You may have a problem trusting your team, even when they have proved themselves, and if you decide to visit your investments a couple times a year, you could find yourself using all your profits on trips to another state.Either way, investing is a gamble.

On the flip side, startups or newer local businesses can be a gamble, sometimes great, sometimes gone in a year.Curious to hear from others what’s been your biggest surprise (good or bad) transitioning between residential and commercial?

This harder stance could not overcome public disillusionment with the Carter administration, made worse by the administration’s inability to secure the release of the hostages"Hmmm, ah yes, uncontrolled inflation and discontent.

A gamble on gambles of volatility moving certain ways in certain time windows..... 

Some of them messaged me to say be careful, as they felt I was being encouraged by the program to have a wreckless disregard and take a dicey flip gamble and lose money.

Goes by the person so like in all real estate investments, its a gamble. 

Gambling addictions  drugs  .. 

Operators don’t gamble on algorithms; they own their marketing funnel.Direct Booking Site: Build a branded booking website (Hostfully, OwnerRez, or custom WordPress) that integrates with a PMS.Paid Media: Run Google PPC ads targeting “[Market] Vacation Rental” + retarget visitors with Facebook/Instagram ads.Video Funnels: Create short-form video tours on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts that link directly to your booking site.Email/SMS Capture: Collect guest emails at booking and automate a nurture sequence with discounts for direct re-bookings.System: STR Marketing Flywheel — Drive traffic → Capture leads → Retarget past guests → Convert to direct bookings → Build repeat stay database.3.

There seems to be a plan in place to allow gambling which will further boost everything here.I mentioned above that I am a newbie investor, not entirely true, I own a good number of rental property in Germany.Is anyone here active in Dubai, currently looking to invest in Dubai or just living here?

I used to own three rentals in Seattle but after 2012 when the prices got too high I realized that sophisticated buy-and-hold investors invest where the numbers make sense with cash flow, not appreciation (gambling).