The feeling of discomfort isn't validated by fact, just emotional discomfort...never had a house rent for so much.

forced heir-ship is another key issue under the Napoleonic/French system we have here in the great red-stick state, i tend to agree with most of all statements above, probate laws tend to differ from state to state, jurisdiction, and county and or parish(Louisiana), i guess what you are asking here seems more of an emotional ?

In general, the engineering mind lends itself to REI through problem solving skills and making logical decisions over emotional reactions.

Instead we bought an emotional personal residence with the capital we had and went about our lives.Now that I am in a different place in my career with young kids, I think I'd be divorced if I tried to do it right now.

It is a huge advantage to you that the bank owns it because banks do not have an emotionally attachment to the property, they will look at your offer as a business transaction.

., lease agreements, partnership agreements, etc) I'd say look on this site or spend $59 on an online service....but subject to's & lease options can often be so customized and they need to be tailored to the situation you are in that to NOT spend money on a lawyer (probably $250 or so) is not a sensible in my opinion.Remember...especially on Subject To's...you are dealing with people's emotions and 99% of the time they will be skeptical of your intentions....so to have a legal document that was not done using legal expertise could potentially give them more reason to be skeptical of your intentions....

From an emotional standpoint, if you are going to wake up in a cold sweat every night without going out to see the market, then do it.  

Lose the emotion and get down to numbers.

As an investor, there's no emotional attachment.

Elliott Kim If there are 20 blind offers and a group showing them someone (or more than one) is bidding with emotion.