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2 October 2024 | 1 reply
I go to my room and find her later.You go to conferences to network first (Lobby Con - IYKYK), learn second.
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2 October 2024 | 5 replies
The hospitality industry lobbied pretty hard for that to happen to give them an edge since those are areas where hotels are located as opposed to residential zones.
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1 October 2024 | 29 replies
. - if you need two stairwells and an elevator, that will of course drive costs way up and it also eats into your floor plate area and can crush layouts on a smaller building, possibly turning your small CMX2.5 lot you'd planned to build 5 stories on into what may as well be a CMX2 lot and allow only 3 stories, since you can't actually fit 2 stairwells, an elevator, a hallway all the way through from front to rear, a small lobby, a mail room, etc.
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2 October 2024 | 24 replies
Real estate agents and loan officers can be highly compensated just the same (they have strong lobbies) and their industries set it up so they are paid commissions (which I don’t think is a dirty word), but the difference is that the public just views those products or services more as an inevitable necessity compared to insurance.
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28 September 2024 | 12 replies
This could mean an updated lobby, hallways, a new resident lounge etc.
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27 September 2024 | 6 replies
Stores that have since moved-in to the space include Costco, HomeGoods, Petco, Hobby Lobby, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Field and Stream, Best Buy, and Ashley Furniture Home Store.Transit Oriented/Mix-Use Developments- Mobile Bay Bridge Project is said to begin in 2020, costing $2.1 billion and consisting of a six-lane cable stay bridge over the Mobile Bay connecting Mobile and Eastern Shore.
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18 September 2024 | 29 replies
We have a 4br with unbelievable views and a theater room that sleeps 12 that is at $63,000 gross with most of the busy fall season and major holidays not yet booked.
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20 September 2024 | 51 replies
Oh, wait...you already did, three times but I'm still lobbying to be the first four-timer before @Ben Leybovich takes the spot.
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19 September 2024 | 10 replies
Wednesday at Palace Theater in Grapevine, 5pm 1x a month.
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20 September 2024 | 73 replies
There's a lot of lobbying by NAR and the other associations, too.Most consumers don't know how any of these things work and don't want to, and would sue anyone in a heartbeat if anything went wrong, so it's important to keep that in mind.There is always the path of becoming a wholesaler, if you really do know what you are doing.