As Zig Ziglar states, "You don't want to be a wandering generality, but be a meaningful specific" and "failure is the path of least resistance.

On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction.

That's because these rents are so low that extracting $100 out of $400 average rents leaves very little for a payment.Now, the terms and payment might be different because of the land contract.

Depends on the sellers.Some might be wanting to sell for the first time in 4 to 5 years and not be in tune with the market.Others are trying to solve personal or business problems in their lives by trying to extract a certain amount of money out of the property by selling.Often repeated phrases I use: "No amount of marketing in the world will sell an overpriced listing""Your properties current market value and what you need to get out if have absolutely nothing to do with each other."

The government is supposed to protect me from bad people and provide a few other meaningful functions.

Congratulations.I hope it works out for you, the kid and his mom.May I suggest a "reward" for him IF he completes everything without any problems ... something small but meaningful like a sports team shirt or a book.Perhaps you could offer him "continued employment" such as more yard work in the spring?

Religions and Governments are created for two reasons, to extract money/resources from man and to control man's behavior.While modern technology is the number one key against terrorism, the US has a lot more enemies than just terrorists.

I cant stand the daily 8-5 working in an office, so being successful in this game can't come soon enough (even if my 8-5 turns into a 6-6).I have learned so much already from this site and I look forward to my continued education, and maybe some meaningful contribution now and again.

It's now worth about 650k(no equity extraction).

(This information had to be extracted very delicately because of laws about what one can say and what one can't say.)5.