Is buying a home on land contract or as a lease option ever a good idea? [more inside]
posted by howrobotsaremade on Jul 7, 2009 - 6 answers

I've had a book published and been approached by a film producer wanting to option the film rights to the book. He's sent a draft agreement but there is no fee involved. When I questioned this the response was that this was standard practice for a book that is 'not a known branded property'. I gotta be honest me and my book are about as unknown as its possible to be but should I still expect some sort of fee for this.
posted by wggrace on Apr 17, 2009 - 30 answers

Stock Options data source needed. I would like to poll a site via API to get option prices on about 30 stocks - about 20 times a day. The data does NOT have to be real time - 15 to 20 min delay is fine. I can go to yahoo finance or Bigcharts, but would like the data imported into my local MySql database. A free or inexpensive (less than $20 per month) would be great. Thx!
posted by bright77blue on Jan 4, 2009 - 4 answers

What Percentage of Equity to expect from a Startup in Options? [more inside]
posted by morallybass on Jan 16, 2008 - 3 answers

How can I found out how many homes in the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay in particular) were financed with Pay Option ARM mortgages? [more inside]
posted by mikeand1 on Dec 24, 2007 - 12 answers

How f*cked am I regarding an arbitration clause in a contract? [more inside]
posted by zenpop on Nov 3, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm finishing up a first draft of a screenplay adaptation of a novel. I've contacted the company who owns the rights to the novel and they told me to send a proposal for an option to the film rights. Has anyone ever had any experience with obtaining options to film rights? [more inside]
posted by strangeleftydoublethink on Jun 7, 2006 - 5 answers

Amateur economists, VCs, MBA students: what's a fair price for a google share? Based on what assumptions? [more inside]
posted by rkent on Aug 6, 2004 - 13 answers