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6 February 2024 | 9 replies
Hello everyone,I'm Judy Mueller, a real estate enthusiast from South Florida.
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6 February 2024 | 7 replies
You have to know the local market and the properties themselves to be able to tell what is an apples to apples comp and what is apples to oranges, which is really hard or impossible to do virtually.
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7 February 2024 | 20 replies
Licensed contractors run a business like a business and unlicensed do not / of day many spend more on unlicensed because they don’t show up after you pay them upfront, the work can be shoddy and end up hiring licensed anywaysOh go pull permit and hire unlicensed and if a deck fails YOU will be liable since you pulled the permit and in court when it comes out you hired unlicensed contractors and if something bad were to happen not only the financial liability but would you look good in an orange jumpsuit?
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7 February 2024 | 50 replies
@Judy Obama, calling out the ineffective teachings of Dave Ramsey doesn't take away any good that Del does.
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6 February 2024 | 67 replies
As you intend, we loan our own hard-earned money in Los Angeles and have been doing it successfully for years now.First-position purchase money and only in Los Angeles and North Orange County.
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4 February 2024 | 11 replies
I'm looking to connect with some AWESOME wholesalers in Upstate New York in the following counties: Erie County NY, Monroe County NY, Orange County NY, Oneida County NY and specifically in the following cities/towns: Buffalo NY, Cheektowaga NY, West Seneca NY, Rochester NY, Greece NY, Utica NY, Newburgh NY, Middletown NY, Port Jervis, NY.
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3 February 2024 | 6 replies
Steve Davis worked at Lifestyles Unlimited for many years, but his content is quite different.Elevate CIG is apples and oranges to the two above groups.
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4 September 2016 | 6 replies
I don't deal in Orange County, so I don't know the level of detail you can find online as to the progress of the foreclosure, if there is one.
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6 September 2016 | 2 replies
I need your help in finding a good general contractor and/or subcontractors for SFH flipping in and around Los Angeles County & Orange County.