The wife picked up a tub refinish kit from Lowes which came with two rattle cans, prep pads and gloves.

In some ways the answer to this question is limitless with real estate and new construction making up such a sizeable part of the economy.But just to rattle off some others that I didn't see mentioned, you could find jobs at:- Architectural firms- Staging companies (i.e. stage sample houses with furniture for builders or houses for sale).- Government administration especially related to zoning and land development- Mortgage companies or working as a loan officer- Title insurance companiesYou may also get some ideas from looking at the vendors who frequent your local REIA.

I would rattle the lawyer saber like @Travis Sperr suggested.

Rattle your saber at me and you might end up sitting on it! 

Might be a box of nails that rattle, put a hammer in there to give it some weight, then wrap the real gift inside that one.

She may have been just rattling her saber.Unfortunately, you live in a state with a lot of starving attorneys and a state where everybody sues everybody for anything.  

If you rattle that off when you're romancing them you'll generally get brownie points.

2) I was able to rattle off the acquisition dates for every property, which seemed to impress her. 

A good retail broker will be able to rattle off expected and market cap rates in his sleep.

The homes have them but usually they are gross looking and sound unbalanced and rattle.