@Tanya Braun - Very interesting, and I'd much rather have someone local's take on it than the news (who tend to do their 'chicken little' impression at every opportunity.) $900/sf is pretty absurd money, but I know there are some other more 'international' markets that are just as wild.

In other words, I'd like to avoid being a chicken with its head cut off when things go awry.All recommendations for (A) people and (B) types of people we should reach out to are greatly appreciated!

OK, I'm going to stir the pot on this one a bit, here goes ... personally, I think escalator clauses are chicken s$%t ... if I were selling a property (and I have been in this situation), I would NOT accept escalator clauses, but rather just instruct the buyer to send in their highest and best offer.

One of the things I found about this process is that it is a little bit of a chicken and egg problem.  

That's when my ego kicked in, I couldn't let 2 men see me chicken out.

I can't remember WHO said it, so I will just call him Chicken Little.

I'm trying not to count my chickens before they hatched but I got an offer that I accepted on my first fix and flip.My cousin who is pretty big in the business and has been helping me along sent me this deal.

My wife would be jealous, she wants an orchard and BEES, we live on half acre and she is slowly adding animals and trees. we have chickens and rabbits etc.

$1300 is chicken scratch.

When I have obsereved the odors it did not trigger the happy rumblings of hunger in my belly as would a pizza, roasted chicken, or a sizzling steak would have.