I already love this site with all the interactive users and resources.

He was retired senior management at HD  he ran the entire Mid west I believe 16,000 associates under his command.  

You would use RATE.  

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As a retired police Commander (30 yrs), I went to Afghanistan embedded with Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (2011 with 45th IBCT, and 2013-2014 with 2nd BCT/101st Airborne) as a consultant on a Dept of Defense contract.

If I keep a nice updated building that commands a top rent then the value will be what it is.

In my town, Utility companies get a big deposit on users with bad credit history or with no history at all.

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I think for the majority of users the basic chat will work as they are talking about basic concepts.For me people start asking about commercial real estate and it gets really technical.

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