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9 March 2017 | 20 replies
In some occasions, we've busted the gurus themselves pretending to be someone else, hyping up their courses.
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27 March 2010 | 1 reply
While we welcome companies to respond to posts here, and to send their "satisfied customers" to participate, in some occasions, we've busted the companies themselves pretending to be someone else, hyping up their businesses.
22 January 2020 | 28 replies
The first thing Account Closed should do, from what I've learned, is take six months of living expenses out of her inheritance and sock it away in an emergency account and pretend it doesn't exist - she's already shared with us that they have a very high cost of living and low savings, which means that if it weren't for this inheritance, they might be like me and may have a hard time weathering a bad car breakdown or a hospital trip with their current income, let alone a huge real estate investment going awry and really hurting their livelihood.Once you have those accounted for, and you've identified the scope of the property you'd like to tackle, you'll want to put away some reserves for it ahead of time just to make sure you don't have zero set aside for Week 1 issues.
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15 September 2009 | 28 replies
:pissed: Welcome to the art of panhandling I mean why work when you can easily sucker people in giving you money by pretending your homeless.
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25 August 2018 | 99 replies
Most people pretend that the fate of the world rests on their shoulders... lol.Newsflash: If you're middle class, you might as well pretend you have NO money.
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16 August 2011 | 6 replies
Pretend you close and give them some time, what if they dont leave?
2 March 2015 | 4 replies
Unlike victoria who pretended to give you a direct a answer i will give you a real one.
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26 June 2008 | 26 replies
Pretend the home owner has an ARM, went through a hardship, fell behind 4.5 months, and then came current.
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7 December 2015 | 41 replies
Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there pretending to be someone that they are not or otherwise looking to steal others money.
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11 January 2020 | 134 replies
That is not practicing law and I won't pretend to be a lawyer on BP.