25 July 2016 | 2 replies
Do I negotiate lower ($116 to $120k) and is this penny pinching, or just good finance?
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21 August 2015 | 10 replies
He is just going to make whatever is making HIM more money the priority, leaving a penny pinching investor on the back burner with little to no options.
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18 August 2015 | 6 replies
Not 3 days or e months but THREE LONG Y E A R S of sacrifice and pinching pennies to save and get experience to learn the in's and out's of so many different deals.
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1 October 2015 | 29 replies
I love his idea of not focusing on saving/penny pinching but putting all your efforts to growth.
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2 October 2015 | 14 replies
I also use a hand saw and miter box if I'm in a pinch or if I left my miter saw somewhere else and don't want to buy another miter saw for a small job.
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23 October 2015 | 7 replies
As Brandon Turner, the VP of BP said, "real estate is like a box of chocolates".
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5 May 2016 | 3 replies
In the long run that will go a lot further than any gift card or box of chocolates you can give out.
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15 January 2016 | 5 replies
Great in a pinch but not very good for long term situations or lower margins stuff.
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15 January 2016 | 13 replies
We don't go too dark (no chocolate) as then every spec of dust is visible.
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10 October 2016 | 28 replies
But at this point you're in a pinch, so it doesn't matter.