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15 January 2013 | 17 replies
But if the business is structured and managed correctly, he can't win anything outside the business (like your life savings, your house, your car, etc).There are a few exceptions to the above, the two biggest that I can think of our:1.
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31 March 2014 | 5 replies
., and the ballast contacts start to crack and go bad where the lights go in.If you are going to stay there awhile I would definitely spend more money on LED lights or similar that have a very long shelf life and pretty much zero maintenance.You want to grow your business and sales and not have to take time away to deal with building space issues down the road.
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14 July 2013 | 8 replies
A friend approached me to help him with a property he inherited from his mom passing where a developer wanted to buy from him for commercial development.The developer after me catching everything in the contract to tie up the property with the seller asked me to work with him on the other parcels as he would rather be working with me than against me assembling the properties.Off I went after that for about 3 years in land development and then went into existing investment properties.I did things kamikaze style and figured them out on my own through the school of hard knocks.In your situation if you are focusing on apartments I would do the following.
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7 February 2014 | 9 replies
Hopefully, I can grow my portfolio and pass it on to my children later in life.
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22 January 2014 | 23 replies
Real estate investing has been an important part of my grandparents life and I learned that it can be used to gain significant wealth and financial freedom with hard work and time.Currently.
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16 January 2013 | 1 reply
You're still young and a lot could/should happen in your life.
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8 September 2015 | 25 replies
You'll likely get some good opinions as other members here answer, but good golly it is a doozie of a questionI can tell you CFP and CFA certified/chartered individuals will require additional information including life goals, risk tolerance, age, human capital, lifestyle expenses, etc.
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16 January 2013 | 3 replies
With every type of real estate investing there is a person hyping it up and saying what it "could be" and they make the numbers look real good.I'd like to hear some real life stories/brags from people who are doing lease options right now.
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6 February 2013 | 9 replies
I'm going to make your life easy!!!