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18 August 2011 | 5 replies
Pretend to be a prospective tenant and make some calls.
26 November 2018 | 3 replies
Let's say the PITI $2000 and the rent is $3000 (and lets pretend there are no other expenses) with the net profit split 2 ways, and appearing as such on your tax returns.
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20 January 2018 | 3 replies
I haven't done a commercial deal so I won't pretend to give advice I'm not qualified on.
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27 January 2018 | 6 replies
Pretend your 24 yrs old again.
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28 July 2022 | 4 replies
Don't forget to have your communications in writing specially if they'd pretend they moved out, but a few items were left behind.
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11 April 2022 | 4 replies
So it's a first-world problem and one reason I wouldn't even pretend to think I know how a tenant thinks!
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10 January 2018 | 6 replies
Your target group is going to be very small, so you will want to just tell people it's likely a teardown so you don't waste your time with pretenders.
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4 September 2018 | 26 replies
I thought the min bid had to be what was due.Lets pretend this house is in an area you like and you think you could rent or flip it.
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22 August 2018 | 13 replies
I’m not saying you should post it publicly for everyone to see or anything, but if you have business dealings under your own name I don’t see any benefit to pretending your address is secret.
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24 September 2015 | 2 replies
The real art is knowing when to listen and when to pretend to listen.