#3 is silly. First, this is an expensive place to live. A really expensive place to live. Oddly, my landlord doesn't take options. Second, options are binar

#3 is silly. First, this is an expensive place to live. A really expensive place to live. Oddly, my landlord doesn't take options. Second, options are binary. There are very few outcomes for a company where the amount of options you have matters. Either you make a couple million dollars or you make very little/nothing. Cash now and $2mm instead of $3mm in an extremely unlikely future is a good trade.