[quote=BillS78]
But seriously, the best thing to come of all this, other than my financial gain and a valuable lesson learned about relationships, is that I’ve been able to help my friend through grad school by letting him live here rent free.[/quote]
I’m glad to hear you at least paid it forward and helped someone w/education.
[quote=flu]
20 months of non-rent paying, are we to believe that now all the sudden you ahave $200k post-tax to put down?[/quote]
Could be he took the money that was not used for paying the mortgage and invested it in stocks or gold or something and made more money there. Not paying the mortgage gave him money that he used to invest that he otherwise would not have available.