> >Actually, I don't know what you mean, > which is why I asked. If you don't like > >the terms of the loan, then why borrow > the money?
> Because your wife said "If I have to spend > another month in this {deleted] apartment >instead of a real house, I'm going to take > to take the kids and leave you"? > . . . ronn! :) actually, you are not far off the mark, ronn. my girl friend, at the time, was pressuring me to make a commitment and i felt some obligation because she was motivated me to get off my ass and use my capital gains to become a home owner or lose the tax deduction. it is to my eternal shame that i married another and allowed her mother to manipulate me into selling the house (just before the real estate bubble in santa monica really took off) because it was too small for her daughter. so it goes... jon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l