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5 December 2018 | 7 replies
Surprisingly enough, Quickbooks is actually a suitable program to begin preparing property financials (not kidding).
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7 December 2018 | 0 replies
Choosing a non-dangerous animal just moots the risk of injury in the first instance, and then staying in the dark about the animal's conduct gives you a defense if it surprises everyone by acting viciously (landlord knowledge of any dangerous animal conduct could result in liability).
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9 December 2018 | 9 replies
Recently started submitting offers to my realtor and of course to know surprise they have bin getting rejected, there is a better offers being made.
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23 April 2019 | 8 replies
You can be surprised what you can qualify for with a standard VA or FHA loan.
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11 November 2018 | 41 replies
Which is surprising and disappointing for a state that is generally business friendly.
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29 June 2019 | 7 replies
And I've got some people who own a high-end three-story townhome near Sloan's Lake and they -- surprise, surprise -- do a bit better.
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27 June 2019 | 58 replies
The key is mitigating surprises or risk of loss on your end as much as possible.
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9 January 2019 | 2 replies
I was surprised to find such a web of laws.Here is the framework: https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2017/real-pr...
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25 October 2018 | 13 replies
Long story short, they found existing bed bugs hiding in the outlets and that's a nice $800 unexpected expense I encountered.
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22 October 2018 | 2 replies
The real rub should be what you are getting because you are definitely paying for premium services at those rates.The only fee that caught me a bit by surprise was the $200 yearly fee per portfolio.