Then comes to the email - due to a scheduling conflict, looks like we'll need to find someone else.If you've ever organized an event, you probably know what this feels like - panic sets in and you imagine standing in front of your audience, gulping and trying to explain "how unexpected events sometimes happen.."

If you are on BP a few markets stand out more than others.

I am at a bit of a stand still since I have never seen an actual offer.

Someone has to stand out, become the leader (or the parent) and invest in training.

Assuming you're on a 90/10 with your broker, even at 1.5% you stand to make around $500k based on the numbers you gave.

If he is currently a licensed and practicing lawyer, then he stands to lose far more income by losing his license, than he will make in free rent. 

I can assure you it's unlikely they have any assets to go after but you need to go after them big time so they have no leg to stand on.

I let him know my offer still stands.

I am sure this is a violation if so...I don't think it is advisable to take the word of the people trying to sell the property regarding the sex offender's legal standing and status (whether he is registered and legal).

Its long but it pretty much covers all the "important" stuff discussed:Here are the cliff notes.He notes a pattern of judgments at seven-year intervals stemmed from the shemetah which basically stands for "washing away of things" he went back on historical records on other shemitah years since 1900, here is what he found:1917 - the year US entered into WW1 - austrian, russan and german empires collapsed (a washing away if you will)1931 - another shemitah year - market dropped over 50%1938 - another market crash over 50%, another war started and ended 7 years later on the other shemitah year (a washing away)shemitah in 1973 - bretton woods worldwide monetary system collapsed1980 shemitah - the end of the massive inflationary 1970s (a washing away)1987 shemitah - black monday occured, biggest 1 day percentage drop in the dow.