Purchase price: $690,000 Cash invested: $172,500 Took a gamble on a larger single family home in an up and coming master planned community.

There is a gamble there that the second appraisal comes in at or below the first.

.#5 There used to be a lady named Sandra Edmonds I believe and she went by the name of TAx Lien Lady. 

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At any rate it is possible, but depending on your appraisal it could be a gamble

From a lady that gave up a pantry and then requested her husband to steal from the garage space to build a pantry :). 3.

:Syndication multi-family investments are riskier and have less upside than gambling in Las Vegas.

That's why the lady should have had her own representation telling her to check it out.Gino

A few months ago, I ran into a lady who has been going to seminars and REIA for more than ten years.

this is only a good idea if you have reason to believe that the area will be appreciating quickly, which is called speculation and akin to gambling not investing. me personally, I would rather put my money on black than bank on market appreciation. negative cash flow rentals are a time suck and money suck.