Investing in RE is one of the most important principals of democracy.We are going to a dinner tonight with RHAGP (Rental Housing Association of Greater Portland) where they will be discussing the possibility of being required to accept Sec 8.

Dinner was nice with Ned Carey, Nancy, Tanya S., and Detric.

I wrote 8 offers yesterday afternoon and was done well before dinner.

My wife became more supportive when I quit talking about re every night at the dinner table.

Offer to take this person out to lunch or dinner on you.

Go to the local REIA and find a successul landlording couple, and ask them to dinner (ask them to please not tell horror stories about tenants!).

Personally, I wouldn't give him more than a $200 gift card to take his wife out to dinner...and I would give it to him after closing.The only discount I would give is ARV - 5% (which would have been real estate commissions you would've paid if it was on the market).I don't agree with not talking to the potential buyer.

Could just have been sitting in a bar waiting for my wife to join me for dinner or whatever.

The REIA meetings for non-members are $10 and the dinner meetings through RHAGP will set you back around $25+-.

Some of my clients just gives me a call and they get the answer they need and pay me for my time, probably cheaper than a lunch or dinner plus it is tax deductible.