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11 June 2012 | 35 replies
As mentors, we all like to warn the newer folks of the "Seminar Trap".
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12 July 2012 | 4 replies
It should be in Section L. (700)
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6 August 2012 | 10 replies
For those of you that own in Section 8 type communities- has anyone been successful in converting tenants to this subsidy program?
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6 August 2012 | 17 replies
Usually buyers (including my clients) get excited about buying something.I tell them it is best to be prudent and wait for the right deal than to buy into marginal or loser deals where their money is now trapped into a bad investment.Take away the urge to just throw money into something and put it to the work and instead invest wisely and be patient.
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2 October 2012 | 6 replies
Overestimating value is one of the most common mistakes real estate investors make and you are in danger of falling into that trap.
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9 October 2012 | 15 replies
Drain assembly leaking and I could see through the access area that there was an old style barrel trap instead of a P trap.
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15 October 2012 | 5 replies
Trap all loose animals and turn into the humane society or animal control officers.
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16 October 2012 | 20 replies
Specifically: "For purposes of this section, the term “federally-related mortgage loan” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2602)."
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12 July 2007 | 16 replies
Well, the kids sure liked it... and there's the rusted through trap with an overflowing bucket under it.
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28 July 2007 | 2 replies
So, a J.O.B. can be a trap but that is not a requirement.