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4 March 2015 | 2 replies
Make sure your bills (cell phone, utilites, etc) are in your name and consider taking out a low-balance secured credit card through your bank.Good luck!
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7 November 2017 | 402 replies
In addition I share a cell phone with my husband.
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17 June 2017 | 16 replies
After awhile, when we acquired enough homes and the reserve account got pretty fat, I've been less worried about this since it is highly improbable that all homes become vacant for one year at the same time; aside from that, only about 30% of our portfolio has any leverage on it - the rest is cash-owned, so the homes themselves are reserves of capital should the need arise.
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13 November 2017 | 56 replies
Puts dollars in my pockets, and takes fat out of my stomach.If I need to go more than a few miles or the weather is horrible, I also drive a Toyota Corolla.
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6 September 2017 | 27 replies
I've cut some pretty fat checks to people that have brought me big deals.
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30 October 2017 | 27 replies
LAPD issued him a big fat ticket for wasting their time and told him if he calls again more tickets were coming.
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23 November 2017 | 99 replies
They're the fat burning pills of the Real Estate Industry.
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26 November 2018 | 39 replies
During that time part of my reason going off the map was meeting two people (one that wanted my cell phone plan and one that wanted my phone).
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4 June 2021 | 57 replies
I buy an ugly house, live in it while fixing it up, then sell it in 2 years for a big fat profit that I put into my pocket instead of Uncle Sam's, because of the 121 exclusion.I bought my current house for $176,000.
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5 October 2018 | 83 replies
Just like eggs, fats, sex and wine...experts have loads of differing advise.