Quote from another source:"Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted . . .Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more.

Like others I've encountered this more times than I can count, including on "trash outs" and "burn outs" that have sat so long the agent has forgotten they have the listing.I always use one of the two following answers; "OK, withdraw my offer then", or "if I lose it, I lose it".

I find it hard to understand why an agent would recommend that you list your home below FMV counting on a bidding war that may not transpire.

If there's any BUSINESS benefit at all to sitting behind a computer screen racking up "ratings" or "points" and numbers of semi-anonymous "friends", giving away useless ebooks, blogging, "internet marketing", posting every random thought you've ever had, and alerting people to the fact you just took a dump and now you're going to walk the dog-- I sure haven't found what it is other than ego, and it really shouldn't even stroke a sensible person's ego.Again, I hope to make great contacts here and do business-- but I'm not counting any social networking chickens just yet...

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run -Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

The period of renovation after you do a 1031 exchange---if you don't place the investment property in service for six months and start your depreciation at that time why isn't that period of time counted as residential months?

When this is realized by that group the looting and rioting will begin and there will be a breakdown of society (It is currently happening in Greece and other parts of Europe, so dont count on the Euro either.) as these revolts increase.

I could count the number of tenants who got their entire deposit back on one hand and the number of tenants who got ANY deposit back on two hands.

Option fee is non-refundable, but counts toward the purchase if he does buy.

Counting the rental income with make it harder.