12 March 2012 | 16 replies
If you come across one who can and will perform as thus you have found the proverbial needle in a haystack.
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31 January 2024 | 17 replies
As a local I can tell you prices are super inflated here at the moment and the numbers don't make sense 99% of the time unless you find a needle in a haystack
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28 March 2016 | 25 replies
You can save a bit off those national lender by finding that needle in the haystack portfolio lender bank who will be 1 percent lower and half the lender fees but that's the best that I found and I am confident that that is the landscape of lending outside of the Fannie and Freddie loans.
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13 March 2013 | 88 replies
It has become like finding a needle in a haystack.
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24 April 2019 | 80 replies
I read a guy post on here one time that instead of finding a needle in a haystack you need to find a pile of needles lol.
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5 October 2023 | 34 replies
Now you will hear once in a blue moon of some 1 in 10 thousand property in a great area that sold for historical pricing of 3 years ago but it's a needle in a haystack.
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24 November 2016 | 4 replies
Lenders are so process driven, part legal and part model it just doesn't work for them.Some of the very small local lenders/banks/credit unions might be suited better to sell 1 asset off than the big national players.It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack sometimes!!
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29 March 2016 | 11 replies
There's no reason to look through classified ads or listings...IMO you're just looking for a needle in a haystack.
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1 June 2017 | 11 replies
Just keep searching for that needle in the haystack?
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20 February 2018 | 14 replies
I would have to say that finding a good property manager in Detroit will be like finding a needle in a haystack.