you should also have a div container around the navifgation UL:
<div>
<ul id="MenuBar1" class="MenuBarVertical">
<li><a href="aboutus.php">About Us</a> </li>
<li>
<a href="#" class="MenuBarItemSubmenu">Available homes</a>
<ul>
<!-- start dynamic list -->
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=35">Brainerd, MN</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=5">Chillicothe, MO</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=10">Gillette, WY</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=7">Kearney, NE</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=1">LeMars, IA</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=6">Minot, ND</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=11">Pierre, SD</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=8">Rapid City, SD</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=4">Sioux City, IA</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=9">Sioux Falls, SD</a></li>
<li><a href="inventory.php?invtype=28">Williston, ND</a></li>
<!-- end dynamic list -->
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="contact.php">Contact Form</a></li>
<li><a href="faq.php">Iseman FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="LocationsMap.php">Locations</a></li>
<li><a href="Builders.php">Iseman's quality builders</a></li>
<!-- <li><a href="map.php">Map (w/Phone Numbers)</a></li> -->
<!-- <li><a href="financing.php">Financing Information</a></li>-->
<li><a href="#" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('mortCalc.php','calc','width=480,height=350')" ><img src="img211/calculator.gif" alt="Calculator" width="14" height="14" border="0" align="absmiddle" /> Mortgage Calculator</a></li>
</ul>
<!--End Sidebar Nav-->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MenuBar1", {imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"});
//-->
</script>
</div>