Louis, as that only measures public schools, and a lot of good people live in cheap areas of St.

If you have good credit the interest rates on these lines of credit are usually measured in prime - something.  

Odds are very good that a major expense or a bad tenant will eat your lunch and your wealth-building plans will go out the window.If you are a cardiologist making $200,000 a year with no debt, you can probably replace the roof of a house without batting an eye.If you are an investor with ten properties each cash-flowing $250 a month, you can probably afford to write a check for a new roof without digging into reserves.Everyone needs to measure their own portfolio and personal situation.

Prices appreciated so much they've implemented new cooling measures to bring things down, including the aforementioned stamp duty. 

Which method is used really matters. 1% of income and 1% of debt and equity are both 1% but they are miles apart when measured in dollars.The only way to know is to read the operating agreement.

It is a measure of responsibility.Individuals on welfare could have good credit but they choose not to as part of their overall irresponsible life style.How they got their score is important as well as the amount of available credit.

Great strategy but hard to measure that which has not happened.

And instead of putting in expensive counters (or is it counter tops) you can measure it yourself and put in lole a butcher block counter tops.

So when you have small amounts of data on a specific asset type, it's hard to really get an accurate measurement.

I measure my risk-averseness(?)