Agreed but what about the pot dealer with a criminal record who moves into the $1500 upscale aparmtent (because he has plenty of cash), you don;t see those apartment managers/owners in trouble.

If they have no merit, the fortune is going back into the general pot, anyway.And Crikey, Bryan, I feel sorry for your widow, if you think she should be thrown out into the gutter with nothing as soon as you die.

I like the trainee status idea and also the idea of having a pot of gold at the end of one year.

Are there any indicators I can watch for that would suggest, at least, whether the lender would get off the bench and do it in a timely manner?

Could be less than we paid in the 90s.More "stir the pot" stuff without specifics.

Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, etc...

You have your fingers into several different pots and seem to be doing rather well - congratulations!

Government should not tell people when to live or die, should not tell a woman what to do with her body, should not tell anyone whether or not they can smoke pot, or prohibit them from getting married if they are gays.

Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler were quick decision makers.

Owners are getting stuck because they can't refinance and are upside down and cant sell without a big pot of cash.