i think the best thing to do is mine your own coins
Agreed. But I can't. I'm living in someone else's house so I can't set up rigs. I finally understand why someone would cloud mine. And I'm sure there are other people like me. Believe me, if I could, I would run my own rigs.
Just buy some Antminer S5 hash from Hashnest. Not quite as profitable as doing it yourself if your power is cheap but the best legitimate option. You can buy on the internal market and sell at any time.