20 July 2018 | 69 replies
I am a Marine.
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6 September 2018 | 8 replies
I wonder if I can make some type of arrangement and wrap the two properties together to which we both come out as winners.
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29 July 2018 | 15 replies
The cash offer was the winner because we did not have to have an appraisal and it was quick close 15 days.
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16 July 2018 | 2 replies
Plus, it lets all these newer concepts & formula marinate in my head as I figure out some key items ... mainly thinking through on what kind of real estate investor I want to be, what kind of portfolio I wish to build, and can I analyse deals properly.
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15 July 2018 | 3 replies
In fact, if you weren't a fellow marine I probably wouldn't bother.
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30 July 2018 | 58 replies
I have a secondary strategy, if I don't win, of approaching the winner and trying to peel off at least some of the property around me at a premium to them, but I am hoping to avoid that scenario altogether.
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29 July 2018 | 5 replies
@Nick Deterding As a former Marine and lender (who once used my VA benefits) I must caution you.
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3 August 2018 | 49 replies
If BP had an award for "Most Negative Attitude" you'd be a runaway winner.
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20 August 2018 | 8 replies
So the winner got the property, but the mortgage was still in effect.There was a serious misunderstanding here.