After that just shut your mouth and watch them go.

Do it wrong, and you could be left with such a bad taste in your mouth that you abandon any hope of a second REI venture. 

Arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible before you put your money where your mouth is.5.

As a wise man once said: "it's better to be thought of as a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt."

As a LL, at this stage I would want everything in writing for my own protection anyway, so her wish is granted, not problem.I prefer emails over text for the sole reason that a text is just short of a phone call in the sense that when you text, you often just blurt out what's about to come out of your mouth...... most people dont tend to stop, think and re-read their response before they hit send..... we have ALL sent a text that right after you send it, you notice a mistake or realize that it came out wrong or you left something out etc.

"Putyour money where your mouth is."

OK put your money where your mouth is.

Principle is good, but it doesn't put food in your mouth.

@Laura Alamery I totally agree with the “put your money where your mouth is” approach.

Sometimes you must show the discipline to keep your mouth shut and let the sheriff handle things.