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7 October 2017 | 3 replies
The employment sector is strong as well, the metro adding more than 69,000 jobs year-over-year through March.Oakland1.
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22 July 2020 | 54 replies
Austin’s become a popular and trendy town, especially with the high tech sector moving in, but Dallas will always hold value better.
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2 July 2022 | 37 replies
But they're a government agency so the gov. could bail them out if they're in bad position.The private sector that has a relevant tie with FM is Mortgage REIT industry, this unique industry is very unique because they buy low 30YFRM from MBS and hedge it with 10 years note, as the spread grows, their book value goes down and at this position, they lost 50-60% book value.Eventually, if the rate keeps going up, the FM needs to be rescued by the government.
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30 November 2015 | 79 replies
I've done contracting, not so much for the private sector, but never got money up front.
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2 December 2010 | 96 replies
What is really needed is a way to get this liquidity to the private sector that is the engine for jobs in this country.
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9 November 2017 | 106 replies
Jacksonville is projecting an increasing population, more white collar employment opportunities, especially in the tech sector, with comparatively low cost housing and all around low unemployment.
17 February 2015 | 8 replies
I currently have a 9-5 job that I love, however, after purchasing my first SFH I fell in love with real estate.I know that I want to get into the buy and hold sector of REI and that I want to concentrate on multi family homes.
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27 March 2008 | 32 replies
They support a brand of Islam that seeks to export its rather repressive ideology worldwide by force.
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22 December 2014 | 152 replies
Military is a large portion of the government jobs, while the service industry is the fastest growth sector.
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21 June 2017 | 13 replies
The investment from private equity sector in SFH's effectively decreased the supply of homes tremendously driving up the prices in the market.