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17 February 2015 | 223 replies
At the Brooklyn launch of his book on Wednesday, Taleb declared that, “The only anti-fragile systems now are Silicon Valley and the New York restaurant industry.”
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5 April 2016 | 24 replies
That being said, if you find out for sure that the place is not legal, this is a great negotiating tool to get the owner to come down in price.If everything goes well, maybe you'll scrape through but if it goes really badly, and you lose the house and have to declare bankruptcy, remember you'll still have to repay your parents.
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8 September 2015 | 7 replies
The owner has declared bankruptcy, is supposedly trying to save his home via a HAMP modification but that's hasn't moved fast enough to stave off foreclosure.
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2 March 2015 | 5 replies
Mostly, a Wholesaler doesn't have to declare his role of buying it for the purpose of immediately selling it on at a profit.
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17 April 2008 | 1 reply
I was not notified or even sent a declaration page showing that it had been purchased.
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27 October 2017 | 10 replies
You might have to record (via an attorney with the county clerk) a condo declaration on the property at the outset and get a construction loan on only the unit A.
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20 July 2017 | 1 reply
Agreement and Declaration of TrustAssignment of Beneficial InterestCan we sign Land Trust documents with any Notary public in any country or need to be in the same state and Country?
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14 August 2011 | 18 replies
With this will be the dismantling of the ubiquitous U.S. presence throughout the world in the form of 1) global military bases, 2) satellite regimes propped up with 'foreign aid,' and 3) wars and other covert activities to promote U.S. interests.What concerns me with the dismantling of the U.S. empire is that other interests (most particularly our largest creditor) will fill the void through military escalation, leapfrogging the U.S. in naval capabilities, and will begin to exert its muscle just as the U.S. recedes.
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15 July 2020 | 18 replies
There have been many interpretations where this practice was declared a way to access profit but still perform the 1031 to achieve tax deferral.
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28 February 2018 | 6 replies
I don't technically deduct it today, as it's a wash b/c of the rental coming in; so, if I were to be able to do what I wanted to do, then I would actually have to declare my rental as all gains and pay more for taxes.2.