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2 August 2012 | 2 replies
Steve if you are newly licensed I suggest you go work for a property management firm before starting your own.You also need to determine WHAT you want to manage retail,apartment buildings,houses,etc.The operations are all different.Property management is the most sue happy of all real estate types.Usually a separate E and O policy is needed at a higher premium and a separate company so you can shield other operations.It's a big pain for a very low return.Good Luck
1 October 2010 | 16 replies
This program would be broken out in 3 parts during the day 1) Learning a Trade 2) Business skills 3) Math, English, American History and Health.
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22 December 2010 | 36 replies
Kotlikoff says: “The IMF is saying that, to close this fiscal gap [by taxation], would require an immediate and permanent doubling of our personal income taxes, our corporate taxes and all other federal taxes.“America’s fiscal gap is enormous – so massive that closing it appears impossible without immediate and radical reforms to its health care, tax and Social Security systems – as well as military and other discretionary spending cuts.â€He cites earlier calculations by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that concluded that the United States would need to increase tax revenue by 12 percentage points of GDP to bring revenue into line with spending commitments.
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22 January 2011 | 19 replies
It seems like a pain to find them and then few of them that you find are really what you want (there is a reason they are being sold).If you have cash and are seeking a good return, create your own notes by becoming a private lender.
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5 October 2010 | 11 replies
I sugget you check into MAS 90, it is a professional system, can be expanded to any business applicationg and has a real estate module, it is not mcu of a pain, but any system is a pain, IMO.
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5 October 2010 | 9 replies
Drum sanders are a pain but putting the satin finish down is easy enough.
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11 October 2010 | 4 replies
these are very rough figures and you are close to break even, which means crazy college parties with broken fixtures or hole sin the wall will cost you and be a pain in the ***, kid doesn't pay, you can't get it rented because they just built a nice new campus housing project, the property has repairs and deffered maintenance, there is mold and leaks and rotting wood your inspector doesn't find, etc. and the turnover on campus property is generally once per year - turnover means adverstising costs etc.
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16 October 2010 | 9 replies
The Bank of America case has made many bank executives painfully aware of potential paperwork problems.
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13 October 2010 | 5 replies
Then I contact the Planning & Zoning Department, Building Department, Utility Companies, Highway Department, Board of Health, etc., basically any department that I can think of that would need to review our plan.
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4 February 2011 | 25 replies
The “Medicine Cabinet Tax†– Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin)7.