In the tenants eyes, she just dealt with the very real prospect of her child dying in a fire.

Any parent who has done that in the pouring rain can tell you how much that sucks.

They don't mind mowing 1/2 acre but like to be 'away' from town.Conscientious parents want good school districts.YUPs want to hang out with other YUPs.

Most of his liens are criminal judgments, many are Virginia vs Him and it doesn't tell specifically what they are for, one eviction and a couple child support that are in the 3K range.

So, I planned to ask my parents for a few thousand dollars for a day so I could personally fund the transaction (its only a 20k house).

I am unmarried though and if one day I have a child who is interested in the business I will take them in as a means to teach them.

If you buy close to parents, the government will pay $40,000 toward purchase price of home.

So my parents bought a condo at a really good deal because they used their home equity line to buy cash.

Just my opinion, but if there is a depression, what we'll see could be...Vacancies will (continue to) rise as people (continue to) double up and move back in with their parents.

This is what the website says:The rule will affect paid renovators who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities, including: Renovation contractorsMaintenance workers in multi-family housingPainters and other specialty trades.I haven't seen anything that says you can't work on your own property, it references "paid renovators".