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11 March 2008 | 6 replies
Do you just go strait to the house and knock on the door?
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16 December 2020 | 13 replies
They also have to either make financial sense (a short payback period, for example) or are in so dire need of doing that they detract from the property.
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24 March 2020 | 3 replies
The dire warnings about the REPs* coming for you in the middle of the night are greatly exaggerated.
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4 January 2016 | 10 replies
With sellers, I've seen some who proclaim their dire need to sell yet don't return phone calls or give you phone numbers that are disconnected within days or go to voicemail boxes that are full.
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26 September 2017 | 3 replies
Of course if there are dire circumstances or some sort of major tragedy then you can consider it.
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15 March 2022 | 3 replies
Purchased for 458k now worth about 750k.Because of the age of the home it's in dire need of a remodel.
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19 March 2022 | 0 replies
With the Government intervention on foreclosures, this has made the situation quite dire.
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22 February 2022 | 5 replies
Oversaturated Poconos STR market means dire labor shortage and not easy to find any of these things
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27 August 2021 | 19 replies
If the situation becomes dire, implement a progressive water charge.
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20 August 2022 | 14 replies
When the water situation gets sufficiently dire, the water company will increase prices, and the lawns will disappear.