I explained my background and experience (even if you don't have a decade or more of RE experience you can build a bank's confidence in you by sharing "relatable" experience in business), and I tried to build rapport by finding commonalities at a personal level.4) I dressed for success! 

I was thinking of tent camping, either trying to find someone local to borrow things from, or yes, lugging my stuff to AZ and being the only wedding guest to show up with a tent along with my cocktail dress..

There could be a bomb or a gang of jerks dressed in black making a youtube video down that way. 

Their idea of keeping you awake is to crank up the AC, so dress in layers.

I would dress like a bum and I used to joke that the car was my coat and tie...

An 800k house in some of the hotter areas of Intown ATL is really nothing special, but since this house is out in the Burbs, we had to dress it up abit to compete with the other builders in the area.The bathrooms in this house were some of my favorite that we have done!

Go to the courthouse, dress appropriately, sit in the back of the courtroom while cases are called up, hear the issues, watch how attorneys respond, handle themselves, their clients if present, and their demeanor.

Boring, safe....but who wants someone standing on the corner during tax time dressed in a costume to attract customers?

Conversely, if you are a loyal customer and fair in our business together, then it will be a win/win and I will go out of my way to help a good customer out of a bind.Quick story for you to understand how it works - I was once working on a commercial development for a developer that drove very nice cars and was always dressed to the nines.

What can I do to dress this exterior up without killing the budget?