There have been posts that mention installing a cage to enclose the outside unit.Another thread that has other ideas:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/24010-alternative-to-copper-piping-for-hvac-units

To keep it fair, the JV partners should alternate roles.Why set this up?

Give us more details and maybe we can come up with more alternatives.

I know that lease-options or rent-to-own in Texas are basically illegal (or at least strictly prohibited), but people are still advertising properties for sale on lease-option and rent-to-own in San Antonio. So I have...

However, I would hope that on several issues you would at least be open to alternative views.With respect to "climate gate" there are plenty more sources of information on that.- including the scientist at the center of the scandal, Phil "Hide The Decline" Jones himself.Below are quotes from Mr.

She will not have been looking for alternative housing--she'll be focusing on closing on her new house.

There are so many alternatives, hopefully with the knowledge I gain here I will be able to find my way.

Their reasoning is: if I use it to put in an offer, the offer gets approved, and they do not like the deal it then puts me in a very bad spot scrambling to find alternate funds.

They passed a law here a year or two ago in my state that allows landlords to pursue tenants for the entire lease terms rent, so I suppose that would be the alternative.

The other alternative is to stick with city sewer.