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28 January 2009 | 6 replies
If you continually market to an area with signs, fliers, business cards, and direct mail, it will become essentially saturated with your marketing message and your response rates will soar.There are some drawbacks to farming as well, which are fairly easily overcome.
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9 May 2008 | 4 replies
The only draw back is that the Light Rail stops running from about 1am-5am, so you need to focus efforts on city commuters who are not interested in going out at night time.Jersey Heights I don't know nearly anything about, it would appear from my forays up there to be a pretty rough neighborhood.
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13 May 2008 | 6 replies
The draw back (some may view as a plus) is I am still in college.
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22 June 2008 | 1 reply
What are the drawbacks with this type of option?
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20 March 2015 | 11 replies
There are drawbacks but it's built on a stable foundation of an Access database that understands the complex relationships of the business.
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9 November 2008 | 8 replies
The only drawback with that approach is that I would need to find someone I can trust and do business with.Any insights are appreciated.Thx
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18 April 2007 | 36 replies
The only draw back was it had an old octopus furnance system in the basement which, at the time was functioning well and needed no immediate repair.
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29 March 2006 | 0 replies
Fear can become your biggest assetFear can be a draw back when seeking an education in real estate investing but you can turn this fear into one of your biggest assets.How many times have you wanted to get into real estate, only to have that voice in your head say:It won't work!
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16 December 2009 | 5 replies
What are the drawbacks to owner financing for the auctual owner of the property (me)?
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18 October 2006 | 3 replies
Everything I have read up about pre-foreclosures doesn't really go into the drawbacks of pre-foreclosure.Basically, I am looking to the drawbacks to pre-foreclosures.