Rich,Hope you enjoyed your recent cruise.Some of your plan sounds similar to the content from Ric Edelman's book "The Truth About Money", which I know you recommend.Was any of your estate plan formulated before you read Edelman?

Most companies charge a similar fee for new tenants.

While none of the children were "professionals", I had always assumed they were all similar in financial things.

Similar to the rates I'm paying here for a replacement value around $150K.

the are about the same size with similar features?

There are a few other young guys around who find themself in a similar place as you.

I'm a little late to the party - but if anyone has similar interests...I'm in!

Make sure you get comparables (market values of similar properties).

It is my understanding that they are very similar except that under the lease/purchase, the "buyer" is guaranteeing a certain number of lease payments and if they leave the property before the end of the contract they are obligated to pay the remaining payments anyway.

I am able to pull most of it for free from the county website, but it means that I have to manually search through the sales data to make sure that properties are in the same area (easily determined) and to make sure that they are similar types of properties (easy, but very time consuming!).