At the same time as my debt was swelling, I also was looking at going to Europe in a few short months, as I was the maid of honor in my best friends wedding.

But say 8 years down the road agent is not with the brokerage, and if wed have to return the commission amount, is the agent responsible for the brokerages portion being returned to landlord (say the brokerage wont return their portion, or if that agent and broker arent in contact anymore)?     

I was speaking in generalities, given the post being discussed and the greater theme of it all does not lend to an in-depth discussion as to the finer functions and mechanics of all potential investment strategies and their case law to support or detract.And as this has fallen down a rabbit hole of details I will add, a LO is better understood in the more accurate language of Lease WITH Option. 

I’m wondering if I should of required a 4 night booking (ie Wed-Sat) and what our strategy should be for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Medical is not being reduced anytime especially with the new Dell Med Center and the Med school there at UT.

Interest never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation; it never visits nor travels; it takes no pleasure; it is never laid off work nor discharged from employment; it never works on reduced hours; it never has short crops nor droughts; it never pays taxes; it doesn’t need to buy food; or clothes; it is without the need for housing & so has no repairs, no replacements, no shingling, plumbing, painting, or whitewashing; it has neither wife, children, father, mother, nor kinfolk to watch over and care for; it has no expense of living; it has neither weddings nor births nor deaths; it has no love, no sympathy; it is as hard and soulless as a granite cliff.Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.Reuben J.

Between working 40 plus four a day commuting, taking classes, planning a wedding, and of course studying REI incessantly, I haven't had any free time in years. 

Unfortunately, since I work swing shift Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, it would be difficult for me to make it on those days.  

Two common themes I am seeing are you have to buy the house at the right price, and you have to have good contractors.

Absorb in the info and you will be able to see what is a common theme (practice) and what is one off advice.