Your dad sounds like he's part of the old school- not an insult, but if you are't getting a Fannie/Freddie loan, pretty much anything is negotiable, especially with PML. 

There are a decent amount of work arounds for galvanized if you talk to some of the old school contractors. 

This old school approach has been super successful, and I definitely respect it, but there's no way I could manage a paper calendar. 

The school as a whole has struggled and if the school is struggling attendance drops.

I'd probably lean more towards Richardson than Carrollton based on what the people I know say about schools. 

@Bubba McCants what we've done over the years is learn from the school of hard knocks and copy & paste from competitors:)If you don't have time to do all that, we'll sell you ours:)

Your first day at a new school or job?

They are going to start dental school here and will likely stay for four years.

The mantra of go to school, get a job, buy a house, work hard till you're 65-70, then live off retirement till you die is a nightmare.

Oxford house has policies and procedures with 10pm curfew, mandatory AA/NA meeting attendance, job/school attendance, daily house chores so the house should be the cleanest and quietest on the block.