If you are in the right place at the right time, and willing to live there, that can work..... Not everyone can handle that, though - people are unlikely in ge

If you are in the right place at the right time, and willing to live there, that can work..... Not everyone can handle that, though - people are unlikely in general to be able to treat their home impassionately as an investment. The key is knowing that you've already won before you sign the papers.... as you said, doing the research, etc. Good investors always make their money on the "buy" - you buy something you KNOW is already undervalued - you never buy and then just hope.