Predictable

The key is to find vendors that have good prices and good stock.

I think you could go about turning the month to month to one year several ways...One suggestion is to simply let them know after you purchase that you only do annual leases ( and that sounds like your goal)....And then maybe let them know in the coming months you will be talking to them about this and offering a special one time chance to lock in their current rate for one year (which gives them and you predictability).

Hello Everyone,    Being a truck driver, I spend a lot of time on the road with just my thoughts, especially when SiriusXM has nothing new on and is just repeating, and the weekends the stock market is closed!

The project is predicted to be completed in 5 to 8 years I believe.  

I'm trying to boost my savings so I can get in the game quicker, when I came up with the idea of redirecting some of the funds I allocate to my 401K towards REI.Admittedly, the stock market craziness is what got me thinking, but in addition to that my employer matches up to 5% and I'm putting in 10%.

I could see that possibly being true with your higher heating/cooling costs that you have with the harsher winters and older stock of housing.

Along the lines of preferred stock and common stock in Chapter 7.

The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.

I haven't seen any predictions about what will happen yet though.