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24 February 2013 | 8 replies
MOST assessors concentrate on gross living area to estimate value for assessment purposes rather than bedroom count.
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6 August 2013 | 21 replies
Have you done an assessment on the tax advantages of the repairs vice replacement, would one work better for your situation?
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20 August 2013 | 15 replies
Air travel is generally not expensive, so going to an area is helpful to assess commuting issues, neighborhoods, and see particular houses.
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1 January 2014 | 40 replies
If you get to a point where you feel like your college work is impeding the progress you could be making in RE investing, then you will have to re-assess your goals; At that point, you will most likely have a better understanding of your goals and what you are capable of, therefore increasing the likelihood of success, whatever decision you make.
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25 April 2014 | 2 replies
Tax assessments, market analyses by real estate brokers, etc., are not acceptable as proof of LTV compliance.o The borrower vacates a property that will remain occupied by a co-borrower.
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28 August 2020 | 33 replies
I've reviewed half a dozen of more municipal codes because this topic comes up here a lot.
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3 September 2014 | 31 replies
-handymen are a dime a dozen, though the only way to navigate who is and is not full of crap is to know everything a contractor knows.
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21 July 2016 | 13 replies
That's 10 times bigger than the mini-storage I mentioned and that promoter had done over a dozen similar deals before.
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13 March 2017 | 3 replies
I was told by a real estate agent a few months ago that many people get tax abatements when they buy foreclosed or short sale homes because the price they paid for it is well under the tax assessment.
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5 February 2017 | 14 replies
The roof of a condo will be paid for out of a special assessment, meaning that each owner will get a bill for their share of the cost.