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27 May 2024 | 1 reply
However, the overall cost of homeownership will remain high, influencing buyer preferences towards more affordable properties.Rental MarketThe rental market in Birmingham shows a trend with year-over-year rent prices increasing along month-over-month prices rising slightly.
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30 May 2024 | 93 replies
Control: Unlike stocks or bonds, where you have little control over the performance of your investment, real estate allows you to directly influence its value.
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25 May 2024 | 10 replies
The book 'How to win friends and influence people' is also very good and more popular.
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24 May 2024 | 9 replies
- How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie- Never Eat Alone by Keith FerrazziKeep us posted on how it goes at the meeting!
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23 May 2024 | 11 replies
Airbnb boosts new listings, so that helped at first.
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25 May 2024 | 11 replies
Money Compare:Add additional homes - with this extra 70-80k/yr can add a boost of 920/mth or 11,040yr passive.
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24 May 2024 | 36 replies
I threw myself into education so deep that I'm fairly confident that there isn't a book, course, tape set, cd set, made from the time ....How to make friends and influence people,(a book on tape, which is mandatory reading if your serious about this business), all the way to every guru's advertised course up until the year 2000.....
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23 May 2024 | 5 replies
If possible, I think the best thing would be to boost earnings and use savings for your second primary.
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22 May 2024 | 7 replies
Would a mega plant boost the local economy and real estate market?
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23 May 2024 | 9 replies
Or tools, among a lot others, that you should have in your REI toolbox and learn how they influence each other and how to use them.