That only makes matters worse.

Or would it be more fair to just say 50/50 no matter what and it should even out over time?  

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Go crazy, one year we made cards for a Halloween party with things on them like "do the chicken dance, make an orgasm noise, take a shot, give someone a hickie" and we shuffled them up and handed them out at the door. the throughout the night you could give the card you were given to anyone at the party and they had to do whatever it said on it right then and there no matter where we were (you can also just put all the cards in a hat and make people draw them throughout the night since you're the birthday boy).

At the end of the day, if they aren't doing what you want to be doing on a 10x larger scale, then their opinion really doesn't matter.

Hey ChrisIt doesn't matter what kind of loans you have or who holds the note. 

If you can (more or less) guarantee positive cash flow on the property, it really doesn't matter which side of things you are on unless you need/want to sell. 

Is this a criminal, or a civil matter?

Now, how it plays out and when and if the note gets called is another matter.  

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