I think STR's work well for 'destination points' or theme-based venues.

Venue....................................................................... 4E.

Good morning everyone, my wife and I have recently found an opportunity to purchase a home that has been retrofitted to operate as an event venue for the last 20 years.

I'll send you an invite when the day is set - we are in the middle of changing venues right now - so all meetings are on hold till the new year / new construction is finished - when we resume - they are going to be our first speakers - I will send you an invite and you are more than welcome to attend. 

1. be present where i am: time w kids, time w wife, balance my work sched n personal sched - no more blending... hence, being present where/when needed2. have a web service running n netting 1k/mo on avg for y13. flip 2 homes4. buy a >/=4u rental5. build up some consulting work: collaborate n help small biz (10+) w marketing efforts (web/local/mobile venues) on an ongoing/reg basis6. reach net 25k monthly by end of year w combination of new biz created in 20137. health: maintain optimal weight by April, run 3x wk, green smoothie daily8. pray daily, go church weekly (no longer weakly), journal/meditate daily9. review goals monthly, plan weekly/daily10. volunteer monthly

But look at the bright side, the value of the dollar has gone up from 7.5 rand to just over 10 rand per dollar in just a couple months so you may be buying at a discount, and they will be hosting the 2010 soccer world cup so they're in the process of trying to clean up everything around the venues before they shut the country down...

Now I am not really a coffee house kind of guy, there are a number of great breweries around town that are larger less crowded venues if we meet up early afternoon on a weekend day.

We are now expanding after we just merged with NSIC National Strategic Investment Corporation and we now have several investment venues including but not only Commercial and Residential and investment in anything but Bonds and Stocks.

Residential, commercial, ag, wedding venues. 

Where would we look for such a venue?