So welcome to the civilian world and you've chosen a great investment vehicle!  

Sometimes its the gamble you have to take.

I am so afraid he is going to bother my chosen contractor while they are working.

Appreciation (over a 3-4 year period) is speculation and no different than gambling.  

Thanks Brittany Gamble for your hard work.Cassandra

Competition is high, and consequences of making a mistake seem low.I'd love to see the statistics of how many people move to the Bay Area without having first secured a job, because--although I'm not a gambling man--I'd wager that the majority move there simply assuming that they will find a job.

It's a gamble, but an exciting one.

My wife and I will be managing the chosen property ourselves, we have a mortgage of $1,080 on our own primary residence. 

I didn't discover Bigger Pockets until after I purchased the property and am learning that I took a bigger gamble than I thought I was according to Brandon Turner and many others.

This can be tricky and a gamble.