Rockslinger said:
On a related subject have any of you guys ever been short of cash at monthend and asked your SP to accept an IOU for full or partial payment?
No, and no, and if I ever were short I would never--if I WERE ever going to borrow money I would borrow it from my bank (e.g., by drawing on a line of credit). Even then, an SP is in the category of "luxury" expense and you should never, ever go into debt, of any kind, over a luxury expense. If you can't pay don't play.
Spending money on an SP, on a $200 dinner, on a $500 night out on the town, or whatever, comes AFTER all the following:
1. Mortgage/rent is paid
2. Food and other basic necessities have been bought
3. Utilities/insurance/car payments up to date
4. Income/property taxes paid up or set aside
5. Credit card paid up. Any other revolving debts paid off.
6. Appropriate emergency funds set aside
7. Appropriate retirement savings set aside
If you've paid up on all that then, and only then, should you start wondering what to do with what is LEFT OVER.