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2 October 2017 | 0 replies
It also enables us to heat the pool remotely (so if someone arriving in 2 days has paid for pool heating, we can remotely turn on the pool heater and set a target temperature ahead of time).
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13 May 2014 | 24 replies
@Brian Gibbons, I wouldn't have been so fired up if Bill wasn't so condescending and rude, implying I was a "predatory" thinker, and that I was enabling some shady rent to own scheme.
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8 November 2014 | 14 replies
(If they are with a larger firm, high probability of being a NAID Enabled Broker) 5.
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26 October 2014 | 24 replies
I currently have a home mortgage (about 100k equity) and a margin trading account for options and stock shorting to enable certain types of trades that sits largely without use.
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17 July 2014 | 5 replies
Hello Calvin,Make sure you look to future in regards to your DTI ( debt to income ratio ) so that you don't get into trouble or problems qualifying for a loan when you're on number 8, 9 and 10.If your price point is 150K i would recommend that you make sure that the rent after a 25% deduction still covers the PITI ( Principal Interest Taxes and insurance ) because this will enable you to qualify for a mortgage based on your salary since the rental income is covering the rentals.When you do your taxes be careful not to write off too much income as that might hurt you in the future when it comes to qualifying for a loan.It's really important to make sure that the Loan officer that you use is on the same page as you and does the correct calculation to give you the best chance at getting approved everytime.
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24 May 2018 | 31 replies
Yes, if all that, because yes it enables you to count from one to two and two to three (by doing another, and another) and keep on going as long as you want, no limit, and infinity is plenty enough for me, can you be satisfied with that too?
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9 April 2018 | 3 replies
It could be as simple as meeting 5-10 others at a coffee shop in town and discussing your goals.By meeting others and establishing rapport, you could partner with someone, do a wholesale deal, etc. to build capital that would eventually enable you to reach your REI goals.
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31 January 2009 | 61 replies
These structures are attractive when not all investors want to invest in every investment opportunity and may enable the fund to be offered to different investors at the same time as each can invest through a separate cell.ManagementIn order for the investment manager to obtain fees from the fund, the usual approach is for the manager to take an annual investment management fee which is a fixed percentage.
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30 December 2008 | 17 replies
This enables them to determine if it is a go project or not, based on the new rehab numbers that they can now better calculate.
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14 January 2009 | 0 replies
Initially, the boomers were the stimulus of economic expansion:•1950s -- parents buy new houses and cars, suburbs emerge, and America is King of Production•1960s -- more housing, more cars, college educations, Made in Japan = cheap, Vietnam, shaken values, Johnson's "War on Poverty"•1970's -- the Boomers emerge with jobs, are new consumers -- more housing, international manufacturing becomes more competitive, US corporations locate operations overseas•1980s -- Reagan tax cuts = increased discretionary spending, revenues up, social programs funded, Iron Curtain falls, technology enables global expansion•1990s -- peak Boomer earnings, corporate America dissolves pensions (funding liabilities, regulatory liabilities, increasing PBGIC premiums) and convince Boomers to "control" their retirement with self-directed 401(k)'s, Moore's Law at work in technology, the Internet becomes hostile to profits, emergence of private equity and venture capital on a large scale, increased financial engineering•2000s -- oops, where did the American Dream go?