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29 November 2024 | 7 replies
If all else take your concerns to yelp and social media.
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6 December 2024 | 21 replies
Maybe call it something else since that's too easy to ridicule lol.I agree that finding a local mentor is much better than paying a social media coach/mentorship guru who is charging $500 (that's the cheapest I've seen) to over $20,000.
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30 November 2024 | 10 replies
My biggest recommendation is to look on social media and see who the “big” players are for investor focused teams in your area.
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5 December 2024 | 48 replies
The type who will ignore great advice and fail then the blame society, the govt and the media..
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1 December 2024 | 15 replies
If so, make sure to visit/know of the grocery stores, restaurants, things to do, etc around the area even if just driving by.
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26 November 2024 | 3 replies
I just subscribed to Pro, but I seem to have 2 different accounts: one for this part of the site and another for the store.
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26 November 2024 | 44 replies
You set the GPS, drive to the ice cream parlor, buy some ice cream, and now your kids are happy.Now, consider the next few questions:Did the ice cream parlor lift a finger to get you in their store?
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4 December 2024 | 25 replies
The first neighborhood I would look at is anything next to infrastructure - if it has grocery stores, malls, gas stations.
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26 November 2024 | 9 replies
Wholesaling is a mirage that social media and fake gurus make seem easy when in reality, most fail miserably and spend their money on one month of marketing when everyone knows it takes six to eight months of cross-platform marketing to make stuff happen.My best advice is not to wholesale.
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26 November 2024 | 5 replies
I'm not crazy about the big box stores as they seem to charge too much.