hey Sport, Your local RE Attorney should be handling the SD in your closing statement.

@Jason White,My first impulse is to say no matter how much you have available you'll want to invest for income in retirement to ensure that your money is growing at such a rate that you drawing your living expenses from it will not deplete the principal during your expectable lifetime.You may want to read up on self-directed retirement accounts and other ways of being a private money lender.My personal thoughts on buying property with no loans is that its roughly equivalent to gambling in the Wall Street Casino.

ANYONE THAT IS COUNTING ON FUTURE APPRECIATION is taking a HUGE GAMBLE!

So there being an intermediary doesn't matter as long as they get their money.My personal opinion on buying a note at it's face value is like taking a gamble.

All I had to agree to was whatever the state said as far as child support (which you can't reduce in a prenup anyway) and 2% of AGI per year set aside for reimbursement for child expenses like sports, educational extracurriculars, etc.

I think I'm with Luis here, I'm very uncomfortable gambling on future tax rates and the future structure of the tax code, and it is a gamble, make no mistake.

I enjoy the outdoors and sports.

Anything other than a "sporting shotgun" whose barrel diameter is greater than half an inch.

Drink only water while gambling!

Anyone working a regular job who is living paycheck-to-paycheck or  month-to-month, and without any substantial savings is taking a huge gamble.