Had a nice dinner with my wife, two kids, and a good friend of mine.

Numbers no good.We both laughed and he bought me Dinner.

You might just as well ask me if the dinner you ate tonight would have tasted better with more salt. 

I was in NY the night Lehman died having dinner with some reasonably senior GS folks--I used to raise money from them--and they were to put it mildly, concerned.

Instead I listen to them at 1.8x speed while doing other tasks that do not require much attention like going for a walk, making dinner, doing yard work, etc.

Some attorneys you can take them to lunch or dinner and they will look at things for free or some might look at your stuff in the office for free before starting to charge.You need to call around and make sure the attorney specializes in this type of thing.

Charles group which is actually free* (they meet at Golden Corral and you pay for your own dinner) ( http://www.meetup.com/StCharlesREIA/ ).

They don't have to worry about homeowners coming home and kicking them out because it's dinner time- I do a lot of projects, so contractors can buy materials in bulk to reduce their material costs (200 gallons of paint at a time, for example)- I don't need formal bids, so contractors save time Plus, in many cases, my contractors don't need to find any work outside of the work they do for me and those I refer them to.

I'd like to treat you to a steak dinner and discuss possible mentorship.I'm a licensed agent, a computer tech, a decent photographer, and I have lots of time on my hands.

Ie: stop eating out, prepare food for breakfast/lunch/dinner at home, consider taking shorter showers at home (yes you will still be clean and don't need to spend an hour in the bath), another tip is consider changing out light fixtures to energy efficient bulbs and lightfixtues, unplug cords not being used (while plugged in they still draw current), if you can  walk to work or ride a bike  or car pool that would save you money too.