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1 November 2022 | 26 replies
The lawyer said fine, and some heavy equipment came out, power pole was moved over and some holes dug.
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22 August 2015 | 5 replies
I have a construction background, we have 2 full time carpenters, my partner is a master electrician, so we always have a full electrical crew, and a couple of guys I work with at the fire department work part time doing general maintenance, painting, etc. building the infrastructure of the company and all of the equipment is the key to being able to deliver promptly, consistently, efficiently, and the ability to do so where your pricing is reasonable enough where you are referred often.
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19 April 2015 | 4 replies
Not only did I have my engineering degree in electronics, I was technically, legally and professionally certified by every manufacturer of high-end biomedical equipment that I was employed by.
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2 October 2020 | 61 replies
I have said many times failure of landlords a lot of times is simply because the owner is not, should not be a landlord they are their own worse enemy these folks think they want rentals but are no way equipped to own them.. they sabotage there PM at every turn their expectations of how things should run are so far off base.A few examples I have seen that stand out.
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3 March 2014 | 20 replies
I say that not to brag or boast, but to demonstrate that even a high school educated heavy equipment operator with a little bit of common sense and a lot of gut instinct can do ok in real estate without committing last years paycheck to somebody to get a stack of papers and promises and a "deal analyzer" that promises to do all of the work for you.
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21 September 2015 | 8 replies
Lost thousands upon thousands in lost/stolen equipment, because we do contracting also.Have had a property broke into and the wires/electrical stripped 2 days before section 8 inspections.We invest in high distressed areas, so a lot of headaches come with that.
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25 January 2023 | 16 replies
Pool equipment simply does not last very long.
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20 January 2021 | 32 replies
Same goes for office equipment and furniture.
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13 September 2022 | 10 replies
Some Homeowners Insurance companies offer an endorsement for Equipment Breakdown.
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14 November 2011 | 20 replies
I consider it as a risk/benefit, cost/benefit ratio and it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me to replace gas with electric if a house is already equipped with gas.