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17 July 2021 | 4 replies
Pretend you are a lender - actually spend $400 and order an appraisal that has current value and professional (non-biased) opinion on after repair value based on the rehab you have outlined.
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23 August 2021 | 2 replies
It isn't any other rental and pretending otherwise may be a fools errand.
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2 September 2021 | 16 replies
We lived in a 3 floor townhouse at one point that had one zone. it was like we were pretending to be Goldilocks with the temperature difference between floors.
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8 September 2021 | 8 replies
Instead of buying a bunch of small properties individually, the group of people come together and buy a larger asset together.Let’s pretend you have $50,000 for investing, beyond other savings and retirement funds.
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29 September 2021 | 30 replies
On my normal internet connection, I'll search for organic vegetables, how I myself can save the earth from Climate Change, new ways to cook kale and arugula, modern movies and tv shows that glorify dysfunction and violence, on my VPN pretend there's a Bill of Rights?
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25 September 2021 | 4 replies
Do not pretend to be something you are not.
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19 November 2021 | 27 replies
I use Zillow and pretend to be a renter and figure out what's the minimum rent I have to pay to not be homeless.
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5 October 2021 | 7 replies
Many investors come to meeting pretending to be more experienced, thinking they will get more respect that way.
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11 October 2021 | 8 replies
And I'll pretend I didn't read #3 because it is late and I don't want heartburn thinking about regulators, codes, zoning, etc.
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26 October 2021 | 34 replies
These folks know that few will ever vet these statements which makes it easy to continue to be pretenders.