If the deal still works it should be a go.Appreciation and rent growth is icing on the cake.

Jokes would be a great way to break the ice but I'm more worried about what they don't say/think and how that'll effect their selling decision.

I don't recommend buying any deals FROM them (because they will already be taking the cream off the supposed future profit), but maybe a Joint Venture type of arrangement? 

Great 1st post to break the ice with.

You can find out if the owner has paid off the mortgage by checking with the recorder's off ice. 

We operate on envelopes and going to the grocery makes you reprioritize if you really need that $12 bag of shrimp or if you could just sub in some leftover chicken from the freezer, or if you take the time to cut a few coupons because that $6 you saved will allow you to splurge on a bucket of ice cream for the kids.

Now that everyone is one a nostalgia high, it's time for some ice cream...Sebastian Joe's or Sonny's Ice Cream anyone?

Unrelated to this conversation, I just heard a story from a realtor of an ice cube left on a laminate kitchen floor overnight that caused swelling and minor de-lamination.  

depends what you charge.What is required in terms of snow, ice removal etc.  

Gain in equity is icing on the cake.