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22 August 2011 | 18 replies
I've never released that right so I guess I could still surprise some occupant.In 1955 my older brother and I started investing by rehabbing flats in Oakland, California.
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10 April 2009 | 7 replies
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when government takes all the reward away; no one will try or want to succeed.Could not be any simpler than that....
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16 May 2010 | 18 replies
You would be surprised at how nice old hardwood floors look after a little scraping, washing and a good coat of wax.
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26 March 2013 | 15 replies
., your guy called me back and said that Chase does only up to 4 mortgages. and he did not even get into "number of units after 4 mortgages" since the limiting factor was "4 mortgaged properties".I am surprised that he had to check "up to 4" since that's very common these days.anyway, thank you for the lead, but i can't use him. back to square one...
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16 May 2013 | 31 replies
This came as a surprise to me.
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23 December 2023 | 10 replies
It was surprising to me in a recent situations with friends that the son was unaware that adding a ramp was his/his mom's responsibility and not that of the apartment complex.
17 November 2008 | 21 replies
I don't have a candidate in this race, so regardless of what happens, I'll just hope that 1) We have a new president after tonight, because otherwise it is going to get REALLY ugly 2) Whoever wins the race surprises me and does some good.
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8 June 2012 | 20 replies
All of these surprised me and didn't require me to change my business model, which I started second guessing.Keep making offers, lots of offers and stick to your business model.
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21 May 2012 | 16 replies
Dont know about any surprise issues.
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11 December 2013 | 55 replies
I also think its well worth the $100 or $200 for the permits because then I get someone else looking at the work.You'd be surprised how many little things the contractors will miss that might actually have some importance.The other issue in pulling permits is that, if there are any problems with the house later on, I can show I had a licensed contractor do the work and had it inspected by the village as well.