I wasn't totally convinced DM was the way for me to go right now and was doing a test run to see how it shook out...

@Christopher Madden Sounds like its worth it! 

Look at us, we have a population that is in poor health with every 2nd person presently or soon diabetic, wide spread poverty, a level of crime and gun violence like no other country on earth, we managed to make education FOR-profit leading to massive student debt and universities being richer than small countries, if you travel a bit you can see that our infrastructure is worse than some of the ******** countries we look down on, our health care system is F'd up beyond believe, our food is one of the unhealthiest in the world, we are consuming ressources at a level that nobody can match, we are addicted to buying cheap crap nobody needs, have a dispose everything mentality, meanwhile our population is less happy than most of our peer countries.We just got back from visiting my family in Europe and after we landed at OHare and sat in a dirty, beat up shutte bus getting us to the parking lot over a cracked concrete road, garbage on the side of the road, power lines hanging everywhere, my US born wife shook her head said: I can't believe how run down and ****** everything is here..The US is a fantastic country and I have chosen to live here for a good reason, but we really need to get our head of our you know what and start thinking about where we want to be a few decades. 

Do you see John Madden  much at the Trader Joes ?

REI is challenging, and if it seems easy or maddeningly difficult you're not doing it right. 

Its a bit maddening to make everyone happy, and it simply can't be done.At the same time, I've been preaching for many years that your compensation plan IS your job description.

He looked me in the eye, shook my hand, and thanked me for coming to talk to him in person.  

I shook my head and tossed it, disgusted by the fakery.

It worked for me once and we even shook hands at the end. 

@Andy Madden from what I have heard from other attorneys, a lease option is the best method.