The U-Haul migration report lists Wi now as #16, which is very different being at the tail end where it has been for decades.

He clearly doesn't meet your guidelines (or anyone elses for that matter), you're right in not letting the tail wag the dog. - You seem to be following the right train of thought in offering them an early out (thereby solving everyone's problems) and perhaps should give them a bit more time to make it happen.

A dog can chase its tail without accomplishing much. 

You can target "long-tail" keywords with your blog posts as a part of your content marketing strategy.  

Isn't that the tail wagging the dog???

Now we have this team that has been assigned to make heads or tails of this mess and we are on them like white on rice!!!!!!!

Well, if you all don't like my points of view (hehehe) wait till you hear this angle.One of the fastest ways to get your tail in a sling and go to jail in real estate is duping some elderly person.

A popup shows on my screen for any message to anyone, only the top (maybe) third of the page shows, can't scroll it down to see any accept button or continue or kiss my tail to reply.

So "banking" on growth is at best as reliable as heads we win tails we lose.  

I got the Pre-Vacant House Goldmine, and am exploring the addition of it to another Aggregate system I have used, and want to see how they dove-tail.