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19 October 2010 | 12 replies
I think a healthy mix of both paid for and leveraged properties is best IMO.
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14 October 2010 | 7 replies
They can also help bring others into the mix who will help defray purchase and operational costs like agents, attorneys, general contractors, etc.
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9 July 2015 | 82 replies
I could have added a Corvette to the mix, stopped paying my mortgage and seen how low I could go. 420?
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3 November 2010 | 5 replies
Mixing appraisal business with investment business is not something I will ever consider, and will make sure to not misrepresent my self at any point in time.
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3 November 2010 | 1 reply
I'm now 26, a recent father of 1 and a Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst program, a Financial Engineer (its an odd mix of several areas such as actuarial mathematics, finance, software engineering).
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19 March 2011 | 2 replies
The zoning is ideal for a 15,000 sf mixed use bldg.
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30 August 2015 | 78 replies
Chuck and his essence is global.I'm fairly Sure that if He and Chuck Norris got into a fight, the space time continuum would disintegrate.Also, I don't always drink beer, but when I do, it Dos Equis.Side note, who do you all think would win in a fight?
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21 November 2010 | 30 replies
When they come upon an oasis, they'll drink the sand, Not because their thirsty, but because they don't know the difference.Everyone seems to forget that Real Estate Wealth has nothing to do with strategies and tactics or (the other stuff Gurus try to sell you), it comes from Appreciation and Leverage, but that is a topic for another discussion so let's not loose site of what this original topic was about.Many of the courses that are being sold today are not about building wealth, they are about replacing one type of job with another but again, people in general don't know the difference.Like yourself, I have been flipping homes and smaller multi families, in my case for more than 25 years, but flipping homes is not about building wealth.
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16 December 2010 | 4 replies
I know you have all probably been pretty depressed since I have been gone and patiently awaiting my return....jkI am creating this topic to see if anyone has any tricks of the trade that they use in the ss negotiation process that they may be interested in sharing with us.I have heard of people using the following items but have had mixed opinions on their effectiveness:-crime statistics for neighborhood/subdivision-sex offender map-LPS reports that reflect REO data-REO vs.
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13 June 2016 | 120 replies
You can mix and match some term if you want more death benefit.