@Stone Jin We did entertain seller financing since I had heard about it on podcasts, but she still owed about half the selling price, which was more than I was willing to put down.

FHA, seller assistance, below asking price are not things that will be entertained in a lot of markets right now.

While I preferred the former, both offer 2 opposing strategies on commecial real estate investing that I found entertaining and insightful.

Profile little old ladies, my thought was to take up volunteering at a local retirement home and just being social.Personally I'm loving the idea because I'm a huge fan of the 50's, need to work on my cribbage skills, and just love talking to retirees in general.Had it not been for Bill's suggestion I don't think I would have entertained the idea anytime soon.

He entertains using PMs from time to time so he calls the best one in town.

Open House - Meals and entertainment (Balloons)3) Expenses for Meeting with investor4) Expenses For Meeting with a realtor5)Going to investors' meetings.

The people are friendly and it was convenient to shopping, physician, lifetime fitness, entertainment, banking etc.

Thank you for the article @Greg R.I once entertained a group of annuity salesmen  bought them a big dinner and booze etc.. by 1.5 hours into it .. with loose tongues their tone and telling tails of how they hook older investors into these deals and the commissions they make.. 

Will check it out for the entertainment value.

I'm not sure if I can wholesale that to another buy and hold investor.Seller would entertain seller financing.