Once your hero has a lot of renown maybe famous or very famous. Go to a town like Bowerstowe or oakvale or any town near a demon door or the mayors house. Go into a shop and give the shopkeeper or home onwer the "follow" command and let them follow you through a demon door or inside the mayor's house in Bowerstowe and then give them a few presents and then give them the "wait" command and then just leave them there. Go directly to their shop or house and you will see a for sale sign in front of their shop or house. If you have enough cash then you can buy it and rent it out to the same shopkeeper or home owners because in a day or two the shopkeeper and the home owners come back and will rent the shop from you. Only thing is you can't fix it up to look nicer and I could'nt get the pub or bar but it works on shops and houses with no bad points.