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14 December 2024 | 13 replies
Meanwhile the neighbors quality of life will improve once the new wall is constructed 2025 Q1 and the denser use is consistent with the Philadelphia planning commission's 2035 plan.
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18 December 2024 | 3 replies
These plans call for six blocks, with buildings totaling 2.5 million mixed-use square feet, and a renovated 14.2 acres of open space with brand-new amenities and improved access.
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29 December 2024 | 253 replies
However, speaking from personal experience, if you are positive and work your *** off to improve your luck, you are going to be much luckier than those naysayers.So happy for you!
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11 December 2024 | 7 replies
Also, you are not buying at a premium and can allow the property to appreciate if that said area is historically improving.
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17 December 2024 | 36 replies
Because significantly less than 100% of your investment actually goes into purchasing or improving the property, and the property is purchased at retail value (or worse), your returns will badly lag any benchmark of direct property investment. 2.
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11 December 2024 | 1 reply
Investing in curb appeal, such as landscaping improvements, can make a significant difference.
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15 December 2024 | 14 replies
You can refinance sooner than that but you'll need to paper trail all of the improvement costs that lead to the increase in value.
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13 December 2024 | 15 replies
I wonder if rent control laws will be easing anytime soon in this city - other than capping rent prices, I don't think they do anything to help improve the quality of rentals.
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17 December 2024 | 17 replies
We are also working on export to Word doc functionality for the SOW which will allow you to export the SOW to Word so you can make additional customizations.I'm a bit of a perfectionist and still want to improve the functionality of some of our tools before we start charging for the software, but I think we will likely be ready to officially launch sometime in April.
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10 December 2024 | 39 replies
Time saving in property acquisition, building improvements, purchasing living units, etc.3.