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6 February 2015 | 23 replies
Schlumberger has layed off 9000 employees and Baker Hughes just announced they are laying off 7000.
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14 December 2014 | 5 replies
Dec 8 they announced another $500,000 for veteran housing vouchers.
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1 October 2014 | 8 replies
-Once have enough capital, i'll invest in rental and build up my RE portfolio doing first Residential then move toward commercial properties to be financially free by age 35. (100 million+ portfolio)-You can judge me or not, I'm doing this and announcing my goals to help hold myself accountable here on BP.
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3 January 2017 | 2 replies
I note in the advertisements that a google voice number is used for privacy reasons so potential tenants don't think the number is a scam (it announces to the caller that it IS a google voice number).
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22 February 2017 | 13 replies
(My first assignment less than two years ago was to announce that we had hit the 300,000 mark.)
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10 May 2017 | 7 replies
And then there's 2 priceless events: Let's Make A Deal where Don and his helper analyze deals for legs and tears them apart if not...The other is the Haves & Wants meeting where people literally just announce what they have & want in real estate, and have transacted close to 1 Billion in sales since it's inception.
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8 February 2021 | 154 replies
I just don't understand why courts won't allow non-covid evictions to at least continue...The second issue I have is why announce September?
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19 April 2020 | 3 replies
From what I’ve heard in my local market, costs for materials shot up when the lockdowns were announced.
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22 January 2021 | 34 replies
PM me and I will send you a list of 7 that I've attended in the twin cities.You can post a link to the event announcement in our Events forum, www.biggerpockets.com/events
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12 January 2022 | 14 replies
The fed has already announced that interest rates will increase this year.