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15 October 2015 | 133 replies
,I was raised Catholic (though I choose not to practice anymore) and was a liturgical musician for over 30 years.
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26 November 2015 | 4 replies
Hipsters/musicians seems to be moving over there from New York at the moment.
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10 June 2015 | 15 replies
It's not too big so most natives can give you a jumping off point for learning the market :)
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11 August 2015 | 25 replies
Maybe you should start by looking for great deals in the area as being native gives you an advantage over others that came from BK or other areas of NYC.
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20 April 2015 | 34 replies
Greg is the author of Think and Grow Rich: Three Feet from Gold (co-authored by Sharon Lechter from Rich Dad, Poor Dad), and Mark is a New Jersey native who is a master hypnotist and a very seasoned real estate investor investing today.Regardless, Noteworthy has always been an amazing place to network and meet like minded investors just like Bob and Kevin.
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9 August 2016 | 47 replies
I would much prefer the app over using safari as the native app flows easier and faster, but with the bugs I haven't used it in a long time.
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5 April 2015 | 7 replies
I'm very much a US native, but my ancestors are from Dahl, Sweden.
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19 May 2016 | 13 replies
I'm also an Essex County native living in Hudson County, and I'm in a similar boat -- in the process of transitioning toward investing full-time.Lots of wisdom to be found on BP and through local meetups -- good luck!
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17 May 2016 | 0 replies
I am a musician and currently make only 30K/yr gross as I have for a few years now.
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18 May 2016 | 3 replies
This money I can borrow privately at 2%, undetermined term but I would hope to refinance once the property was up to par and rented out.All in: 110kSo that I'm not misleading, I'll say here that the area is probably C-, right on the east edge of Washington Park for you Milwaukee natives, and that this could pose difficulties (or perhaps scare off many investors?).