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19 August 2024 | 3705 replies
Occasionally, I still experience "impostor syndrome" and feel like I can't do what I'm doing even though there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
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15 August 2024 | 86 replies
To maximize return requires occasionally extracting value.
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5 August 2024 | 6 replies
Renting SFH is not as flashing as some other real estate, but its always steady and people always need a place to live.
4 August 2024 | 2 replies
We would use it 1 week a year (like we do now) so the 3K we'd normally pay would be used by the condo and the occasional get away during off-season.
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10 August 2024 | 85 replies
Distance makes investing more challenging, as does seasonal occupancy and governments which operate differently and/or are less stable than our own(though our own government has not been a paragon of stability lately.)By investing in the Caribbean, you’re adding those challenges plus you’re throwing in the occasional hurricane.
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4 August 2024 | 28 replies
Yes, you should ask about wind insurance as we do get wind damage occasionally from hurricanes although it is far milder than the coastal areas.
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2 August 2024 | 18 replies
I have a fax machine / scanner/ copier and occasionally fax.
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4 August 2024 | 37 replies
That's very common here, with the occasional $250 or $500 offered instead.
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2 August 2024 | 19 replies
Might suit me just fine for the occasional fax so I am going to look into it.FYI - https://app.hellofax.com/info/pricing
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1 August 2024 | 12 replies
This is just the normal operating costs, never mind the big things that come up occasionally with capex like when you have to replace a major component (furnace, water heater, sewer line, driveway, steps, deck, windows, roof, doors, siding, landscaping, etc,) and it costs $10-20k.