The nature of a business and the degree of management it needs are not really related once you scale the business to a meaningful size.

I'd call the loan in a minute and probably extract a pound of flesh for every 30-day extension of the loan in exchange for forbearance.

Would it behoove me to keep that in mind in my decision making ... i.e. think twice before using electric hw heat because we won't be able to take advantage of ng to heat our water when it comes ...okay, hopefully these questions are clear enough and I've given enough info for some meaningful conjecture!

Or maybe my sample size is just too small to be meaningful...

You just trying to get into the middle of a deal and extract a slice for yourself.

Can you extract out a proof of funds or a pre-approval letter?

This could be because of the factors discussed earlier or, more simply, because they have enough wealth to have a diversified portfolio and yet maintain meaningful amounts in each investment.

Certainly in my areas none of these would be meaningful comps.

I don't know which drug is worse for you guys, whatever it is you're smoking or listening to an uninformed lying POS like Limbaugh.Let's just look at the FACTS;April 20, oil rig explodes/catches fire about 10:00PMApril 21, (not 12 days, but the next day) after a meeting between Obama and the secretaries of Homeland Security (Coast Guard), Inerior (minerals extraction) EPA and FEMA, several secretaries and/or their deputies headed to NO as well as 4 Coast Guard oufits.

If sufficient people respond you might have some meaningful results.