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23 February 2013 | 10 replies
The sealed chamber with the intake on the bottom is a TERRIBLE design and causes problems like this all the time, some of the units are now coming with a wrap around screen for the base of the tank as a first line of dust defense.
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17 February 2013 | 1 reply
Up here its legal to shoot bores in defense of life and property.
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21 February 2013 | 13 replies
I would also look into taking a self defense.
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27 January 2014 | 15 replies
I was in attendance at the last Real Estate Trends conference for the Urban Land Institute here in Indianapolis.
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22 January 2014 | 17 replies
An Attorney friend of mine in Austin does more of these than anyone in the area and requires a several page addendum as well as a pre-closing conference to explain all the nuances and disclosures are even in bold and I am not sure this would be enough.
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30 May 2014 | 31 replies
A brand new housing track with homes 170-240k, a new river front hotel / conference center, another new build going up now that looks mixed use, and about 6000 sq ft of new commercial.Purchase price, 38K & I'm content as-is.
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27 January 2014 | 15 replies
Also, despite new home prices and the premium that the energy efficiency will confer on my tenant will make this a particularly rentable home.
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26 February 2014 | 36 replies
Your best defense is to identify issues as or before they occur and be in a position to dispose of that inventory and replace it, hopefully with an early growth phase property.Market rents can significantly change in 5 years.
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24 January 2014 | 6 replies
Which will be some sort of program that guarantees results and it is only going to cost you a few thousand dollars in the promise of making millions.With all that said, I don't think it is a bad deal to go to a free conference and maybe get you motivated to start on your own.
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25 January 2014 | 1 reply
They use the AP as a defense, but of course they know it's not valid because a third grader could read the law and know these guys don't come close to actually using AP.