Mike - I think people are bent out of shape because he's trying to say that his trip was not a campaign trip but a fact finding mission.

That's when our "other" mission would begin.

In 2003 I brought a dumpy duplex in SF's mission district, then an up and coming area.

The increase over the last 4 years has been insane- my mission condos are up 50% in rent from 2010-14!

When I was little; and raised as a Catholic, I used to go to church and catechism at Mission San Jose, loved the architecture of that place.

Just be diplomatic.

Their mission is "to use the power of technology to build stronger and safer neighborhoods". 

He's selling for a reason (burnt out/bad tenants, needs the $$, wants to exchange for bigger building), make it your mission to find out the reason and use this knowledge to make a more compelling offer to solve the problem for the seller.

Our mission is to provide excellent affordable service so that you want to get more properties and reinvest with us and refer us business.My phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx

And when we travel on our house building missions alongside 100's of other millionaires that are also supplying the wells, and building sustainable farms, and buying sewing machines, and building free clinics....