Paying anything less than a grand you are betting on getting nothing than warranty issues.

The partner’s sons will not trouble you much, but look out that some boys poorer, much poorer than yourselves, whose parents cannot afford to give them the advantages of a course in this institute, advantages which should give you a decided lead in the race–look out that such boys do not challenge you at the post and pass you at the grand stand.

Does anyone know of some good wholesale companies that I could get connected with that deals in properties in the Grand Rapids area? 

As long as you are abiding by the Fair Housing Act and not making a decision based on any protected class, I think you can ask anything you like (e.g. do you play chess at the grand master level?

And it added 8 grand to the job .  

It's sad, because the parents mean it as a grand and generous gesture, but it can cost the recipient tens of thousands in taxes that could have easily been avoided.I hope you have spoken to a tax professional about the specifics of your situation to make sure you know the tax consequences of this action.

There are more resorts here than anywhere, golfing galore, great weather (most of the year) low taxes, a big hole in the ground called The Grand Canyon, skiing, (yes an 11,000 ft mountain for skiing) we have more peaks than Colorado I'm told, great hiking both in the desert and in the mountains, exquisite restaurants, nice people, good roads, lots of activities, and we are only hours away from the ocean.

This apartment was state of the art when it was built - grand staircase, elevator, like a brownstone; even the street was upscale (Park Avenue).

Just stopping in to say hi to anyone else down in the Rio Grande Valley.

They even said they would let us secure a tenet in there before we owed then the 90 grand.