Venette recounts a funny story that she had recently heard to her friend clarice. clarice tells her that she has heard the story before, and, in fact, she had been the one to originally tell the story to venette. venette is having a failure of her memory.

The owner of a one-acre parcel of land with a small house on it rented the property to a professor of a nearby college at a monthly rental of $500. several years later, after the professor got tenure, the parties orally agreed that the professor would purchase the property from the owner for the sum of $60,000, payable at the rate of $500 a month for 10 years. they agreed that the owner would give the professor a deed to the property after five years had passed and $30,000 had been paid toward the purchase price, and that the professor would execute a note secured by a mortgage for the balance. the professor continued in possession of the property and made all monthly payments in a timely fashion. when he had paid $30,000, he tendered a proper note and mortgage to the property owner and demanded that she deliver the deed as agreed. the owner refused because valuable minerals had been discovered on adjacent parcels in recent months, causing the value of this parcel of land to increase to 10 times its former value. the professor brought suit against the property owner for specific performance. if the court rules in favor of the property owner, what is the likely reason?

Read the graph that displays interest and total payments on a loan. banks make the most money and take the most risk with an interest rate of 5 percent. 10 percent. 15 percent 18 percent.

Which of the following is not a common estate planning goal? a. maximizing transfer costs. b. minimizing transfer taxes. c. providing for liquidity at death. d. fulfilling client's healthcare decisions.