The danger is the failure to respect the power of adverse markets and the disadvantage newer sponsors possess in navigating them when they occur.When and if markets move, some will survive and some will fail. 

D is for Danger.

There is no danger of her losing the house as long as she pays the taxes and insurance....there are no payments to be made and if she is underwater it doesn’t matter, as far as “keeping the house” is concerned.

For instance, when processing owner names in tax delinquencies, I use AI to automatically segregate names into distinct fields, such as in "HERBERT W.

Banking on appreciation can be a dangerous strategy.

Hi Tony,If you think you can handle the applicants, and the residents who will live there, and know the danger level (and break in steal your furnace and etc... theft level) of the area--a fish knows his own pond the best.Good Luck! 

I was able to help a Swiss investor clear up title on her rural land, but the process took over 10 years.Elijah - you are correct to warn folks about the dangers of investing in Brazil, especially in rural areas.  

There is a tree on my neighbor's land that has roots coming on my land, lifting the soil and now dangerously going under my house.

Buying your own home is NOT.I guess I don't see the distinction between what your are looking at to what I am. 

Making any investment decision based on a guess about future appreciation is dangerous.