![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/4721/small_1621347127-avatar-randrproperties.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
6 April 2008 | 6 replies
ha ha.Welcome from Jacksonville.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/961/small_1621345593-avatar-mercury.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
16 March 2008 | 3 replies
You show them the breakdown and take pictures of every hole in the wall, torn carpet and blow them up so they can really see the size of the repairs, ha ha.There's no hard fast rule.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/277005/small_1694719714-avatar-safebox.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
4 March 2015 | 2 replies
Hi MelissaThank you for your comments i take it all to heart and i certainly did not mean to sound hostile or frustrated as i have been doing this for a very long time and am very happy you made 40thousand on your deal my first one i made about 9 thousand but that was in 1975when a dollar was still a dollar HA HA i just closed one of my largest deals in Germany for 4.8 million Euros love the business would not do anything else .Just trying to advise people that real estate is still a long term investment and that getting rich overnight is not real.You have a great day and keep up the investing in real estate yes yes yes
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/277294/small_1621440984-avatar-jennas.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
4 March 2015 | 29 replies
(I really just got lazy with it and stopped playing competitively, and okay I had moved on to casual leagues where drinking was the pre-game ritual....that's when I decided outfield was safe and fun. ha)I don't invest in CA at all.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/289716/small_1621441936-avatar-nick_stango.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
17 November 2019 | 21 replies
Nick, sounds like you need to read Brandon's book, ha ha.We want some of our own skin in the game, but we've used family loans as a win-win too.To properly tag people, type #, type the first few letters of their user ID, and look for it to pop up in the bottom left corner, and click on it.
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/279065/small_1621441135-avatar-mikef7.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
16 November 2016 | 159 replies
Originally posted by Rick H.:A