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3 September 2015 | 19 replies
I've talked to soooo many people who I would consider otherwise intelligent that were so shell-shocked by the '08 mortgage crisis they swear they'll never put another dime into stocks, bonds, or real estate because they're all scams.
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12 October 2016 | 13 replies
(Remember, just about everyone is related to someone and you never know who that someone may be, or a friend, our neighbor is a Circuit Court Judge, so don't think you can operate secretly in real estate).To justify bigger money (which most can't do besides scamming someone) is to identify changes in use and function, the utility of real property, a house might only be worth $400,000 there, but an office could be worth a $1,000,000.
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21 May 2017 | 7 replies
The above article confirmed this point.Reason for this, there's quite a few rent skimming scams going on back then.
5 September 2017 | 41 replies
Can all the anti-debt fanatics explain why on earth you would pay 180K when that loan balance becomes 0 after 7 years?
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11 November 2017 | 39 replies
We were actually looking for legitimate advice, not a ridiculous anti-business socialistic lecture.
10 January 2018 | 17 replies
Given how poorly written it is I'm leaning toward scam, and the bank will definitely want to know about it to alert their customers.
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24 October 2016 | 68 replies
I want to rehab, but not while I have a day job.I don't know if this is a loaded question but I'll assume there's no anti-wholesale agenda.
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13 March 2010 | 37 replies
Why should he do what he does he's involved in the biggest scam in history.
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8 July 2009 | 52 replies
They know that the people are finally waking up to the reality that Global Warming is a big scam.
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27 November 2013 | 40 replies
I'm not saying there's a scam involved, but if I were to run a scam, this is likely how I'd bait my marks.