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Originally Posted by look 171
When I made my big purchases, I always go home and get my dad out of the house to have a cup of coffee and talk it over. This was each and every single purchase. I am not looking for approval but just want to share with him and maybe he see a mistake that I may have missed even though I know I was going to buy the investment properties anyway.
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Perfect. My Mom was always there as well.
I can still see him get out the yellow legal pad, draw a line down the middle and put a plus sign on one side of the line a negative symbol on the other.
Ready, begin.
I still do it, years after they have both passed. We just did it a few months ago before we bought the house in South Carolina. Not just money, btw: personal and emotional pluses and minuses, the whole gamut gets discussed, including, as was mentioned, risk associated with the income stream being interrupted.
Again, the fact that you guys are walking this dog now bodes well. MRM hit all the highlights: Doctors make horrible accountants and pilots
