I guess that is the main reason i want to pay them off... paying them off will basically ease the pain.

Probably too difficult to calculate, but it might be enuff to stay ahead of the changes current administration is making...

Check with your local bank and local SBA (Small Business Administration) Although there are much more regulations and hoops, it could be an option for you.

Okay, maybe he wasn't billionaire in 2000, and he still isn't, but clearly the $10M+ that he made in Halliburton stock options between 2000-2008 is a significant percentage of his net worth...and there's no arguing that the $20B in government contracts that Halliburton received during the Cheney administration significantly contributed to the value of those stock options.

We're in for a long and painful drouht.

Later on in the book he does some Stretch Armstrong level stretches to support what I think is a personal agenda for him to sell more books.The currency system in this country is clearly being run terribly and I think we are in for some long-term, secular pain for some time to come.

Hypothetically speaking, if Nationalized Health care passes under the current administration, how will this affect the Insurance companies lending?

Have your end buyer deposit 25% of the purchase price in non-refundable escrow 2 business days before the closing.Make a deal with your HML to be on standby in case the second closing does not take place.The "pain" of the 25% loss is a virtual guarantee that he will close as planned.

You have no further liability to complete the contract, the seller has no basis for a lawsuit (they can always still try), and nobody's credit is going to be ruined.If you deal with that seller again in the future, maybe they will just trash your contract.If it was an individual seller, you may have caused them considerable pain by not following through.

Thanks- but never get an old developer talking about his exploits- it could be very painful