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8 January 2017 | 28 replies
Appreciation is nice but it's not something we have any control over as we all saw in 2008.
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4 March 2014 | 15 replies
Check out the forms and controls and overnight you will be up the leaning curve.
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4 March 2014 | 8 replies
The only way to know is to talk to the planning and zoning commission that controls the area.I don't have direct experience, but do have an investment in a development project that has spent years and serious money developing plans and working to get city approval.
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3 March 2014 | 7 replies
Better know who controls the water, corps of engineers, utility owned, state dept, and easement restrictions.Sounds like a HOA with home lots not a condo of attached units, so it's not a condo if your house is the only one standing.There is a process to un-incorporate the HOA and plat.Hard to follow your :-: short cuts, can you get to a keyboard?
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10 March 2014 | 7 replies
Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.
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22 April 2014 | 11 replies
Grandma always said "Those educated often control the greatest assets of all, time & money".
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9 March 2014 | 6 replies
Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good luckPaul
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5 March 2014 | 7 replies
If you just want the passive income and are fine relinquishing some control of the property to a manager who can watch it for you, then you can increase your cash flow dramatically.
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4 March 2014 | 6 replies
Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.A buddy bought an old Victorian with a bunch of bedrooms in a tourist area there, rents it out to them for $200 a night per bed HUGE cashflow.Paul
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11 March 2014 | 15 replies
I'm a control freak and have to know what's going on at all times.