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20 May 2024 | 21 replies
Then you could buy the doors and drawer fronts from a surplus building supply store and stain or paint to your liking.
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22 May 2024 | 14 replies
But I’ll have to do some serious research and figure out how to prevent this from happening again.
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21 May 2024 | 7 replies
Quote from @Elisa Lisa p: Thank you Greg, the neighbore upstair has avoid 3 times in past 10 years to my ceiling, I really think is his responsibility that his radiator leaks.should I just take the neighbore to court and not get HOA involved.Since the leak is going through a common area and they have made no effort to prevent this, I'd include them.
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20 May 2024 | 1 reply
However, large volume wholesale companies of which I'm aware tend to have non-compete agreements that you must sign, which would "prevent" you from going into business for yourself (or with a competitor) for some period of time and/or within the same territory.
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22 May 2024 | 13 replies
I.E. do exactly what they are trying to prevent.
20 May 2024 | 5 replies
How will you prevent that from happening again?
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22 May 2024 | 74 replies
It prevents emotional knee jerk reactions to market volatility and world geo political events.
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21 May 2024 | 19 replies
Without the resources to spend the money and time to find off market deals, do proper due diligence, and to fix the problems that will come from "deals" that likely have issues preventing them from going to market, it's an uphill battle for most.
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21 May 2024 | 44 replies
Also on a different note , I think there are safeguards in place to prevent such behavior .
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23 May 2024 | 35 replies
A lawsuit can run a year and a half and cost between $25,000 - $50,000 with no guarantee of the outcome The other side will likely file a “lis pendens” which effectively prevents you from selling the property or borrowing against it until the lawsuit is over.