Those coming from a stable background usually have family who have assets and an attitude to help a family member in trouble.Do this exercise: Add a $10000 retrofit into your ROR calculation.

Should they be allowed to force us to exercise, too?

What I am wondering is I thought if I put a flex option on a property and exercise my right to buy, that I would be able to do a purchase contract and either assign or double close to my buyer.It sounds like he just wants to sign an agreement with me and I give him the end buyer.

That’s very interesting I have a 2 bedroom 3 bath home with a complete Movie room in a furnace 1200 sq ft basement with the movie Theater room on one side and on the other side of 50s Diner’s theme room with pool table giant air hockey machine and other equipment as well as exercise equipment I also have a finished guest home one bedroom one full bath with kitchen and living area on the same property which also includes a $30,000 dock with boat lift nice setting area and tackle shop room on Lake Taneycomo the main home has a very nice size deck with a beautiful view of the lake breathtaking in the winter in Branson Missouri with no homeowners fees or any other fees except for a small $75 a year fee for road maintenance around the lake area that is in Branson Missouri 

This is just a mathematical exercise that hinges on a whole bunch of assumptions:risk toleranceability to attain x% when investing outside of the shackles of your company retirement planamount of time available to spend pursuing those returnsreturn assumption inside your company planfederal and state marginal tax rates in the futurerange of options in your company 401k.

Its been several months since I did that exercise, but several areas, Vegas, Phoenix, CA, were still above the inflation adjusted trend.

I went through the exercise not too long ago.

I worked it out so he got $5,000,000 and I got an option on the house for $7,900,000 ( which I still have)I have a great exit strategy worked out when I'm ready to exercise my option.

That way if the developer backs out, you can choose not to exercise your option.

Every morning before doing anything else I spend time exercising, writing down my goals/things I have to do to achieve them, and reading.