Steve!

Wow, sounds great!

Amityville Horror?

Paw, that pic I posted for Dovey in the Pictures forum is the one she wants in her signature.

Satori, keep in mind that it hasn't been all that long since you've resumed posting as "Satori001". Weren't the majority of your posts with this screenname posted a year or more ago? Or am I mistaken in that?

Just as long as you don't *hais* THE. THE might take it personally. Worse yet, THE might like being haised, THEn where would we be? THE would constantly be calling asking "when are you going to come hais me again?" That kind of pressure I just don't need.

Yeeeesh! What a nuthouse TWI is!!! I remember rearend St*cey B*wen R*pke and others used to say that docvic(praise be his name) said that "things are to be used, people are to be loved." I guess that they mixed that one up, too - "things are to be loved, people are absolutely to be used." I was thinking to myself, "Erk, I'm glad I never was in that kind of situation" when I remembered that yes, I have been in that situation. I was head usher for a wedding for a twig leader that was going to occur at the limb home, and it was part of my job to make sure the grounds looked good. This was rearend B*ll Gre*ne's house in Portland, OR. It was up on a hill, and the side of the hill was covered with this trashy vine type of plant. I had to spend a Saturday clearing it all away. Then I had to load it into the back of a pickup truck (can't remember who I borrowed *that* from) and figure out where I could dump it. And that was just one job of many that I had to do to help the place be ready for the wedding!

That line about "the lottery helps the schools!" is a HUUUUGE lie. Let's say the schools budget is $10 Million. Let's say the lottery takes in $10 Million. That money *does* go to the schools. BUT - the money that *was originally* going to go to the schools now goes somewhere else.

Hmmm, not that I know of, all the Flat Stanleys are out roaming the world.

Nope. It's buried so deep that you'd be better off just buying a new set of CDs.

I would say that a majority of guy's DON'T name their body parts. But that's just a guess.

Well, I'm suggesting not dealing with a bank for the first 3 years, but the guy's in his 60's - it's a reasonable guess that he's not going to want to carry a 30 year note. Perhaps a 10 year note, however, if you offer him a decent rate of interest, say a percentage point or 2 above what he could get if he were to put the money in a CD or muni bond.

Nope, I don't have any info on what was in his passport. But perhaps those who have hosted him can email you what they remember of what they wrote in it?

I checked out IMDB, and I hadn't seen ANY of the movies he'd been in except SW II.

Sure, WhiteDove! That'd be great! I'll PT you an address to send him to!

But at least he got to keep his chair. And his dog. And his phone, was it?

Vick - you don't necessarily need a loan or credit or anything. If you can work it out with the guy, you can set it up a number of ways. If he is willing to have you spread the down payment over 3 or 4 years, you're golden. You would immediately take possession, and start collecting rents, and pay the down payment out of the rents. As soon as you hit 20% equity, there's no mortgage company that would turn you down for a mortgage and they'll give it to you at a halfway decent rate to boot. With 10 apartments, you can hit that 20% equity in 3 years, if you keep your expenses bare-bone by fixing things yourself. If you end up defaulting, he's not out anything - the building's still in his name until you get the mortgage. If you decide it's a bad investment after a couple of years, you walk away, and you're not out anything because you won't have put any of your own money into it. Deals like this are actually much more common than you would think. If he's a bit unsure, then sweeten the deal by offering $5000 more than he's asking.

Pirate got it!

Nope, it looks like if this Flat Stanley's bit the dust, then it's pretty much over.

Hmmm, not a bad idea - let me check into it.

"I would sooner destroy a stained-glass window than kill an artist such as yourself"

My Cousin Vinny

Sweeeet!

"Disorderlies" or "Debbie Does Doctors"

So how many dollar bills did you walk out with?

Guffaw!!! Mike, you owe me for my drycleaning bill, and for cleaning coffee off of my monitor! Idiosyncratic, indeed! You just went and proved my point about arguing with half-wits! Oakspear, the phrase "pearls before swine" comes to mind. Of course, I do realize that you're tying half your brain behind your back just to attempt to level the playing field. But still . . .