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4 September 2018 | 19 replies
The classic example of legit "unforeseen" is that your mom who lives 3 states away comes down with terminal brain cancer and you want to be near her for her final months.
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4 September 2018 | 3 replies
Karen, I won't be attending but I can recommend a tip that could save you thousands of dollars: Leave your credit cards at home.Most of the free / low cost seminars give you a few crumbs of information but are mainly sales presentations designed to "upsell" you on more expensive "boot camps" and/or "mentoring programs".They all follow the same classic sales formula, they'll tell you that it normally costs $X (you can even go on their website and see that price) but "today only" or "only for the first N people to sign up" they're putting on a special deal.They'll do the whole "this is how much it would cost individually but here's an incredible package deal" etc.
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1 September 2018 | 10 replies
My thoughts were to assign one for each efficiency unit and keep four to myself for the truck, track car, classic project, and working bay (I have a Motorsport problem).
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16 April 2019 | 0 replies
Innovation for Smart Investors: Timely Tips and Strategy Blueprint for 2019 During Oliver Stone's 1987 Classic Film “Wall Street”, one very defining scene is with up-and-coming broke Bod Fox answering the phone as the sun rises placidly in Manhattan, and his new client tells him: “There's nothing more beautiful than the sun coming up over the ocean.
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12 October 2020 | 15 replies
It's the move that brought us the classic Alec Baldwin line, "Put the coffee down.
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18 April 2019 | 3 replies
Etc.If you're interested in learning more about the project you might have on your hands, I recommend The Classic Hewn-Log House: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Restoring by Charles McRaven.
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22 April 2019 | 5 replies
I have been in the field (construction/building) for almost 14 years npw and havr been contemplating jumping in to real estate.My business partner Shawn, is a classically educated guy, also in his early 30's.
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23 April 2019 | 3 replies
I have been in the field (construction/building) for almost 14 years npw and havr been contemplating jumping in to real estate.My business partner Shawn, is a classically educated guy, also in his early 30's.
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21 February 2020 | 15 replies
A classic quote I read in a finance book was, "If you take the risk out of life, you take the opportunity out of life."