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5 December 2008 | 25 replies
However, the number of banks that opened their doors after the "holiday" was less than the number that had been open before.[44] This was his first proposed step to recovery.
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23 March 2020 | 23 replies
So THAT'S why my low-income tenants were wearing party hats and dancing the two-step.....All aboard the gravy train!
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23 February 2009 | 12 replies
This is usually a whole page of over a dozen steps to follow.
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9 December 2008 | 4 replies
My next door neighbor was robbed about a month ago, most likely while I was home, and I am dumbfounded how someone has the nerves to walk out of a house with a mattress (in your case) or a big screen tv and down a long set of steps, and a number of other big ticket items (in the case of my neighbor).Like Joshua mentioned, lights on timers are a good idea, but I imagine that these are not your garden variety criminals that are used to stealing packs of bubblegum from Walmart.
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1 December 2008 | 7 replies
I think I'll be standing on the courthouse steps shortly. . .
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31 July 2012 | 20 replies
Doug, thanks for the input.There is one extra step with code violation, and that is you need to look up the address of the owner, because often the violation property is not owner occ.What sort of message would you use on a postcard for this?
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11 December 2008 | 4 replies
kel, im new at this, but have purchased two off of the courthouse steps and as stated above, from two to twelve weeks was my experience.
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14 January 2009 | 14 replies
Also, step in and start buying because now is the time.SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS
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5 January 2009 | 24 replies
I went one step further.