25 April 2024 | 60 replies
Iḿ doing well and can absorb so much more than they average American, and still all the rate increases was painful.
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21 April 2024 | 12 replies
The Fed is fixated with 2% inflation, but they are ignoring what is best for average Americans who are just trying to put food on the table.
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24 April 2024 | 42 replies
There are people that make a lot of money to make this predictions and even they can't figure it out, so a bunch of randos on BP are all just guessing, as is anyone else.The one thing I'll say is the American economy has proven far more resilient than most expected.
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22 April 2024 | 14 replies
In the middle of those two extremes might be a small business with 3 years left on their lease, but they've made improvements to the property that aren't cheap to remove, such as perhaps a dental office (dentists might be pissed that I put them in the mid-risk category, but all the dentists going out of business in 2020-2021 taught us that American consumers apparently regard dental care as an optional and "luxury" spending item).
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20 April 2024 | 6 replies
We use American Modern Insurance for our fix n flips.
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19 April 2024 | 6 replies
Have had good luck with german american farmers mutual for acvs and All-State for replacement.
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19 April 2024 | 8 replies
@Andrew Joseph American Contractors is the most common used in Pittsburg (or one of).
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19 April 2024 | 5 replies
This is generally due to the fact that this is how the American housing giants – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – government-sponsored agencies, separate their loan programs.Note that this is another example of where real estate “lingo” doesn’t always match with the standard English Language!
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20 April 2024 | 34 replies
Engelo is a True American success story.
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18 April 2024 | 10 replies
In a similar fashion, if you can imagine how much landscaping and underground infrastructure is in a golf course as compared to the clubhouse, that will give an indication of why an extremely high percentage of the property's value is allocated to the land improvements.