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17 May 2014 | 20 replies
Escrows in note trades have issues since often times the contracts used do not properly address the concept of an escrow.
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18 May 2014 | 9 replies
I discussed this with the assistant city planner who said that there are things that a variance would cover, addressing such issues as parking which is also a concern with this property.
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17 May 2014 | 8 replies
But I know the most important thing is to address the lending part right?
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17 May 2014 | 12 replies
Box number for the borrower and I'm writing her at that address as well.
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18 May 2014 | 3 replies
The first link is to zillow which shows the 5 in questions and then the address that follows is for a 1/1 condo that sold for $154,000, which is just mind boggling in this economy.Thanks for any insight!
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6 July 2014 | 0 replies
I'll try VM options later to test whether there is really a difference, but I'm determined to go with a service at first (IOW, please don't tell me to use GV and send everything to VM ;)I''ve researched a bunch of different services, but actual recommendations from real customers in our business are hard to come by.So, if you've used an answering service to field calls for your business would care to share your experience (good or bad), I'd love to hear it.My plan is to have the AS collect very basic info at first, basically asking for name, contact info and the address of the property so that I can do some research and call them back ASAP.So what's the skinny on answering services?
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19 May 2014 | 4 replies
If you put some edging plants along the path it will soften the fact that the path is centered.You'll want to get rid of the BIG address numbers and go with some dark metal ones that go with the porch light.The window box is a great idea.There are some very inexpensive and attractive prefab awnings available from places like General Awning and eCanopy:.
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19 May 2014 | 6 replies
This may have been addressed previously, but I will state it here anyway.
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20 May 2014 | 6 replies
At least get a separate email address for the business.