Without naming any names, whether it be the manufacturer or the distributor of the product, there is a problem out there with what used to be considered top brand, quality paints.

Observed the manufacturing business and travelling to Europe to experience the color mixing.

Here is what happened after 2 years when I needed to sell.1) The builder had relocated to a subdivision close by and was still manufacturing the same style house and floor plan I had bought2) There were only a total of 3 different types of houses on my street 3) For some reason and I think because the community was not organically grown there were 20 homes on the market, so I was competing with 7 other identical homes.

Gladhatter,I commit myself here and now to be a giver without question.To share, help, instruct, and give whatever I can.I commit myself to the success of this forum and all whovisit it.That is my promise to myself.

Now OIL is running out and we (and our leaders) are doing NOTHING to supplant it.The common thread in the case of the Dutch and the English is that the reliance on plentiful, and cheap energy caused a complacence because it was just TOO EASY to keep doing what they had been doing.A couple of parallels to this can be found in the cliche' about the old "buggy whip makers", and simlarly in the case of people who made, and delivered ICE back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.There were probably a lot of players in both industries, and as competition from refrigerator manufacturers and auto makers became intense, the remaining buggy whip makers and "ice men" were obviously the MOST EFFICIENT players in their respective markets.

Miniminzing the manufacturing of cement which pollutes our air, water and soil and minimizing the need for more land fills with which to dump millions of tons of reusable materials.

And it's manufacturing and use actually had a positive impact on our environment.

There is a couple of good courses on DVD's on investing in foreclosed manufactured homes.

Also some people buy Accounts Recievables- which is for businesses --mainly manufacturers or large ticket items dealer -they sell and finance over 36 to 48 months.

Tony, I've got "Lease With Option To Buy" Contracts that I created for Sandwich Lease with Option; Instructions and forms for "No Money Down" Deals that I created; A GREAT "Credit Manual" in pdf ; Some "Special R.E.