I bought one breakfast and got an hours education for the cost of a meal.

Maybe you have a KILLER website and he's unsophisticated enough to believe you have a lot of knowledge and experience in the industry (hard to believe, but possible....) or maybe he's a shark looking for an easy meal in a shallow pond.No offense to you and your eager desire to get into real estate, but this guy sounds like a scammer. 

You can also include business meals at 100% deduction for 2021. 

Get a crock pot to cook meals, wash dishes in the bathtub during the kitchen remodel.Have a plan.

Buy them coffee, a meal to pick their brain.

I wanted to offer some meals out.

Here’s what I mean:If you are using a Schedule C in your personal tax returns there are 4 important items to be aware of when a bank calculates your income.Schedule CDepreciation (Line 13/14) – can be added BACK as income Business Use of Home (Line 30) – can be added BACK as incomeVehicle Miles (Line 44A) – can be added BACK as incomeUn-allowed Meals and Entertainment (Line 24B) – is subtracted FROM your incomeSo if your Schedule C taxable income is $0 (line 31) but your depreciation is $10,000 then your actual income is $10,000!

Talk to your tax guy about what % of travel, meals, and lodging is deductible.  

I went back to college and had a lot less time on my hands, but I set aside an hour each day to read his books (on top of reading while eating most of my meals).

Would I deduct meals, travel, equipment, etc spent on research and upkeep of my investments?