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10 September 2020 | 9 replies
In retrospect we might have had a foundation expert take a look and give us a repair estimate, but it was our first deal and that probably would have been overly ambitious.
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19 October 2012 | 11 replies
In retrospect, going to cash and then back in would have been a good move.
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24 October 2013 | 12 replies
In retrospect, I should have offered the full price to give him less room to change his mind.
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26 October 2013 | 7 replies
But if your goal is to invest in buy and hold properties far into the future, I think you'd be very pleased in retrospect if you started off with a quad instead of a duplex.If you're just trying to test the waters and see if this is something you want to do, then a duplex might be a better way to start.
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21 April 2015 | 65 replies
In retrospect, I should have been scooping up all that I could.
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2 April 2015 | 48 replies
I could have marketed it for more, in retrospect, but I was overjoyed with turning it in 92 ish days.
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24 August 2013 | 9 replies
I just re-read @Karen Margrave 's post, and I think in retrospect she was asking me to talk about different ways to lend, as opposed to different ways to supply funds with a particular investor.
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4 July 2015 | 19 replies
In retro spect just another reason the shady company is no loner around and many of our district managers were indicted.
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25 January 2013 | 30 replies
I feel quite foolish in retrospect, if I had only hired a home inspector, I could be enjoying my "dong" right now, instead of trying to come up with $40 to satisfy my urgent need for a "dong".
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23 March 2013 | 4 replies
And yes, in retrospect, an inconspicuous safe was probably a much better idea