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20 August 2014 | 23 replies
Call me old fashioned, or just old, but I believe in doing it right, all the way down the line.
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3 April 2017 | 178 replies
it took several years of (among other things) poor lending practices, over construction and overspending by the American public to bring it about.
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9 November 2016 | 5 replies
Once I have gotten into a unit and cleaned it up with new carpet, repairs and new paint, then I don't allow pets in again if that is going to be my policy in a unit.Pets are not a protected class so you needn't worry about discrimination so long as you aren't applying the rule in a discriminatory fashion (I.e., only telling candidates from a protected class that you don't allow pets but then allowing others to have them).
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11 February 2017 | 9 replies
I am old fashioned so I do everything through google docs and have calls go to my cell phone (that I answer).
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11 November 2017 | 15 replies
So, just like real immigration reform, the majority of congress is effectively opposed to anything the majority of Americans would actually want.Whatever you think of our president, his political naivety is often surprising, which isn’t the worst thing I can say about a politician.
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10 July 2018 | 47 replies
I started digging in to the statistics and I found some frightening numbers:over 11 million Americans are spending 50% or more of their paycheck on rentover 21 million are spending over 30% of their paycheck on rentover 60% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accountover 20% don't even have a savings!
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6 December 2018 | 20 replies
Put in Trane or American Standard if you can find any way to afford it.6.
15 December 2018 | 7 replies
Berkshire Hathaway or American Modern are also options ... if they're available in your state.
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2 October 2019 | 170 replies
@Yonah Weiss I have a pair of Business degrees, they may help a bit ut not as much as experience, patience and good old fashion common sense do.
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29 April 2020 | 38 replies
Americans are unhealthy and can barely afford rent.