My lease makes it clear "the check's in the mail" doesn't count.

Again on this topic, I emplore you to look back in history and show me a time when the US actually paid down its national debts, I count 7 and each time is followed by a recession and/or depression.You memtion the US in comparison to Greece.

You can always count on cigarettes and booze to be in high demand.

After 30K, we’d need to cash out somehow for more downpayments...but wouldn’t that count as borrowing a downpayment, which I thought you couldn’t do?

I would be careful on counting on rental income.

Ahem Let me step onto my soap box . . .You MUST count the cost of management.

We can always count on BP!

Count me in.

Hers was the absolute worst course I've ever purchased, and I've spent thousands on books and courses alone (not counting seminars)... what a complete waste of money.

Let us count the emotions:1) His advice "Don't do it" will have been worthless.2) You will be making more doing it your way than his3) He will know that he "should" have been doing this long ago for himself4) He will know that his other clients have been poorly counseled5) He will not earn money on your re investments.If you do poorly:1) He will have the satisfaction of knowing he was right not to do re 2) The money you lost is not available to him to invest3) You may, indeed, take out of other investments.So there you have it.