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27 December 2008 | 7 replies
Madoff Investment Securities has more than $700 million in capital, according to its website.Madoff remains a member of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's nominating committee, and his firm is a market maker for about 350 Nasdaq stocks, including Apple, EBay and Dell, according to the website.The website also states that Madoff himself has "a personal interest in maintaining the unblemished record of value, fair-dealing, and high ethical standards that has always been the firm's hallmark."
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3 January 2009 | 7 replies
I imagine much bigger name investors can get around some of this prequalifying but until you establish yourself you have to play by the rules and "polish your apple".
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12 January 2009 | 5 replies
Make sure you aren't comparing apples to oranges such as the rents including utilities or some other concessions.
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27 January 2009 | 20 replies
I hope I don't die.. but what a rush when you realize that you are not dead and you can do it again.There are going to be new billionaires made in the upcoming cycle and they will be people not corporations.People that care about what they leave behind rather than care about what they can take.Remember how Apple and Microsoft started?
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4 February 2009 | 2 replies
Then get some We Buy Houses business cards and maybe a couple t-shirts and car magnets.
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3 May 2009 | 62 replies
I feel that you guys are arguing apples and oranges.
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13 September 2018 | 45 replies
This skews the numbers greatly as it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. http://www.realestatedecoded.com/do-real-estate-agents-really-sell-homes-for-13-percent-higher-prices/
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23 August 2018 | 6 replies
Where are permits being pulled, where are the areas of development happening, who has plans to move into which sectors of the city (i.e. large business moving into the area like Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Banner, banks, ASU (and all their affiliate campuses and satelitte campuses) Intel, USAirways, Dignity, Amex.. if you can follow where these large employers are bringing in jobs, then housing will follow.
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24 September 2018 | 114 replies
Then I became the recommended real estate attorney for Apple employees.