@Megan Wakefield John Goodman’s character in The Gambler summed my goal up perfectly.

I do know that I am a gambler.

It's a gambler's mentality, which is always foolish, to think that a tiny investment will make a large profit, especially when there are a whole bunch of fingers in that pie.

I'm not a gambler. 

But, I'm not a gambler. 

Are you a gambler or an investor?

But each transaction is a roll of the dice, and as any gambler knows if you continually “double down” it’s just a matter of time before you lose your “stake”. 

A friend who is a bookie and gambler once told me lessons aren't cheap. 

its funny how this changes with time and the market on BP  if you asked this question 5 to 7 years ago you get drowned out with the cash flow is the ONLY thing and appreciation is for gamblers my self I have always been about making appreciation games in RE.. by either value add building a new product or buying foreclosure and flipping or lending money and getting instant 12% plus returns . 

My thinking is to get financing established through a HELOC so that’s ready to go and I’m not a much of a gambler so I’m not looking to invest in cash flow neutral or negative properties and hoping for appreciation.