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28 January 2019 | 18 replies
You can cruise some of the sites online that list MF properties and possibly find a diamond in the rough.
23 January 2019 | 10 replies
awesome, yeah being from the expensive part of the Bay Area, I'm use to seeing the worse areas of Oakand, Ca and San Francisco turn into a gold mine, that hidden diamond in the rough i would say.
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30 January 2019 | 3 replies
I live on Diamond Lake in Michigan and work in Elkhart.
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27 January 2019 | 12 replies
Other than the diamond in the rough scenario, it seems very challenging to find deals in our local market (maybe because there are not many desirable areas haha).
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14 February 2019 | 23 replies
I read it and got training from Stuart Diamond in my previous line of work and found it incredibly useful.
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29 January 2019 | 3 replies
@Brett ReadBlack Diamond is a great Meetup, although I have not attended recently.
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12 March 2019 | 35 replies
Have you ever cut a slab with a saw, done a simple bullnose, and polished the edge using diamond abrasive pads on a variable speed polisher?
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1 May 2019 | 8 replies
Locally, reach out to @Marina Draper, she specializes in Real Estate Investors, and you can also meet her at our Black Diamond events coming up shortly.
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8 February 2019 | 66 replies
Sadly, there are not too many diamonds in the rough.
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11 January 2020 | 11 replies
I host Black Diamond Real Estate Investors, which alternates between Burlington Marriott and Worcester at Leo's Ristorante.