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17 December 2010 | 0 replies
Am I setting myself up for a rude awakening?
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17 April 2018 | 13 replies
The following do not qualify as a family: Any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, organization, coterie, combine, federation, organization which is not a recognized religious order, or group of students or other individuals where the common living arrangement or basis for the establishment of the housekeeping unit is temporary and/or of resort-seasonal character in nature.
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20 April 2017 | 1 reply
Many will probably pick the 1st anyway, and it'll show you're still accommodating (and not be too much of a rude awakening so to speak).
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9 February 2018 | 2 replies
It came with a cost of my health (kind of), sanity, personal finances (which I religiously sever from the RE business) and general overall well-being, not to mention my social life.All of which are worth more than that, and should have been respected.
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19 January 2007 | 6 replies
Otherwise, you may get a rude awakening when the lender comes knocking on your door 10 years from now expecting you to pay $1,783,700 immediately or be found in default (which is what will happen if this is a balloon loan as pointed out by EZLoanz).
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28 June 2017 | 14 replies
Rather, concentrate on living below your means, start religiously reading the bogleheads forum, start saving, and when you do invest, invest only in Vanguard index funds.
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28 June 2017 | 32 replies
I would advise all that have incredible appreciation to read Multifamily Millions by David Lindahl, Loopholes of Real Estate by Garrett Sutton, and listen religiously to a podcast called Lifestyles Unlimited Inc. based in Houston Texas.
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16 July 2015 | 4 replies
He also stated he's worked with people who have changed their name for citizenship or marriage, but not religious conversion.
24 December 2017 | 16 replies
Books by Tony Robbins...Awaken the Giant..books by Frank McKinney Jr.
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10 August 2007 | 10 replies
Keep tabs as the seller might have a religious moment just prior to the auction.John Corey