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28 July 2022 | 147 replies
I made friendships that would continue for decades, and some of those friendships grew into profitable business partnerships years later.
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31 March 2017 | 68 replies
Level that playing field or make this a friendship and watch your tenants attitude change and entitlement creep in.
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16 September 2019 | 139 replies
Through that comes education, friendships, mentorship and ultimately a partnership, maybe local maybe better returns and criteria out of state.
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26 June 2023 | 3 replies
I don't know your situation, so I can't tell you not to do it, but I would caution you against jeapordizing your friendship and your money.
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16 August 2021 | 6 replies
But we'd like to have good verbiage to protect our friendship and the partnership in the future.
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23 May 2020 | 7 replies
I am eager to create friendships and learn things as well as teach anything I may know.
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4 June 2021 | 17 replies
Start making connections with others local to you and just build friendships that way.
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3 January 2022 | 18 replies
Plan on focusing efforts in one location with a construction partner, or form strong partnerships with contractors in great markets.Also plan on building/growing an asset management company for both my acquisitions and other sponsors/general partners when needed.Locally, we will continue building our friendships with other investors!
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3 January 2014 | 39 replies
We had a great get together, pigging out, watching an exciting game, and enjoying the comraderie and friendship of each other.
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13 July 2018 | 2 replies
If they dont pay and you need to evict them will that hurt your friendship??