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15 January 2008 | 1 reply
Improperly retaining deposits is dealt with harshly in many locales, often with double or triple damages.Jon
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24 May 2012 | 13 replies
Besides, it's their investment, not yours.Sounds harsh, but I'm the kind of jerk you will have to deal with in your new biz.
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24 November 2011 | 3 replies
I am not being harsh just giving you the reality.SOMETIMES if you get an asset manager at the right time and hit it off they will be in a giving mood and share inside information into how that bank thinks and works.
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5 January 2016 | 33 replies
Again, I know someone who used to teach RDPD training and I know plenty of details about the quality of training and the tactics used to extract $$$ from inexperience and naive investors -- if maintaining an overly harsh tone will save even one wannabe investor from throwing away hundreds/thousands/tens-of-thousands of dollars, I'm happy to maintain that tone.
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14 February 2012 | 27 replies
I got smacked around in another thread for being to harsh or critical or whatever... so I think I'll do the same here.Basically you aren't worth most agents' time.
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17 October 2012 | 55 replies
The tenants still faced their own harsh realities and took it out on the properties.
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7 February 2013 | 6 replies
However some of the online reviews say that the dryer is too harsh on delicate knits.
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22 September 2013 | 16 replies
Hud is extremely harsh on activity it can find operating outside of their established mechanisms!
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15 February 2013 | 37 replies
Joshua Dorkin In those few instances where my straightforward answer came off a bit to harsh, I recognized it, and made sure I apologized :) It's always my intent to encourage people in their ventures and help them anyway I can.