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12 January 2019 | 14 replies
All renters and roommates have lease agreements and a definite paper trail.
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9 October 2018 | 11 replies
If you haven't done so already, ask the seller to provide you with his trailing-12 P&L statement and his P&Ls for 2016 and 2017.
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26 July 2018 | 41 replies
Motion sensor lights, and a hidden 'trail cam' can do wonders in catching the prey.
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30 December 2019 | 11 replies
Gallinelli determined these numbers given the information in these categories.My initial investment was $323,472 (expressed as a negative).Cash Flow Year 1 = 25,619Cash Flow Year 2 = 29,686Cash Flow Year 3 = 33,876Cash Flow Year 4 = 38,191Cash Flow Year 5 = 42,636Where am I going down the wrong trail?
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23 January 2019 | 65 replies
That makes it very liquid for doing down payments and closing costs.I learned that lenders do not like any money showing up in your accounts that do not have a paper trail... and making all this easy on the lender will help you get the loan done faster and easier, so no gifts from family or anyone within several month before you start looking to get a mortgage loan.
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3 August 2018 | 7 replies
Now you have a paper trail that you're "living" there.Require evidence of neighbor support or at least proof of notification of neighbors.
12 August 2018 | 11 replies
Depending on where you are sometimes cartels will do things like this to have a minimal paper trail especially if you are self managing.
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8 August 2018 | 79 replies
During business hours his company will have a clerk or somebody sitting at a desk answering the phone, I wouldn't give any specifics to the clerk because they may tip off your tenant, but they can probably connect you with the CO or First Sergeant.Have a paper trail prepared when you speak with the company leadership (CO & First Sergeant).
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7 August 2018 | 7 replies
In commercial multifamily this is known as "the trailing twelve" and it would've shown that the tenant had not paid rent on time for some of the previous months.
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14 August 2018 | 2 replies
If we just didnt get back to them then no paper trail.