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31 January 2014 | 22 replies
Maintaining good relationships with a handful of contractors and using technology like digital answering services (Google Voice), rent collection web sites, etc give us the right balance of knowing what is happening to our properties but minimizing the disruption to all of our full-time jobs.For us, there are two critical periods: one is during the renovation phase, especially if tenants are in the property.
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26 May 2017 | 16 replies
He had just installed solar panels on his property and was awaiting the outcome.I then searched BP to see if this question was already answered: If you install solar technology on your properties, how do you uncouple the separate fees your tenant pays and have them start paying you for the electricity?
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13 August 2012 | 71 replies
In addition, there wouldn't be the huge divide between the rich and the poor within the state -- one of the largest divides of any state in the nation.It's also worth pointing out that the innovation that's come out of California for the past 20 years (both technology and media) is what has propped up the country's economy and kept us one of the richest nations in the world.
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21 November 2016 | 40 replies
As to technology, I go back to punch cards and readers, wiring boards, most here probably don't know what those are, but today I have an old desk job, 2 laptops, 2 notepads and my cell, hard to believe the progress.
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26 May 2013 | 7 replies
Does anyone know of a technology for automating the extraction of email addies from received emails to create a mailing list?
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20 October 2018 | 18 replies
With technology, you can have a virtual accountant, and there are companies out there that will find you tenants for a one-time flat fee.
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29 September 2023 | 5 replies
So far we've had good reviews on the technology.
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30 May 2017 | 6 replies
The required education must serve a bona fide business purpose of your employer.The education maintains or improves skills needed in your present work.However, even if the education meets one or both of the above tests, it isn't qualifying work-related education if it: Is needed to meet the minimum educational requirements of your present trade or business, orIs part of a program of study that will qualify you for a new trade or business.You can deduct the costs of qualifying work-related education as a business expense even if the education could lead to a degree.Maybe instead of saying to find an additional part-time job, I change my argument to just this coding bootcamp will helps me gain technical knowledge on how to implement the robotic automation in the company by understanding how to talk to the technology team on technical issue and understand what they are doing.
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24 January 2018 | 1 reply
I've heard from many former investors who've given up simply due to the fact they couldn't manage their properties well enough, and I definitely feel it was because they didn't have the right team, technology, or processes in place to be successful.
18 November 2014 | 3 replies
Ruthlessly exploit opportunities to use technology to lower cost / complexity.