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5 April 2020 | 6 replies
Your best bet right now is to go by the books and wait It out.
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26 June 2020 | 6 replies
All I can tell you is that although it's extremely frustrating dealing with building departments and permitting there's no getting around them, even though it feels like dealing with the gestapo a times.As difficult as it may be, your best bet in dealing with them is to be friendly and humble, and leave out the "this isn't a free country" part.
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17 July 2020 | 8 replies
For flips your best bet is hard money, but could be hard right now if you have not done any deals.
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14 February 2021 | 6 replies
Personally, after reading about the piggyback, that looks like the safer bet.
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21 July 2021 | 10 replies
See my prior topic on "Big City Marketing" at:**deleted web link**Going to expand on 3 approaches I took and then what the status is on Rent up.
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3 August 2020 | 11 replies
You're best bet IMO is to check out north county by Camp Pendleton.
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8 August 2020 | 5 replies
Anything under $20,000 is a high-risk bet that you're probably going to lose.
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2 August 2020 | 13 replies
You were terrible at it I bet.
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10 October 2020 | 8 replies
However, BP could easily expand, but I'd bet a specific site other out of the US areas might be appropriate.