If buying leads were productive, they would already be bought up by people faster and more experienced than you.

@ElliotVann, have you considered going 2 family 5% down no mi product.

The easiest thing for me to do at the time was a T-shirt brand ( AY Asher Apparel), so I started creating designs that would allow me to make products with a print on demand company.

Why is it that so few people use these products? 

This is a very common loan product offered by pretty much all mortgage lenders/brokers. 

You might want to do some research on how commercial financing works, so you can better discuss and compare available loan products with lenders.Hope that helps!

You'll also shy away from learning to use high VOC products like oil and shellac primers that provide very good performance at a lower cost.

The sales tax on product and services is not the issue here.I’m taking about paying sales taxes on property taxes for example. 

The stock market should reflect production and people's confidence in the companies they invest in.

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