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Never compromise, always run credit and background checks.  

Don't give in, don't compromise.....

To me, it's not about being able to do nothing, it's more about working hard every day to be more effective with the limited time we've all got and not having to compromise.    

I told them there was no way in hell I was paying engineering fees to put back what was there, and we settled on a compromise wherein they let me put half walls up just under my construction license/bond.

Or else your cash flow and/or appreciation will LIKELY be compromised.

There’s nothing you can do to prevent a mentally compromised person from behaving mentally compromised in your property.

In my personal opinion, you can compromise slightly on the CoC with confirmed factors that would allow immediate increases (rental upside) and/or major upside in value.For example, I closed on a deal in September 2021 at about 3% CoC.

Later we defined those as protected classes for discrimination.The challenge, then and now, is equilibrium and limits.The founding fathers, the federalists and anti federalists had to make many compromises to create and govern a country.

This is not meant as a punishment but a compromise to alleviate any ongoing issues caused by shared parking situations.