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3 April 2013 | 9 replies
If you can find it, buy a copy of Ray Alcorn's Dealmakers Guide.
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30 April 2013 | 8 replies
My family has a long history of working in the military, postal service, or having their own businesses.My Uncle Ray is retired from the post office and was a letter carrier in Florida before moving here to Georgia years ago.If you have 500k then I personally wouldn't put it down to pay for a house and have no mortgage.
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5 February 2014 | 13 replies
Good gravy...I will eventually get it Ray.
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8 February 2014 | 7 replies
You can thank me later.I personally have learned more from Dan Kennedy's books on Sales and Marketing.But "word patterns" I learned from Ray Como."
11 February 2014 | 5 replies
Ray, I agree that isn't the right formula to invest, but it might make sense to pay a bit more to get a home you love to live in.But by all means, safer is better, not disagreeing there!