Maybe they are not as plentiful as they were during the recession, but still out there.

We meet a local restaurant just to meet and talk, no charge except for food/drinks.

And there are plenty of deep pocketed investors out there who will listen to NPR's upcoming This American Life piece on the slumlording professor of Mobile Home University - and instead of wrinkling up their faces in indignation, will instead salivate at a potentially discounted investment class.He appears to be an adherent of classic deep value investing - going back to Graham, and currently espoused by any number of value adherents, perhaps most cogently by Seth Klarman of Baupost Group.The classic value play is to patiently sit on the asset until the market recognizes its true value, the asset price rises (ie cap compresses) and you unlock the true value of the asset you bought so cheaply that you had the "margin of safety" as Graham put it, and Klarman titled his legendary book.But rather than wait for the market to recognize value - Rolfe is trying to teach the market.Rolfe doesn't believe in buy and hold forever - he wants to unlock value and appears to really believe his assets deserve lower cap rates than they are given.I think he is probably succeeding in helping to single handedly move the market.

We could do drinks at a restaurant.

Your contract should have plenty of room to avoid obligations when there are unanswered questions, make contingencies and move on.If you're asking basic questions that are irrelevant to an offer that could be made with conditions then you are wasting their time and they have no obligation to represent you, their obligations begin with a written offer.The listing agent doesn't represent you, you'd be better off getting an agent I'd think. :)

I personally wouldn't but plenty of people probably have found ways of making money like that.Sub 2's, short sales, etc...

Small dogs can do plenty of damage.

My first ever event was last Saturday and it was awesome & I learned plenty.

Plenty of good areas.

Almost everything is the same but there are plenty of situations where it's a bit different in our country.I myself would stay far away from fortune builders.