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1 June 2015 | 40 replies
The reality is that there are pure takers out there and only fools perpetuate the the situation.
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29 June 2013 | 64 replies
But, from a purely cash perspective, the risk of #2 is 80% less than the risk of #1.Debt is helping the investor incur less financial risk.Thoughts?
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4 July 2013 | 19 replies
I think few people live purely off rentals.
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7 July 2013 | 5 replies
They will not tell you what you want to know and are a pure waste of your money.
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21 August 2013 | 8 replies
We installed hard wired smoke detectors so that you don’t rely on tenants to replace batteries, fire extinguishers, CO2.
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17 July 2013 | 4 replies
I understand this is not the norm and not a great data point, but decided to mention it purely as a fun fact.
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30 July 2013 | 34 replies
Other rental websites like Hotpads and ebay were just pure crap.
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10 January 2014 | 49 replies
However, I took another job that I liked doing much more than pure landlording - working here at BiggerPockets!
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17 May 2012 | 8 replies
Some people go detector crazy which gives the tenants more batteries to take and during inspections all detectors most work so we keep it to the min.
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27 May 2012 | 28 replies
Stay away from pure idiots and self centered high achievers, either can be difficult to argue with IMO.