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29 July 2019 | 4 replies
It's a rule of litigation that could burn the unwary.
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8 August 2018 | 136 replies
And construction/remodel already started....At the same time, literally one door away, 1014 York brand new remodeled by a flipper, is asking $2.4M and still on the market after 25 days...Someone is going to get burned..
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12 March 2017 | 50 replies
My father does not really have anyone and has burned most of his bridges through his action and mental health issues.
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25 October 2021 | 4 replies
Like @Lee Burns, I used a groupon to find my licensing course for NY!
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15 March 2023 | 27 replies
I burned what should’ve been a 30k profit at the end to leaving 10k in out of pocket by not counting those costs and doing more than I should’ve on the rehab.
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17 March 2023 | 4 replies
.– Don’t spend more than you’re making per deal:This may not apply to everyone but, if you keep burning through your profits just to do a deal that won’t make you any money in the future.
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7 March 2023 | 12 replies
Once you gain some wealth you can afford to get better protection.Nothing will protect you from doing bad things like driving drunk in a company car and hurting and killing someone, or ignoring safety codes and killing folks with carbon monoxide poisoning from a furnace, or burning the house down from ignoring fire codes, but running your business correctly, buying insurance, and using an LLC properly will provide massive amounts of protection from liability.
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8 December 2021 | 6 replies
@Grayson Spittel Yes for sure I can see the struggle on trying to scale without burning all of my funds!....
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23 February 2016 | 6 replies
So if you burn through 4,000 a month to live currently you need 24,000 in reserves while you work on putting deals together.
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17 June 2020 | 2 replies
I'd obviously want to steer clear from burning any bridges or inciting potential harm to a property by jumping right to an eviction.