So you would need to show that by having this property fixed up and rented the city is going to attract residents that will want to spend money in their city (shopping, dining, drinking, etc...), you will want to show a trend in neighborhoods that have gone up in value have increased the city's tax revenue over time, etc...While I am no expert, in the past, that has been the best route that I have seen to get discounts.As All Cash points out, having someone who used to sit on the board that makes those decisions is always a great route to go as well.

Dont drink anything but water, preferably filtered, not distilled.

I'll buy a drink for the first guy (or gal) who can negotiate a retail deal using an e-bay auction printout - and no not a retailer's e-bay ad or a buy it now.

Sometimes it is very hard to get rid of that backwoods mentality, especially after a drinks of Dewar's.. :)Thanks again for the great advice.

then I pointed out how much a case of budlight cost ($12) and the fact that he drinks a few of them a week, if not one a day.

Energy drinks.

Most of my low income tenant consider their job to be drinking beer and watching their big screen TV!

Research found that the appeal of this low calorie beer to heavy drinkers was not its low calories at all (most were proud of their beer bellies), but the fact that it didn't "fill them up" as much as regular beer - so they could drink more and stay in the bar longer.From my own experience of working in international book distribution and marketing, I know that many books are bought not [only] to be read, but as interior decoration or as a symbol of cultural sophistication.

We're good tenants; we're quiet, no drinking or smoking and no loud music.

Don't drink the Kool-aid!