My thoughts are to explain she can setup the contract with the contractor that she doesn't pay till certain "milestones" are completed.  

I hit some milestones over the last couple of weeks;  Ran 16 miles, then 20 miles, building up to the 26.2 miles.  

I want to be able to be present for my future children and not miss the milestones

When I look st graphs on zillow it's definitely peaked.

The graph below is an example i did in another thread.  

My first few connections in REI came from your meetup and I can't quantity how much they have helped me launch my investing journey.I'm excited to see what crazy milestones you'll reach this year.

Here is a graph of Probability of Going Late By Payment Number that shows that half the loans will be late within 9 months, 25% within 4 months. prospers.org had a post reflecting similarities in default reates between LC and Prosper.

Doesn't matter the investment, whether it's college, books, etc, if you learn skills which are in demand and are able to provide them, you're going to be successful.The funny thing about the poll is that if you drew a line on a graph that indicated 'success', the college grad band would all be banded closely around it. 

We could use more of this teaching in our schools and households.Below is a good podcast on the milestones of financial independence. 

There is one section where it talked about making a graph of your expenses vs your passive earnings and when the two cross you are "financially free" that really kicked me in the gut since it was the first time I really came across the idea.