Ill settle this with one simple statement.Walk into the bank.In one hand, say I have 5000 Stock in *insert mainstream company here*In the other hand, say I have a free and clear title to a RE property.Id like to get a loan.

Ill go ahead and take that 4.25% Mr Britton!

Unless you want to make interest only payments but that moves us away from the goal.Paragraph three ill agree with you...a little.  

If you want, pay me and ill teach you everything you need to know about rental properties in the city.

If they had some unforseen financial blip and there is a path to get them back to being current over a short period of time, that may be an option I would pursue under those circumstances.In order for that to work you'd have to determine they are not harboring ill will about the eviction notice and they would have to be forthcoming about why they've fallen behind and what the path forward to getting current would be.

Ill keep you all posted.

Ill bet he reacts.

How about any Damn thing that really matters in life – children, illness, the future of civilization, future of America, the wars we fight, the wars we don’t fight?

Well, we have evidence that 50% of the time someone is in dire need of health coverage for a severe illness, the private health insurance companies will drop you: http://tauntermedia.com/2009/07/28/unconscionable-math/ That's unconscionable!

But we replaced at least 1/4 of the windows in EVERY dwelling unit yearly due to ill-behaved children, rocks, bricks, gun fire, etc.