Real Estate Round-Up: Apply the golden rule

Remember wanting to purchase one of those odd “whatchamacallits” as seen on TV? What about a knife that cuts through anything, a machine that air fries food without fat, a toothpaste that whitens teeth in three days?

Suppose I offered to “sell” you my very special “whatchamacallit,” and all you had to do was show me how you were going to use it, where you were going to store it and what you were going to do with it once you got tired of it, before I would agree to “sell” it to you.

Assume that you really wanted the “whatchamacallit,” and the conditions to you receiving the “whatchamacallit” we...