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1 February 2025 | 13 replies
All contractors (no matter the trade) are businesses, and should be run as such.
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14 February 2025 | 21 replies
Or start a business which would require a lot more time than owning RE.If it were me and Dallas is appreciating, I'd probably hold onto it since you've had it since 2011.
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12 February 2025 | 27 replies
There is a barrier to entry, and the city is pro business, but our market had much better metrics.Lower entry points should not factor into getting in a market.
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14 February 2025 | 7 replies
Edit: For SFH A simple answer: everything is negotiable and every agent runs their business differently.
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23 January 2025 | 52 replies
The new people don't know and they are the business target.
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12 February 2025 | 20 replies
For bigger, more complex projects, it’s better for our business to wholesale them to other investors.
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19 January 2025 | 2 replies
I see why they say, never go into business with family.
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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
Shaun Shaun,I am a "specialist" and currently a business owner of a design and drafting company in CT.
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28 January 2025 | 4 replies
Specifically, must this be a commercial/business loan type where you have higher rates and shorter loan life or is there an alternative loan type?