Try these tips: Propose a specific date, time, and location, rather than an open-ended invitationCommunicate your high-level ideas on how you might be able to work togetherPropose meeting for lunch or a drink.

It's tough to get good deals at the suites like Embassy, Homewood, etc (you can't beat free breakfast, free dinner and drinks 4 days a week, and a full fridge and hot plate in the room) but all other properties seem pretty empty to me.

Reduce any alcohol or tobacco consumption.

They also don't keep down the late night drinking but I've had a lack of other tenants reporting it to me.

Thank you for breaking out your numbers.I also agree that RE is not for everyone, is not get rich quick, easy, always drinks and beaches and boats, etc.  

Drink water, run the ac at certain times, save electricity run the washer / dryer at such & such time, oh, and don't forget to run the sprinklers :) 

They bring with them late hours, unsavory characters, drugs, alcohol, biker boyfriends...I won't rent to another stripper...ever!

I got a check a few years later, and I took everyone at my office for drinks and dinner that night.

We want what we think the money will do for us.It's rather like an addiction, really: addicts don't want alcohol, drugs, pleasure, etc.

College game always flood the city with students looking to hang out for the night or looking for food and drinks.