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Investor's time is quite valuable...

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You will pretty quickly be able to tell who is just selling something and who can become a valuable member of your team.Best of luck as you explore this powerful alternative for putting your retirement funds to work.

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My time is too valuable to waste on buyers who have no respect for it.

Thank you for the valuable information.

I can tell you from being at one of our shopping centers this morning that we have a parking problem today with most of the lot filled and our tenants cranking out sales for Christmas.Thanks for your valuable insights.  

Any experiences that taught you a valuable lesson you didn't read about in books? 

Since you were successful house hacking, you learned valuable lessons about wealth building, but you also know that you don't want or have to live in a duplex forever.