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28 March 2017 | 68 replies
@Mindy Jensen Pools of dried blood under refrigerator and cabinets and one million cockroaches bathing in it
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23 February 2023 | 57 replies
Have you heard about "buying when there's blood in the streets"?
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4 August 2023 | 19 replies
@Gibson BeusI read a cool Japanese proverb the other day-“A spoonful of sweat can save a bucket full of blood”See, told ya it was cool.
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9 April 2017 | 14 replies
these scam artists make my blood boil, they rampant in Detroit.There was a sizable write up about this last week in the local paper.
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21 October 2016 | 87 replies
So, I guess it depends on you, as the wholesaler, what you want to invest in and how you want to protect that investment (time, money, blood, sweat and tears).I believe that transparency and ethical behavior from the wholesaler is imperative.
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12 February 2021 | 45 replies
I have no interest in being a slumlord--there is more to life than squeezing blood out of stones) I have been to three other "in person showings" with three other wholesalers and it was either conducted as an auction or they just said "email me your offers."
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19 May 2023 | 8 replies
@Samira Jaber Honestly I am a flipper by blood, and only held rentals if I had little other choices.
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15 April 2022 | 70 replies
So the question becomes, “If you don’t have the cojones to invest in the best real estate market in US history, what makes you believe you will have the giant huevos needed to invest when there’s blood in the streets?”
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26 January 2022 | 10 replies
Less experienced landlords don't believe me, but roommate situations are much higher risk than a married couple or blood relatives.
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16 April 2019 | 838 replies
Gene, it has not been easy, particularly for a hot blooded Italian who would like to go old school on these people, but better judgement has prevailed.