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10 October 2016 | 14 replies
It's encouraging that your purchase was somewhat recent and not around 2008, when your purchased your first property.
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15 October 2016 | 11 replies
I also encourage you to listen to all of the BP podcasts as they are a treasure trove of free and lucrative information.My vote is if you can't scrape together more than $5-10K on your own for this idea, then how are you going to fix a broken pipe or a leaky roof that has a tenant in it when it comes time?
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14 October 2016 | 10 replies
It's encouraging to hear from others in the business.
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6 February 2017 | 7 replies
@Tim Dye Thanks for the words of encouragement!
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5 January 2017 | 13 replies
Too often I have seen the true cost blurred by tax credit and other financial perks.Hence why energy efficiency was being encouraged over alternate energy generation above.
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12 October 2016 | 34 replies
I'd even encourage meeting with more than one provider in a selected market if possible.
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9 October 2016 | 8 replies
Let me also encourage you to check out your local REI groups.
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16 August 2016 | 45 replies
The encouraging investment mantra is just spin.If you value the old Protestant work ethic you should favor taxing it fairly.
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19 August 2016 | 4 replies
Any words of advice or any kind of encouragement you need, please feel free to reach out or DM with any questions.
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16 September 2016 | 10 replies
Clayton, if you haven't already, I really encourage you to listen to the BP Podcast #75 with John Fedro https://www.youtube.com/watch?