The first call should be listened to by adults only..http://www.yellowlettermail.com/Angry.mp3 WARNINGhttp://www.yellowlettermail.com/STOP.mp3http://www.yellowlettermail.com/STOP_2.mp3http://www.yellowlettermail.com/STOP_3.mp3Not certain if answering the phone over VM would have made a difference.

I again laugh and tell him to go perform impossible sexual acts upon himself.

I agree that it is not easy, and that young adults need to focus on fundamentals first but I feel a lot of your post is excuses for why it can't be done instead of asking how it CAN be done. 

In today's environment, this is a huge edge in starting their adult lives.Secondly, our REIs will provide solid income into our retirement.Finally, it has enabled us to have the extra money to travel and enjoy life.

Something I've discovered is that as we gain success we begin to trivialize our initial struggles to the point where even the lessons WE'VE learned are all but lost on us.Very few of us remember what it was like listening to the adults around us in our infancy as we struggled to understand the sounds they were making in their throats and mouths.

I bought a home formerly used for streaming porn and i imagine postitution and found a few adult toys that a horse would be afraid of.

After I explained my other requirements for renting (600 credit score, no felonies, no evictions, $40 application fee per adult, 3 times rental income, full security deposit up front, etc.) some people seem to never get back to me for that showing time. 

Did they have  adult backing?

As a "young" parent of 4-ish kids from 1 to 11, I am CONSTANTLY amazed and underwhelmed by the manners of today's kids, and often their corresponding parents.My daughter is 20 months, and says thank you and please without being prompted, with more consistency than most adults I know.

Learning that one can't, because of circumstance, stand firm for actions we fight so vigorously to uphold is rather self conflicting.Thanks to everyone for being adults.