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2 September 2018 | 6 replies
She pays long-term capital gains of 15% and no SE tax.
22 August 2019 | 2 replies
There's no "seed" money to get them started.
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8 August 2018 | 5 replies
I used my nose and rented to them, they seemed very high functioning people.
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11 August 2018 | 5 replies
Another strategy would be to actually get an offer written up and waive it under their nose - including a fee to be paid to you.
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23 August 2018 | 11 replies
Why cut off your nose to spite your face by pushing the seller to do more than he's interested in doing?
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6 March 2019 | 14 replies
@Ashley Wolfe Hi Ashley -- we have a fairly welly booked STR in Wimberley in the hill country and we find that most people don't look PAST the next vacation in front of their nose.
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12 July 2021 | 30 replies
Real Estate is sales, you eat what you kill, so it's no skin off their nose if you don't produce.
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5 March 2019 | 7 replies
If you are just investing as a limited partner, which most of the investors are, there is no SE taxes.
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6 March 2019 | 9 replies
**slyly puts finger on nose and waits**Seriously though, @Steven Hamilton II would have called me to find out WTF as well.
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16 March 2019 | 53 replies
They never learned the discipline it takes to be frugal or develop a "nose" for a good deal because they've been living on student loans until their 30's.