Hey, how are you? What do you do for work?
I do freelance at home, what do you do?
I own a construction company and we're building a 5 story high rise. What kind of freelance?
Tell me more about your job, mine is boring. Do you have any opinion on the border wall construction since that's sorta in your line of work?
I enjoy building things. I do live in Texas so the border wall is a hot topic. I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist and I like to tease people that walls do 2 things
Texas, so do I, and saw you did, why I asked. Property taxes near you have raised a lot lately.
Walls keep people out, but they also keep people in. So when the country falls into a zombie uprising, all the Americans won't be able to flee down south.  Where are you from?
Houston, and I agree with your zombie joke! What type of buildings do you do?
I'm in San Antonio. We are building a 5 story office building but I mostly build small brick single family houses. I like to build up neighborhoods and see them flourish over time.
Have you seen about the build to rent market? It's already 5% of homes being built and growing. 
I think it's a great idea! I don't see people owning houses in the future. I think we'll all be renters soon.
It's a great time to buy, hopefully you still are making it building. 
I keep hearing murmurs of another 2008 housing market crash. So I worry about families with small children that just bought homes, a few friends of mine for instance. Are you an editor?.