Interesting article from The Motley Fool.Go Broke Renting: 7 Cities Where Rents Are Crazy HighEach month, Zillow (NASDAQ: Z ) announces its Zillow Rent Index, which notes the median estimated rental price in an area.The average rental price in the United States in November stood at almost $1,300 per month, and an average of $0.85 per square foot.

It costs money to hire attorneys but I stood to lose out on about 100K.

You could just do scissor trusses or stick frame roof then come in so far from exterior and add collar ties type to the 10'.

----------these are bids that stood out bc they were different1. young couple with Realtor/lawyer?

The newbie who stood on the side of the river bank who then found themselves on the opposite side with no bridge and no boat sort of let's it happen to themselves.

While looking at local listings in the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA area I found a couple that stood out. 

Joists/trusses/subfloors: Broken, sagging, missing, spliced, rotted?

It was purchased for $1.4 million by redeveloper Del Hedgepath, and it has stood vacant for a decade; the current $13.5 million plan calls for conversion to 39 apartments in the original building with new wings built for 22 more units plus a parking lot and swimming pool.

This Skeptical investor has stood silent for too long.

Today's America is not what our founding fathers stood for, it is exactly what they fought against.