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19 August 2014 | 35 replies
$195 plus there commission, get a hungry realtor and stop recommending these tight areses!
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29 November 2017 | 12 replies
The keys to a tight ratio are prioritizing your vacant houses with the truly distressed vacant houses having greater priority and following thru on every lead until you talk to someone.I would not recommend LexisNexis for good leads.
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19 August 2014 | 8 replies
Or be a "serial owner occupant"; buy a place, live in it for a year or two, then rent it out when you buy another.If money is tight, and the only way you can afford to invest is to buy an owner occupied plex, then you need to sit down and think about how much you really want to be an investor.
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22 August 2014 | 3 replies
I find AJ Madisons out of Brooklyn has better prices most of the time if you want new with excellent selection and also dimensions if you need to fit something in tight.
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20 August 2014 | 4 replies
For example, I talk about our class a investments and how we maximize our smaller margins through tight controls while still having am appreciating property.
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19 August 2014 | 3 replies
That doesn't kick in until you send them the signed paperwork within the 48 hour deadline.
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3 November 2014 | 7 replies
If the numbers are that tight, then it might only be a good deal, not a great deal.
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2 September 2014 | 5 replies
His answer was no, he was not responsible and it's all in my hands.I have just written to the water department to ask for an appeal hearing even though it's after the deadline.
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10 April 2016 | 14 replies
I now have a very tight control over who comes and goes from that property just based on the tenants only wanting to pay their fair share.
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16 April 2017 | 11 replies
Last tape I bought in Dallas was 113 homes I was able to carve out of almost 200 homes on their list of assets they wanted to divest, and b/c they were publicly traded company they keep these sales in very tight and trusted circles.