13 June 2018 | 10 replies
If there is money left over after all that, perhaps you need to do nothing.Paying more money to the principle just to get the deal to work is only artificially making it work.
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9 June 2018 | 0 replies
Artificially low interest rates and lower prices incentivized investment through healthy appreciation.
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10 June 2018 | 0 replies
I got a query from a new company called REX, a startup that says it only charges a 2 percent total commission fee because it cuts out the middle man by using artificial intelligence and other high tech to identify and market to the type of buyers interested in my property.
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5 July 2018 | 31 replies
whatever you stance on that, it has created a situation where we (americans) look down on factory built homes.Without the artificial input I believe we would have giant , efficient, factories in every city pumping out modular homes, that are green, affordable and accepted as "normal" and probably cost as much as a nice new truck.If you have ever built a new home, the insanity of "site built" becomes apparent as the waste of materials and man hours can be staggering.
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29 June 2018 | 31 replies
Before it was the 0% interest balloon mortgages that created much of the problem (not nearly the only cause) and now it is the artificially low interest rate.
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3 December 2017 | 152 replies
I am sure you also know that one bad year, makes the next year look artificially better.
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9 November 2017 | 1 reply
The main pro that I see is the low price point and that is it, but that price point is artificially low in most cases due to the land lease or high HOA in most parks.
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18 November 2017 | 21 replies
In this country we now have more states than not embracing medicinal and/or recreational marijuana.
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4 December 2017 | 27 replies
You must be some kind of miracle worker...maybe you should go into medicine!
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29 January 2018 | 54 replies
In my view paying down or completely paying off a few of the better performing properties in this portfolio may be the least stressful option and would increase cashflow.Another thing I'm curious about is this "ghost cashflow" or "artificial cashflow" as you put it.