I wanted to touch base with you all and try and return the Welcome Wagon back to its initial roots . . .

- Example: say I have a tree that is rooted in my yard and I hang a birdhouse off a limb that hangs right over my neighbor's property line.

According to Foreclosure Listing Service, Inc. in Addison, Texas, the top three reasons for foreclosure are:[b]DivorceLoss of JobHealth[/b]I agree with those being the root problem.

If you can find an arrangement that you can agree on and a house that you'd like to own one day, this could be the perfect way for you to step out of your apartment and put down some roots.

I would call a very experienced plumber.My first thoughts are that water could be infiltrating into a pipe with root damage.

I'm rooted into the neighborhood and the neighbors love that I've rehabbed an eyesore of a property, which was bringing down their trendy street of SFH.

My goal for 2014 is to buy/renovate four to five homes and buy and hold at least two additional rental properties.Currently, I'm a full time Federal worker (I write contracts) but my roots are in construction.

All 3 options should be structured in a way that makes financial sense to you.3 example offers1. 70k cash for the property2. 200k owner financed with 0 down for 30 years at 1% interest3. 5k down, 95k owner financed at 7% interest for 7 years with a balloon payment of unpaid principle.To any number crunchers out there, these examples are completely fictitious and aren't rooted on anything specific.

Purchase Option Investing was coined in the mid 90s by David Finkel - Peter Conti, but I think it had its roots in Albert Lowry PhD in the 70's.

People rent for many reasons, but some common ones are: 1) they do not have sufficient resources to make the downpayment on a property purchase; 2) they do not have the credit history to qualify for financing; 3) they are in the area temporarily, or periodically, and do not wish to establish roots (students, oil field workers, politicians & staff attending the legislature, etc); 4) home ownership is just not right for some folks.