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9 December 2019 | 9 replies
I also buy Christmas presents ($5 chocolate boxes) for my good tenants every year).
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10 December 2019 | 1 reply
He was in a pinch to sell it as he was heading back to his homeland of Australia after his final semester at Montana State in Bozeman, Montana.
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1 November 2017 | 6 replies
You asked what cost can jump in the middle of a project.Holding cost - contractor says it will take 2 months and ends up quitting or taking 2-5 months (with no savings or emergency funds you’re in a pinch)Fix up cost - it’s all good until walls start coming down.
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1 November 2017 | 11 replies
In the meantime if I were you I would take the time to develop a relationship with an agent so that the next time you need someone in a pinch to show you a property they can make it happen.
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6 November 2017 | 4 replies
One more question while we are on this topic: Would you try to secure these folks before you find a deal so you know where to go to in a pinch?
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11 November 2017 | 13 replies
Why would you penny pinch?
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16 January 2018 | 5 replies
I want to form solid relationships and I don't want insult anyone by trying to penny-pinch but I also want to try and get the best deal I can.
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2 December 2018 | 54 replies
If I need money in a pinch I can access it easily with the HELOC.
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21 April 2018 | 10 replies
Other investors are slumlords that make a pretty penny by pinching every penny.
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24 January 2018 | 16 replies
Returns are being pinched.