 and looking to buy a house now, so then when he retired in a couple of years, he'd have a place to live, and was just gonna rent it out in the meantime. Well, all sorts of little light bulbs went off, and at that stage, I was able to explain it to Sam and her husband that this guy wanted to buy the property, and like many people from the Northeast, he wanted to be able to brag to his friends that he got a screaming good price.