We want to do business with people we know, people we went to school with, people in our fraternity, people at our religious organization, people that speak our language, people that look like us, smile like us, have an accent like us...and on and on and on and on.   

As a business owner, it would be prudent to expect that there will be a healthy dose of competition and with this expectation, forge ahead and find still find a path to success amongst the competition.Joshua Tree National Park was receiving around 3 million annual visitors before the pandemic not because of it.

I still thing a leveling off means healthy yearly price increases, just not crazy appreciation and bidding wars.

I rang the bell and she walked up with a smile and I said hey Mary, we just spoke.

I wouldn't raise it $700-900 in a single shot, but I would give it a healthy jump to start.

Typical contingencies are for inspection, financing, etc, but again, your reputation is at stake.Be the investor who makes the seller's agents smile because they know your word is your bond. 

Since we don't have much money saved but a healthy income, we plan to get a 2nd mortgage to fund the ADU conversion based on property future value.

I did not move forward with the deal and received a healthy lesson in rent control and cash for keys in East Orange NJ in the process!

If the building has a lot of new features and healthy reserves, then that is a great sign and means that you're unlikely to have any special assessments pop up.3.

She has 3 dogs which can complicate things and doesn't have much money and is in poor health.  I