The food/arts/entertainment has also exploded over the past 5 years!  

Overall I'm pretty confident that the deal is good but I could use some outside opinions just as food for thought.

In the past I have written off a per diem expense for both lodging and food when my husband ( the single owner of an llc) travels from Florida to Michigan to work on our business.

@Lesley Resnickthanks for your opinion, I'd like to respectfully point out a couple things...and please understand I'm not arguing for inflation/deflation, only offering food for thought.  1.

Just food for thought.

New furnace, roof is 4 years old, area is great with tons of commercial retail and food stores close with a movie theatre.

Just food for thought. 

The conference looks like it has a good amount of value, but with the Paper Source conference in April, and the Note Expo conference in November, it's difficult to justify the cost of travel, hotel, food and the conference for yet another event in our note investing niche. 

I hope to learn how to have a successful, diverse and large portfolio so that one day I will not have to depend on working 9-5 to put food on the table.

Even if you don't get the deal done you were still able to establish that you all will work for "food", and not just someone who is looking to get rich through real estate.