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22 February 2015 | 6 replies
What's the most surprising thing people don't know about the staging process?
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24 February 2015 | 18 replies
I will counsel you the same as I do with my clients - be careful getting into rentals as a 1st foray in real estate investing unless you have sufficient cash reserves to handle unexpected expenses.
22 February 2015 | 8 replies
It is surprising how few times tenants "intentionally" trash a house.
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23 February 2015 | 2 replies
Surprising part is one of my broker also did not know that and he/she rejected me last year because of his lack of knowledge.
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5 September 2015 | 5 replies
I'm surprised to hear that $30-40k is posing a problem.
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25 February 2015 | 9 replies
A straight FHA is as stated above.I suggest that you both go see a lender before you get married to pre-qualify, I've seen many surprises out of newly marrieds (funny to watch them explain things) as things pop up.
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29 March 2015 | 14 replies
She's very behind on her mortgage and I'm very surprised she hasn't been foreclosed on already.
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24 February 2015 | 3 replies
I'm not surprised that 2 very low cost services are shutting down.
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25 February 2015 | 5 replies
If you were bidding at the Montgomery county auction it doesn't surprise me that you didn't win anything.
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6 July 2018 | 28 replies
A long road with lots of unexpected expenses.