Hedge their bets.

Why bet on the "assumed" market value if you are not participating in the upside on the reversion cash flow?

I bet the San Diego market has lots of opportunity.

dmj4...that's a good idea but I'll bet a few months from now it won't matter because they will extend it to more people but the key is which banks will actually go for it.

However, I caution anyone willing to place significant bets that Obama's "stimulus" plan will reverse the current recession tide any time soon, to simply examine the largess of issues confronting our economy.

I bet they would be yelling and whining about that.

I'm betting on the yuan!

In any state, if you could NEGOTIATE and also BUY, I'd bet a lot of property would be 'negotiated' at $1.

I bet you wish you could get a piece of the action too, but you'll have to convince me to work with you".

I bet there are a ton of investors out there who would tell him "yes I'll lease it back to you" and then just wholesale it to some other investor who would have no intention of ever allowing the guy to do a lease option!!!