Granted I'd be down a hand during this time but I wouldn't be a complete invalid (did I spell that right?).

@Raji Ahmed There is also on the west coast ( specifically California) what is called an "all inclusive deed of trust" its a wrap document that is in the form of a DT and spells out the senior lien right in the document..

Marie's post about her dealing in RE, this could have been used to cover perceived dry spells.

The agreement was basically written out on a standard residential sales agreement with the terms of the owner financing (me) spelled out to the seller

@Erik Drentlaw  Hi Erik,  I have a triplex, and my rental agreement spells out (somewhat vaguely, I think), what tenants can and can't do.

Someone told me that I should send a none binding letter of intent to the seller that spells out the terms(ie I have no money, but want to assign your property to an end buyer, etc., etc.) before getting it under contract.

In your future leases, clearly spell out the early termination.

For example, If they're buying links in India, Russia, and China to pump up your site, that's only going to spell trouble for you in the long term.

Wow, I can write and spell. 

We have a formal LLC, including a 15 page operating agreement that spells everything out.We have that, not because we needed it to be comfortable with each other or the partnership.