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20 March 2020 | 140 replies
These jokers are really just Instagram “influencers” hawking poorly written books and seminars - they don’t know what they’re doing.
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17 April 2020 | 20 replies
Where you advertize can influence who you get as a tenant, you can say it has easy access to highways and other things that suggest it is good for commuters (if that is who you want).
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20 April 2020 | 30 replies
@Armand Soto - unless he was driving a house while under the influence, not sure how that affects being a tenant.
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9 October 2020 | 178 replies
However, as I am a huge believer in the influence on people's perception o where we end up t- how do I put this - hmmm...
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28 October 2022 | 48 replies
When getting into real estate it’s easy to get caught up in what the influencers are preaching.
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21 October 2023 | 32 replies
Stated succinctly - Locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence), have control over the outcome of events in their lives.So many people think that the world has failed them.
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4 June 2018 | 5 replies
Are these you personal sphere of influence?
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30 December 2023 | 6 replies
A good book/ audio book that influenced me in my real estate developing journey was "Peebles Principles" by R.
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6 January 2022 | 348 replies
However, if you’re just going because of the potential income to be made, you may want to think about that some more.I am a college dropout, I only went because I was under the influence of family.
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15 May 2018 | 14 replies
Obviously, other features will also influence this such as the value, neighborhood, and level of repairs.