That's for an average sized house (under 2000 sf) with an average sized yard (our 80 pound German Shepherd is pretty happy playing back there).

This is for my duplex that is owner occupied on one side, so I still have the ability to be selective about who I rent to, as I would prefer if the renters had older children since I have a German Shepherd who has access to the entire yard.

But, since I'm taking a buy-and-hold strategy - is this germane to the discussion, even?

She was 14 1/2 which is pretty old for a German Shepherd.Anyway when we went to pick her up the vet said that she had been having a real difficult time since the previous day, harder than usual getting up and unable to eat.

Citigroup rose 5.7 percent in German trading after acting Chief Executive Officer Win Bischoff said in a statement late yesterday that Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will help "strengthen our capital base.''

I'd borrow German dedication to their roads, esp. the Autobahn.3.

@Joe Gore Even though I don't think it's germane to my overall issue at hand, I don't put 10 days to settle in my offers because I don't believe it is a game-changer anyway...

German Chas wrote: You can buy their house before they get foreclosed upon, and rent it back at a payment that makes sense for them.You would do that?

The cost of a seven-bedroom villa on Palm Jumeirah dropped to as low as 19 million dirhams ($5.2 million) last month, from 30 million dirhams in September, according to the Dubai unit of German real-estate company Engel & Voelkers AG.

:lol: I'm german, that's why.