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23 March 2014 | 15 replies
The big boys will muscle you out with their big marketing 2.
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4 March 2021 | 56 replies
Lifting heavier weights is harder, but it is the only way to make your muscles stronger.
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3 January 2022 | 150 replies
They make good money but are rent controlled, so I have some tension filled relationships with my tenants.
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31 August 2023 | 4 replies
Conventions in the Orlando area are canceling left, right and center, because of the immigration laws just passed, because of the tension of the whole LGBTQ thing and whether you are a supporter of the present Governor or not, is really irrelevant to this, my problem, because this is what is happening in this area.In 6 years of owning this house, I have never NOT HAD the house booked for July 4th weekend, labor day weekend, Halloween weekend.
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28 March 2023 | 7 replies
Make strides to preemptively prevent roommate tension.
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8 April 2021 | 5 replies
I've been surpriced that even after catalysts, such as oil prices dropping and and Toursism from Mexico dropping due to tensions between the our governments, presenting themselvelves the Texas economy and housing market simply keeps moving forward.
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14 August 2014 | 4 replies
Some of these strategies are due to family tension, and hence there's no way around it.
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5 July 2018 | 1 reply
Start small if you are afraid of failure, don't put in more than you can afford and you will build your investing muscle one property at a time
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2 October 2014 | 14 replies
One benefit is that they put so much tension on my ignition that after a while, I'm able to start my vehicle and then remove the key while it's running.
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26 February 2013 | 15 replies
I didn't reply to this immediately, as I had to think about it awhile.After pondering the topic over the weekend (While I may or may not have had a few libations to loosen up my thinking muscles), I came to the following conclusion:1) Tell him to get lost.2) Realize that what he's doing is asking you for an nonspecific change order because he is over budget and doesn't know where.