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26 November 2007 | 2 replies
Who's going to control the system, or are you going to provide separate systems?
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29 November 2007 | 11 replies
Routine maintenance, landscaping, snow removal, rent collection, bookkeeping, pest control.
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12 December 2007 | 4 replies
This is quite a bit of work but when the property is appraised I am able to finance 100% of the cost of construction and have a new property.One advantage of this is that as I am in control of the building process, thus I am in control of the quality of construction and the materials that are used.
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14 January 2008 | 33 replies
Leverage is the ability to use a small investment to control a large investment.
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16 December 2007 | 15 replies
But how can they make a deal for loans that they have no control over?
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22 February 2014 | 13 replies
Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good LuckPaul
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23 March 2015 | 73 replies
If I had to get a job again, some possibilities would be: teach English in Japan or some other foreign country that allows me to experience travel and different cultures, become a firefighter, go back to school for a master's in another subject in a science discipline so it's free, I'm great in any sort of sales role and I wouldn't even have a problem doing something like selling cars, hell even bartending would be more enjoyable than this.Also regarding the Google algorithms etc, I don't do any SEO for exactly that reason...my traffic is all paid traffic, so I have far more control, and I advertise on affiliate-friendly sources with essentially no compliance guidelines or restrictions of any kind...I focused on these because I thought they would be more long term than continually getting banned from and then defrauding Google, Facebook, etc. like most big affiliates do.
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16 March 2014 | 22 replies
One thing you have openly stated is that you want to (understandably) control as much about any RE deal as you possibly can.
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18 February 2014 | 0 replies
(Not looking for multi-unit due to rent control).Does anyone have a good grasp on which areas are gentrifying, and typical CAP rates there.
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23 February 2015 | 48 replies
Seller now being controlled by bank and unable to sell.A second scenario was listed June 2013 at $160,000.