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4 May 2022 | 19 replies
If the market isn't right for selling, hold onto it and keep collecting checks until it recovers.If you buy for appreciation, it's a true gamble.
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30 April 2012 | 18 replies
. - Just click the REPORT ABUSE link and we'll take care of any post issues and of course, spam.
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30 October 2020 | 43 replies
Maybe Seattle will appreciate more, maybe it'll slow down or even go backwards for awhile, but if you're not cash flowing in the meantime it sounds like that's a gamble that's more trouble than it's likely worth.
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14 July 2021 | 78 replies
They are usually operating illegally (brokering without licenses), marketing illegally (SMS and call spam, ringless voicemail, bandit signs, etc), their business model basically relies on taking advantage of desperate or naive sellers and taking a chunk of their equity without the seller knowing, which isn't very respectable, and frequently just being useless clueless middlemen using magic 8-balls for estimating rehab and ARV numbers.4.
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9 January 2009 | 10 replies
a brand new member with 10 postings in 13 minutes and not a single one really contributed to the discussion at hand......are you just getting the 10+ posts so that you can spam in the marketing section?
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29 August 2015 | 8 replies
Do you really need to spam every newbie that enters the sight?
11 August 2015 | 21 replies
Used cars are always a gamble unless you are a good mechanic or know one.
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1 February 2016 | 4 replies
SoCal) Getting into a deal with the hope of appreciation to make the deal work is basically gambling, and I don't like to gamble.
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1 March 2020 | 5 replies
Are people just willing to gamble that the first trust Lender will allow their lien to be extinguished?
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10 October 2019 | 9 replies
Otherwise you're literally just gambling, not investing.