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28 May 2024 | 17 replies
Agreed, if you're handy and can fix most things yourself OR have a good relationship with a General Contractor that's going to work with you on repairing the property.
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30 May 2024 | 17 replies
Lying on personal declaration forms5.
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30 May 2024 | 47 replies
I’ve owned my personal home in Dickinson for about 6 years and would guess I have zero appreciation.
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27 May 2024 | 4 replies
As you continue, you need to find a title company that's going to work with you, have some templates of the documents you will need, and ideally some relationships with cash buyers.
30 May 2024 | 25 replies
Personally, I dont get the "BEWARE of KATRINA" sentiment that's out there.Hurricanes happen.
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27 May 2024 | 9 replies
She is a family friend who also has good working relationship with my agent.
29 May 2024 | 8 replies
Go someplace with live in person training.
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29 May 2024 | 10 replies
Put together a team with a real estate person, someone to look after your property, loan officers, builders, and bookkeepers.
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29 May 2024 | 3 replies
We personally pull our specific criteria lists for residential tear downs for development from Remine and Realist (We have access to both as licensed realtors in NJ for free).
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25 May 2024 | 5 replies
A mentor is someone who takes you under their wing, usually because they have a personal relationship with you.