If the closet is on an exterior wall then it has two strikes against it and will very likely grow the light grey/light green stuff you're seeing on doors, clothes, and especially leather shoes or boots.I wouldn't discount that there "might" be a leak somewhere.

In Australia I have great fun striking out contract clauses that don't suit me, not sure how the US banks would respond to this??!!

The podcasts are like striking gold!!!

@Michael Sears Perhaps you could approach it like you would a deal itself - how much are you willing to take/give up, what would your ideal # be and what would your strike # be? 

My strike price would be even lower.This strategy gives you a strong exit strategy on day 1.

That being said I'd like to strike up a conversation on speculation of specific Milwaukee neighborhoods.

See Tim's blog here: http://economistsview.typepad.com/timduy/2015/04/fomc-snoozer.htmlIt remains to be seen just how transitory the Q1 weakness turns out to be as on the one hand bad weather back east, port strike in LA and the hits from the oil industry pullback, and on the other weakening demand world-wide, a rising dollar and people here seem to be banking or paying down debt with their energy savings instead of spending them.

While your sister may want to buy a condo with the money you should only concern yourself with the value of the property your brother left you to be fair to yourself and your sister and strike a fair agreement for each of you.How much will your sister give you to buy you out of the homes?

The word "felon" strikes fear in every property management company I deal with.

Sounds like a lightning strike, I think we have all bought into the media machine in our own way and I see how we can be caught up in the fuss of a little noise.