I think you'll find this is a pretty good market to invest in and I'd enjoy chatting with you sometime about what I've learned.

If you're still into this deal....not sure why you would be...but have a chat with the neighbors and try to track down the original owners to get more background on the house and its issues.

Is there a speaker, or do people just sort of walk around and chat?

If you're interested, get in contact with me and we'll at least be able to chat about your strategy and what Phoenix may have to offer you.

Fellow Van Nuys guy here as well.Good luck with all the adventures.Hit me up if you have any questions or just wanna chat RE :-)

Hey Mike,I would love to chat for a bit or grab a cup of coffee.

As a cash buyer, I said recent sales data would suggest that an offer of 170-180 is about where I would be, of course having not seen the property that could go up or down based on the condition.It was a good chat and he definitely was not offended by my offer, he said he was going to talk it over with his wife and would get back to me if they were interested.I know, this isn't profound but it's a milestone for me anyways :)I will follow up with him next week!

As relatively close as we are it might be easier to try Skype group chat or something in the later evening (9, 10pm?)

Take them out to lunch, go to meetings, chat them up.

Thanks, @Andrew Johnson  I have been chatting with Bill and he's definitely been a big help.