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5 December 2010 | 7 replies
The way it's playing out now, a few people are leaving their homes, a few homes are getting sold to investors, and a few of these former homeowners are renting somebody else's freshly foreclosed property.The only thing I see that could continue to keep housing demand positive (or at least not falling through the sub-flooring) is the Gen Y (Echo Boomers) entering the market and buying or renting their own place.
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26 January 2011 | 14 replies
Real estate is one of the only ways a normal person can enter the world of finance and not have the house take all their money (no pun intended).
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8 December 2010 | 4 replies
If it's a LLC, I do what you do, i go to my state department of finance homepage and search for the LLC.http://www.pipl.com and enter in the homeowner's first and last name and it will pull up everything related to the name.
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16 December 2010 | 10 replies
If you dont 'open' ALL of the faucets and flush stools,,,enough water will be air locked in those pipes to freeze and burst anyway.Open both sides and allow air to enter, they drain.Much like a straw in a glass of water,,,put your finger over the end and raise it out of the water and the water stays in the straw,,,doesnt when your finger is off the end
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19 December 2010 | 8 replies
See your attorney before you enter into such contracts!
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8 January 2011 | 5 replies
But that inspired us to finally take the time to enter the short sale arena.So Im interested to hear from Bp members if you negotiate yourself or pay someone else.
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22 December 2010 | 5 replies
This means if you want to get around them consistently it would be almost a full time job for you.I recommend entering your ads by hand.
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24 December 2010 | 4 replies
When you enter into a dual agency situation, it becomes a conflict of interest, according to MA.
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1 March 2011 | 21 replies
Does this restriction to a particular "territory" only apply if you are entering your properties into the MAPS system??
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9 April 2011 | 19 replies
Absolutely...once the discussion of freedom and retirement enter the picture, everything changes.