private Owner GetAssetOwner() { Owner owner = null; // attempts to get a valid owner id for (int i = 0; i < Retries; i++) { int ownerId = ReadInt("Please input asset owner id:"); owner = manager.FindOwnerById(ownerId); if (owner == null) { Console.WriteLine("Owner not found"); if (i == 2) { return(null); } } else { break; } } return(owner); }