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12 February 2025 | 1 reply
Chicago Investors: How Has Your Mentality Changed in the Last Two Years?
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6 February 2025 | 4 replies
Real Estate, Wellness, and Community ImpactAs I move into 2025, I’m focused on deepening my faith and prioritizing wellness, mental health, self-control, and discipline.
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13 February 2025 | 1 reply
She houses a nurse in each home along with adult patients that need living assistance due to mental retardation.
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14 February 2025 | 4 replies
A lot depends on an individuals motivation, dedication, learning capacity, decision making capacity, analytical ability, time available, support system, mental state, and yes, luck.
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4 February 2025 | 17 replies
Just be willing and prepared to make it a long-term investment to get you mentally and financially through any bumps in the market going forward.Good luck!
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8 February 2025 | 6 replies
If not, take this moment to adjust, including in case of divorce, mental/physical health, etc.
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12 February 2025 | 20 replies
The owner, a family member of one of our buyers, inherited the property through probate, but they weren’t equipped to handle the renovation.The house had been left in disrepair for quite some time, with the previous owner struggling with mental health issues.
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16 February 2025 | 28 replies
We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.
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29 January 2025 | 12 replies
If I'm mentally and emotionally all-in on the incoming administration and think the economy is going to be amazing, best economy with the biggest hands ever, etc etc, then I can do better than gov't bonds, given the emotions I am experiencing.
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11 February 2025 | 19 replies
Since I have never heard of them that might be a sign of a mental problem on my part.