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15 December 2019 | 13 replies
We castigate the banks because they enabled people who should not be enabled.Well, what are you doing?
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26 April 2017 | 61 replies
You are young, but you're thinking outside the box, and it's that kind of thinking that will enable you to become a successful investor.I'd also check out this blog, if you're not already familiar with it:http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/
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21 March 2020 | 108 replies
What you call compassion, I call enabling bad behavior.
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4 August 2020 | 177 replies
But I'm going to continue to enjoy my monogamous relationship with my wife, have a few beers with my friends, occasionally enjoy a peanut butter sandwich and continue to use long term low interest loans that enable me to purchase cash flow producing real estate.
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4 March 2020 | 18 replies
Luckily we hooked up with a great public adjuster who identified the risk and enabled me to set boundaries with the Resto vendor before it spun out of control.With that said.
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12 February 2020 | 47 replies
Communicating with outside parties opens you up to additional risk and enables them to gang up on you.Don't be too hard on yourself.
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21 April 2020 | 6 replies
Sometimes gamers can be super noisy, even if they use headphones.
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27 October 2020 | 113 replies
Real Estate is the vehicle that will enable me to do this by eventually giving me even more time to do the things I truly enjoy.
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2 February 2023 | 10 replies
My residents stay an average of 5 years or more. 3) Max Rent: a complete household system enables one to charge a bit higher than rent by the room rates b/c it offers a bit more and is more valuable to renters. 4) Maintain a Wonderful Property: a complete household system gives house-members helpful systems on what to do when maintenance is needed, who in the house will manage when the technician visits, the residents loves when the PM does a monthly walk through their common areas, there's always someone handy living there who knows to check under the sink for leaks, and the housemembers know who is going to change the HVAC filter and when and keeps cleaning even.I hope I explained that all.
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18 August 2017 | 7 replies
My advice, give some thought to how you want to live and then choose a place that enables you to live how you like, even if it takes a bit longer to "get rich" there.