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31 January 2014 | 2 replies
vrbo.com and HomeAway.com are changing the vacation rental industry and are now challenging the hotel industry and integrating with mainstream distributors like Expedia.
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3 February 2014 | 31 replies
More people just naturally causes more wear and tear.
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3 February 2014 | 4 replies
But if it is destroyed by natural causes or a tenant then you can rebuild it as it is currently taxed.
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2 February 2014 | 17 replies
If you are working with a family with a property in foreclosure and the owner is deceased, prior to opening probate, you have a time challenge.
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18 March 2008 | 9 replies
I naturally stayed close contact with him to see how things were going, then I drove to where he lived (4 hours away) to actually have a look at things, mainly b/c he wanted me to lend him the money to fix up a place.He got a home for $30k, comps in the area were going for 80k, he said, and he made the deal as quickly as possible because his whole mentality was getting things as done as fast as lightning.
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17 March 2008 | 4 replies
I've heard from a few people on this site we may be in for a challenge.
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7 February 2010 | 79 replies
Probably the very best path of all, but hardest of all for me since I'm not a natural people-person.
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21 March 2008 | 7 replies
I have been taking challenges from people to give me names of Global-Warming skeptical scientists and 80% of them have been bankrolled by energy companies, (most principally Exxon)(I am at a public computer right now but I will get you documentation on this issue in particular).Also, many people, such as Al Gore, have profited through hype about global warming, but many are simply doing their jobs....such as the good members of the vast majority of the scientific community (all over the world).Its hard for me to believe that the majority of the scientific community could be bribed into this one....Could you get me some documentation on this?
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24 March 2008 | 4 replies
I enjoy the challenge of taking on new and difficult projects.
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5 April 2008 | 8 replies
Although we have not seen much fluctuation in residual streams of the nature that I own, I think some of my money should be in RE that is known to appreciate and as mentioned above can be Levereged, Depreciated, etc.'