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13 May 2020 | 0 replies
Inflation just ate $279,834 of your money…To make things worse I’ll remind you that you haven’t paid your taxes yet.
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21 May 2020 | 2 replies
Show pictures of the fancy little omelet you ate at that adorable little cafe, and talk about how amazing it was.Show pictures of the current house you are flipping and ask for suggestions on colors schemes for your new kitchen.Show pictures of that latest work out you did that lost you 200 pounds overnight.THAT is what people connect to.
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21 May 2020 | 3 replies
With 14 properties, over the last 20 years I’ve made a $30k water claim 10 years ago,I ate a $5500 water problem about 5 years ago, and recently a $1500 water problem.
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30 May 2020 | 31 replies
Since our sale was within 2-4 years of the properties purchased, the closing costs on both ends really ate up our profits.
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25 May 2020 | 1 reply
We like purchasing long term buy and hold properties and this fit our investing strategy to a tee.
18 May 2021 | 6 replies
I read, slept, and ate real estate.
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7 April 2021 | 4 replies
Couldn't make the car payment because the dog ate the credit card they were going to make their car payment with, and then the sister in law stole their last beer, so you know they had to make a choice... whatever.
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12 July 2017 | 171 replies
Alas, I chose to keep it civil/easy for a smooth ride to closing and ate the remediation cost.
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23 August 2018 | 1 reply
I spotted a TED talk Emilie Wapnick about what to do when there is no one thing that you're passionate about.
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19 January 2017 | 27 replies
We ate out a handful of times in that whole year.