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8 March 2020 | 88 replies
Real estate is gambling.
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14 November 2023 | 151 replies
New constructions might be an exception, but even they can be a gamble.
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11 May 2019 | 31 replies
It is brilliant for short term to build net worth/ equity but the gamble of losing your *** can be taken out of the equation with proper reserves.
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30 January 2014 | 3 replies
Fortunately, the calculated gamble had paid off.
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6 January 2024 | 22 replies
Banks were profiting by collecting higher than market rates by letting these fraudulent mortgages float.
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19 February 2018 | 31 replies
Not looking for gamble purchases, yet.
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12 May 2018 | 10 replies
Now, I'm not suggesting you pad your real income by not taking normal expenses, as that is fraudulent.
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26 May 2016 | 4 replies
@Martin Tokarz I do see how this can be viewed as fraudulent even though I intend to move in after a year.
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19 August 2022 | 4 replies
(Wired on thursday cleared friday - today), We in-fact wired the funds to a fraudulant account/person that had changes in only the email address of our title company, my mortgage broker, and realtor.
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28 August 2023 | 26 replies
she had a gambling habit.