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12 January 2025 | 8 replies
MOST people regardless if they are renters or home owners spend over 30% of their income on housing and utilities.
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6 January 2025 | 3 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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14 January 2025 | 27 replies
They hold your money, spend it without your permission and you have to call and email incessantly to get a release of your monthly draw.
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13 January 2025 | 18 replies
I want to hear some feedback to know if it's good to spend the money and time in his program.
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10 January 2025 | 14 replies
My wife and I also invest in STRs and I spend a lot of time working over the best place to buy our next property.I've been looking at Packwood recently for a client.
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28 January 2025 | 29 replies
So you're willing to pay $30,000 for their furniture when you could spend $5,000 on your own?
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6 January 2025 | 11 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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3 January 2025 | 7 replies
During the 2years we’re spending $ on attorney fees, and I’ve got that “queasy” feeling, especially since it’s questionable whether or not the properties are worth the amount we are owed.
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8 January 2025 | 7 replies
My markup is always lower than the original lender's because I don't spend money advertising during the Super Bowl, my president doesn't have a corporate jet, and we don't have layers of management we need to pay.
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3 January 2025 | 7 replies
So when you need to go check on things, rent units, meet contractors, etc, you're jumping in the car for 6 hours, spending 1hr there, and I'm thinking after a full days's work.