I once had a lady with a property worth $65k she owed $50k my, now I was scared to offend her with my offer of $22k especially since she owed on it.

Frankly, I'd be scared to buy 30 yr treasuries.

(His health is getting bad).

That still sucks if you're one of the thousands, but overall it's not a major threat to the financial health of the industry.Just my opinion, of course...I could certainly be wrong...

It's on a battery backup (about 24 hours worth of power) if the electricity is turned off or power is removed.I guess a burglar could smash the transmitter unit to keep it from calling out, but they'd have to be able to find it and destroy it within 20 seconds of breaking in, so I'm not sure they'd be able to do that unless they had been casing the place and knew exactly where it was.Regardless, the high pitched alarm is generally enough to scare off any intruders...at least in my experience...

i'd be careful about scaring away any potentially new buyers with too high a flip fee.sage

Many are running scared right now because of what they read online and what the media is telling them.

Explain to them that appraisers are scared out of their pants and always opt low in this environment.

When you concentrate on only those things that you cannot delegate - health & exercise, relationship with family, personal development, etc - then you are as wealthy as you can be.

I guess it's a good thing, but honestly, it really kind of scares me.