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24 January 2023 | 44 replies
@Nathan Asher Robson well something like 10 Americans have died there recently under suspicious circumstances, likely do to illegal (read poisonous) alcohol.
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5 June 2019 | 163 replies
I have no idea where your angry post came from, but as you are a BP Moderator, it was disappointing.
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28 December 2020 | 105 replies
One of the major driving factors in my motivation for real estate investing and development was my grandfather, an architect and developer who had built a substantial commercial real estate portfolio in Seattle in the 80's and 90's coming from a tough, poor upbringing and an abusive alcoholic father that was quite an accomplishment.
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20 September 2020 | 156 replies
A 5% no hassle, moderately safe securities yield should be easy to average.
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24 January 2024 | 13 replies
I filed a formal complaint and received a moderately sincere apology from upper management.
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29 November 2016 | 9 replies
Moderator note: The forums are for recommendations, not self promotion.
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4 October 2023 | 69 replies
I have been gravitating my clients towards moderate leverage 2-30 unit buildings.
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24 April 2023 | 15 replies
Near areas where there are big race months or other well know events that happen every year that people come and go crazy with alcohol.
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18 January 2023 | 67 replies
Some moderate luck too.
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12 January 2022 | 88 replies
(I have traded stocks for many years to moderate success and am just dabbling in real estate so any input would be very helpful).