She taught in the little one-room school houses for many years. She finished her career in the city school system.

It was just important for her to accomplish (the degree).

Basically, Len and I get the satisfaction of doing it because our mother wished that. We enjoy getting people pointed in the right direction and helping them meet their goals.

Crack heads and homeless find shelter in the rundown houses.

We're not seeing as many starter houses in the low to mid-$200,000s anymore, which has been the trend for the last year or so. Developers are seeing these big lots and building larger, newer, more expensive homes with three-car garages.

There were several major corporate deals done over the last quarter - those should generate activity for buyout houses.