He is trying to convince his wife that she needs to get in there and run a convienvce store for him, but so far Nothing.

Open a teak patio furniture store.

And starting to look at yourself in a new light.Next thing you know here's what will happen....You'll be driving along in your truck "your a truck driver remember" ;-) and you'll see a book store, and you'll think to yourself "hmmmm, I'm gonna pull in there and see what real estate investing titles they have and maybe pick up one or two".

In the past 5 years a developer has bought a plumbing supply store, an old office supply store and some other buildings that have absolutely no character.

It’s like going into the department store looking for something specific and the salesperson says “can I help you?”

It is like a grocery store owner falling in love with a certain load of groceries and refusing to sell them.

Another thing I think would be just as successful would be to setup a relationship with a local furniture store where the buyers could go and spend $10-$15K on furnishings as part of the price of the house.

That would be everyone I meet in the grocery, drug store, at Little League, Lions Club, Boy Scouts, PTA, church, the newspaper delivery boy, the postman, the UPS driver and even people sitting at nearby booths at Denny's.Naturally I will tell them ONLY THE TRUTH about how I feel I was treated and with any luck and persistence we may see if TRUTH and WORD OF MOUTH can overcome paid advertising.signed EOCNOTE, I'm not saying YOU should do this.

Just yesterday, I was at the hardware store.

After all, you are an agent of the owner, not an independent store owner.