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14 February 2009 | 19 replies
I have an office in my home (still a separate space though so I am not in the kitchen)I drive my KIA with the cracked windshield (paid for and ugly but cheaper than new)We grow vegetables I raise bees.
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15 January 2009 | 2 replies
Court hearings are open to the public, so take your popcorn (kidding) and go see the show!
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27 January 2009 | 20 replies
It wouldn’t shock me to see much of the public works spending, jobs, and other government favor to funnel disproportionately to battleground states.
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17 January 2009 | 3 replies
In the Sacramento area the best way to search for properties in a precisely targeted geographical area (that I am referring to here as a "mini market") is to have a local real estate professional build you something called a Client Portal.The Portal has a feature (not available to the public yet but capable of being created by a local real estate professional for their client) that lets one select an area drawn over the map with up to 6-8 sides that precisely outlines the area or areas within which you wish to search.They are free to set up, you can have multiple searches, and they are readily accessible 24/7.
22 January 2009 | 8 replies
There was still a large depression, and I had him get two buckets I had in the garage, a total of another 5 gallons of dirt to fill the space to the level it should be.
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26 May 2009 | 4 replies
That said, it is not targeted to the real estate space as the BiggerPockets Article Directory is.
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18 September 2009 | 51 replies
Public service should be an OBLIGATION but not a CAREER.
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23 January 2009 | 10 replies
We had looked at many $150,000 homes and came to the conclusion that they were not in places we wanted to live or they did not have the space we desired (especially since we are talking about starting a family in 5 years or so).
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5 January 2010 | 4 replies
I checked the public records and the previous owner owes $519K in loans!
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11 January 2017 | 6 replies
The IRS has a publication on Depreciation with a table that will tell you how to compute your first year depreciation based on the month you place the rental into service.