We had a ball and travelled for 4 years.

The interviews turned up 3 others that I could work with, one of which has the experience and is willing to do lots of written low ball offers.

Its hard for me to let it go because this is like a curve ball coming at me and it sounds like its my loss and should just except it?

My history with asset managers, tells me they generally don't accept or counter at more than 10% off of current list price, so it may need to drop more to get a better deal.The low ball offer does have value though - place an offer at 30 to 40% under - it will likely get rejected, but tell the listing broker to get back to you when the seller gets serious - you might get a call sooner than you would expect!

When I ball park it for them, they freak out because they do not have a clue what a project will cost or what it costs to do an estimate (figure 40 hours or more for a big project) or run a contracting company.

This particular "for the people" political party wore fur caps and carried Kalashnikov rifles.Tim

My initail plan was to pay it off as soon as I could but I never really got the ball rolling like I should have.

In addition to the sand volley-ball courts they want heated pools plus private baths for each bedroom plus high speed internet, etc.

Yes this is allowed, and I have had several realtors willing to play ball with me in these situations.The key is to have an option contract that includes language to let you do that.

Anyway, Furl is free software which enables you to compile and save internet pages as personal records.