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20 February 2020 | 16 replies
Exactly like one aspect of the housing crisis, if they know they can offload all the risk, how much effort do you think they put into avoiding risky mortgages.
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3 March 2016 | 7 replies
Often, the same engineering firm is also familiar with the area and can advise you on soils, slope, drainage and geotechnical aspects, such a sinkhole risk.
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7 April 2016 | 10 replies
If they will stay at the market rate all is good.Contrary to some landlords attitude toward what they describe as good tenants if a tenant is not at market that is one aspect of what I believe is, business wise, a bad tenant.
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30 December 2018 | 2 replies
Somehow, I stumbled into reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad changed my perspective on life and personal finance.I began to self-reflect on who I wanted to be in life and what activities or aspects of life made me happy.
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24 September 2014 | 10 replies
It would be different if he had to take time out to shadow me or some to me, but I would be the one doing most of the traveling to and from his location - idk just not what I expected from the mentoring aspect.
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19 September 2023 | 241 replies
Then they could focus on refining the design and efficiency of the factory built aspect and let the hard stuff be handled by others.
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5 August 2023 | 21 replies
This is critical information when you are looking for investment properties.Tell me about your renovation process. - You are looking for an answer similar to, “I work with the property manager to determine a list of renovation items.
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19 October 2023 | 81 replies
so hopefully that aspect can be somewhat automated.
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30 July 2021 | 20 replies
Personally, I think it is critical to keep in contract with every person you meet for the rest of their life even if it is just an email or letter that tells them you are still alive and in business.Between January and March 2021, I was looking for an apartment building for my son.
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29 April 2012 | 31 replies
A standard financing deal can blow up for a host of underwriting reasons – FICO slips below the threshold before closing because the buyer just purchased their new furniture, borrower loses their job, interest rates go up and borrower can’t afford the higher payment, the house doesn’t appraise, the borrower’s house doesn’t sell on schedule, some aspect of the borrower’s app can’t be documented, etc.On the other hand, most private lender-funded deals I’ve seen aren’t dependent on anything except the deal closing.