There's no reason that you should have to eat the fees associated with tenant screening.

I have some opportunities in the area, primarily condos, either near Microsoft, or in downtown Tacoma, which is a market that appears to be on the fringe of taking off.The issue I have is that buying this place will eat up a lot of my seed money.

Does the bank eat it?

Eat in kitchen with separate dining room.

I understand they have to eat too but, seriously!

Go to Blackbeards, I used to go there when I was a kid and took my grandkids there 2 years ago to eat.

I could give you a pep talk but Mama Poe is much better at that.There is no question that when when I first started attending the attorney's Bar meetings, the only thing that I could do was pay for my lunch, eat the rubber chicken, listen and take good notes.

And with for every minute of the day, with every step you take, bite you eat, place you sit, stand, work, play, shop or sleep you are paying for your real estate or someone else's.

Where do they want to eat, shop, hang out, etc?

I stopped going out, eating out and really became a penny pincher the whole year hahah.