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6 January 2023 | 4 replies
Backyard studios are becoming very popular and I think it's a great way to generate more income and stand out in the neighborhood when it comes to resale.
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26 March 2021 | 8 replies
I started with the popular books like Rich Dad Poor Dad and ordered BiggerPocket's How to Invest in Real Estate.
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25 March 2021 | 4 replies
I came across a property in a popular vacation spot in the Olympia national park.
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5 January 2023 | 2 replies
Do customers have to all resign up if they have an online account?
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5 January 2023 | 4 replies
There's also a less popular European Waterfall.
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5 January 2023 | 15 replies
I used to have a clause that said very clearly that I was in complete charge of every aspect of the job and the customer was not allowed to bring in their own contractors - unless in a rare case I would allow one if I checked them out carefully and added on my mark-up of 25%.It's not just insurance issues as @Adrian Lemus said, but it just screws up the schedule and gets into 'I said/you said' episodes, plus code issues.I had a customer bring in an alarm company without even telling me once and I arrive one morning to find their employee drilling a hole in a huge beam that we had just installed.
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8 January 2023 | 0 replies
My parents just built a custom house to retire in and I saw first hand some of the headaches they had to deal with.
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2 January 2023 | 8 replies
In Alex's video plays a customer service phone call between an AI calling to book an appointment and a human confirming that appointment.
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13 June 2019 | 18 replies
Yet again every job I’ve had, 100 percent of the customers cause a problem.Capitalism is a system where you get paid to solve problems.
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2 April 2017 | 9 replies
For inspections, a great substitute would be Happy Inspector - a very thorough and customized inspection reporting software.