Would You Buy for Cashflow Only?
2 August 2019 | 101 replies
Originally posted by @Max Feinberg:@Terry Dunlap I think the best advice I’ve received in RE investing is that there is a difference between investing and speculating.
Tim L. Feeling Lost - First Property Looks Cash Flow Negative :(
29 June 2019 | 30 replies
I use 20 years because any expectation less than 5 is not an investment, but really speculation that the rents or values will increase. 
Account Closed Think I outbid myself; thoughts on overpaying?
9 May 2019 | 38 replies
If this is a really great opportunity in an area you think is going to really turn around and you think a hold will pay off, I think you can chance a risk like that but speculative investing is dangerous in its own right.
Andrew Smith Where are you buying for cashflowing properties today?
9 November 2020 | 511 replies
@Mike McKinzie  Oh no you cant really be thinking about appreciation.. that's gambling.. that's speculation , that's icing on the cake LOL.. unfortunately  your thought process and mine are very much a minority thought process on BP.BP tends to be cash flow first foremost and always.. to the point that beginning investors actually believe it and take the risk chasing very high paper yields with no clue the risk they are taking. 
Hank Walter Out of State Base Line Analysis
30 June 2020 | 10 replies
I would caution you to speculate in these "up and coming markets". 
Aaron Bashore Single family rental in an area with high home ownership
14 May 2020 | 14 replies
If it doesn't then you will need to decide if you want to speculate on appreciation.  
Alexander Roeschmann Major Depression ahead?
17 May 2020 | 47 replies
It is all speculation.