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14 January 2025 | 5 replies
For example I am near old town alexandria and the businesses are 200 year old row homes and there is no place to put ramps to get in establishments and door openings are not wide enough, but that is because they also could never comply.
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17 January 2025 | 10 replies
A more realistic expectation is 24 hours which will ensure we can arrange any repairs or corrections with a team, handle it in person, etc. be curious how this plays out as I worked for local developer for a while and developed several properties in Alexandria (Specifically old town) and while the city is challenging like any city - they were mostly realistic.
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7 February 2025 | 24 replies
If you are thinking wedding venue, go find 2-3 wedding planners in town.
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7 February 2025 | 12 replies
What I see often is these companies will put you in old houses, in the worst parts of town, with the toughest tenants.
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13 January 2025 | 5 replies
We are really worried about lack of demand being a continued issue since our town may not even open our lake this summer due to storm contamination 🥲
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21 January 2025 | 9 replies
There are towns that are not too far where there could be some options for you, but I would start going to real estate investor meetups and pair that with books and podcasts.
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5 February 2025 | 56 replies
Its already too many opportunities to fail if you are in the same town, on top of it daily.
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7 January 2025 | 6 replies
Which part of town is it in?
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4 January 2025 | 11 replies
Towns in New Jersey can be wildly crooked and will try to assess you for things they missed on prior renovations before you even bought the property, which technically they can do.
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25 January 2025 | 26 replies
You can list properties all over town but if not many are selling and just become withdrawn or expired those marketing costs can eat a new agent alive.