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22 January 2013 | 9 replies
That is good for investors who are snapping up properties, but it is not so good for the overall economy and the average homeowner.Here is the link to the whole article: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/12/surge-in-foreclosures-signals-strengthening-u-s-housing-market/
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4 October 2012 | 10 replies
The taxes themselves are $374.30 which I also deducted from the payment of $1901.40 and I also deducted the $180.00 for forced place insurance since it's included in the whole payment.
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9 October 2012 | 9 replies
The last Whitepaper I read suggested we had not even achieved 50% of the total.
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29 October 2012 | 8 replies
Again, welcome to the site - there is a whole encyclopedia of information available to you here.
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7 October 2012 | 12 replies
Write out the body, your phone number and everything except the owner name.
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8 October 2012 | 6 replies
(This is a very important question - too much detail to go into)This is just 30% of the work for one deal that continues to give indications it is a good deal, most of the time (95%) you will not get this far before you ween them out of your sights.It is called due diligence.I could write a whole book on this alone but this is it a nutshell, which really doesn't encompass everything that needs to be done to see if this is a good deal to invest your time into.Time is money and money is time.Don't chase everything you see or do not try the shot gun approach, hoping one sticks...
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6 October 2012 | 4 replies
Add to that after his campaign event, he called some DJ rapper joking around on the radio...while the ambassador and others bodies were still being brutalized, and the embassy was still burning, how totally insensitive!
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1 November 2012 | 23 replies
If the rental or project is a long ways ( 100 miles plus) away like most of mine is not the whole round trip deductible?
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22 October 2012 | 9 replies
The whole month or even half month ‘s compensation is a bit much so I understand your gripe in that regard.
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15 October 2012 | 34 replies
It happens a lot...and I try not to confuse luck with skill -- if I did, I'd probably overestimate my abilities by a whole lot...No, it was your skill.