There are just too many people with BIG HATS and NO CATTLE - talk is cheap - actions and references are better!

Message me and we can talk.  I

After a bit of small talk, I let him know I'm interested in buying his house if he were to sell. 

I would either have him rewire (which he said he won't) or walk. I

Now you have a nice motivated agent and since they all talk I am guessing his is less than motivated to protect his interests.

Hi Arpad- we should have a talk.  I

There are plenty of resources online to educate myself and I do it 24/7......when I'm not sleeping...lolFeel free to PM me if you want to talk. I

All the talk is always about affordable housing and creating more of it.

So, be smart, be proactive, vast majority of time a talk is all it takes.  

This time, you can say it is going to be bad, but maybe it comes back quick, like a deep V I've been hearing thrown around by all these new economic magicians, now you've "liquidated" everything... and in your world I don't know what that means, but by the way you talk I assume not much, and then you have to buy back in at the same level pricing, or worse, higher pricing because inflation (it's coming.. supposedly?)