The reality was that we were stuck in our offices (1) cancelling dinner dates, (2) rescheduling anniversary dinners, (3) sleeping in our offices, or (4) getting fatter, balder, and more depressed because you are working around-the-clock to check a 100 page document for misplaced modifiers or subject-verb disagreements. 

Do you tell your friend how good the dinner she made was even if you didn't really like it?

-scour your "rough" neighborhood 5 years statistics (you want to see improvement)-scour your local press, local town news (you want to see plans to do something/improvement)-check former owners building history, any permits pulled in the past-take some of the hardcore local landlords to a dinner/coffee to see how they are doing it in the area-make a few visits to the local HA and find out the inners.

Just like when I go out to dinner, someone else could look at me and say "How frivolous!

You will find a buyer that will cash to new loan on your balloon obligation and take back paper on all of that delicious appreciation that you received over the past five years. . .and even better than that, your note can be five points more than the prevailing rate.

Some decisions are very basic, like beef or chicken for dinner or what shirt to wear.

We have found when we eat dinner out on our back yard deck we are grateful the sun is setting on the other side of the house.

I am not getting rich from it, but it is nice to get 2 or 3 applications on a friday and go home to take the family out to a free dinner!

If you can get me a written opinion from a nationally known regulatory attorney to back up your post, I will pay his bill for you, apologize to you in my newsletter, and buy you dinner in Seattle at any place of your choosing.

No way in hell would I roll that much money for that little profit, I can make $35K on a $70K deal some times, with those big numbers, there was not much room for error. pretty risky if you ask me. and to those calculating percentages, I have yet to see anyone buy dinner or a new pair of shoes with percentages, it takes dollars period.