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9 August 2011 | 4 replies
The higher tax bracket rate does not apply to all of your taxable ordinary income So, for instance, let's pretend my income was 25K and with deductions and exemptions the AGI comes to 17K.
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8 September 2011 | 10 replies
It's all perception.The value I have is cultivating my network over the years.I have a targeted audience to sell my clients commercial listings.If they want to play "let's discount commission" I simply tell them I don't do that.The value is getting the property out to the players that are not agents in the MLS.That buyer broker/agent that contacts you may or may not have qualified that purchaser properly.I spend a lot of time on my list separating pretenders from the real thing.If you didn't spell out as the seller what you wanted in the beginning and made it crystal clear in writing then in my view you don't have a beef that is valid.Of course the investor agent is going to push his properties harder and do extra to sell them.The payoff is much larger versus another investor expecting the world for a nominal fee.Some may not like me because I won't work for peanuts and my time is valuable.One thing that I won't be mistaken for is misleading someone when taking a listing.Communication is key to any facet of real estate investing yet many fall short and it leads to problems.I find with contractors,attorneys,etc.
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18 February 2009 | 6 replies
That's "pretend" for what the seller wishes it was really doing.Expenses are understated and NOI is over stated.
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23 January 2018 | 10 replies
(pretending that I can get that money or have that money sitting around)?
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19 May 2009 | 8 replies
I am not an attorney and will not even pretend to give any advise on a Statute that I have not had someone study for me.
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10 August 2009 | 13 replies
I pretended I didn’t hear him.AUGUST 21 Carpenter showed up, asked why all this wood is wet.
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3 June 2009 | 18 replies
Anyway, even if we pretended that we believed that global warming existed and that mankind had the power to stop it, here's a question that I can't find the answer to.
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20 July 2009 | 9 replies
Sure fake it till you make it but that is pretend you know what your doing when you don't - but be yourself.Beat up homes that are 70 years old may or may not be good - way to little info to know.
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12 July 2010 | 30 replies
Pretend like this isn't a sales pitch.