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11 January 2017 | 7 replies
I have a retailer on my team in the South Dakota area that Has connections but I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket.
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5 March 2017 | 18 replies
What is eating up most of your budget?
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13 January 2017 | 22 replies
While same could be said about how people calculate Vacancy Factor and Maintenance Reserves, I notice that people struggle the most with Cap-Ex Reserves.This especially becomes a problem when folks rely primarily on their rental income to eat and live.
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12 January 2017 | 13 replies
If you start to budget $2K (for round numbers) for a round-trip flight/car rental/hotel/etc. you can eat away (on a percentage basis) at the nest egg pretty quickly.
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14 January 2017 | 6 replies
In that case you have an alligator that eats your lunch.
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14 January 2017 | 13 replies
A condo will have a monthly Condo Owner Association (COA) Fee which will eat into your cash flow.
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15 January 2017 | 4 replies
Wondering how much of my cash flow the CPA will eat up.Thanks!
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14 January 2017 | 9 replies
We have property management to deal with the tenants and maintenance, but it does eat into the profits slightly.
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19 January 2017 | 16 replies
Five hours in comfy chairs, watching tv, reading the free newspaper, eating free food, and drinking free beers vs . . . sitting in an airport bar?
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15 January 2017 | 6 replies
The taxes alone can eat away any profit.