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19 January 2021 | 9 replies
Also -- it's fine to get leads from your brokerage (giving a man a fish), but learning to fish yourself is invaluable!
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2 April 2023 | 18 replies
Decided to pull back because of these variables, but now that interest rates have been raised aggressively I would assume demand has now cooled and that homeowners have a little more negotiating power.I'm sitting on cash at the moment, so the interest rate environment doesn't impact my decision making.
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7 May 2020 | 8 replies
These are updates in the COVID environment.
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9 March 2023 | 1 reply
Also do apartments seem to still be faring well in the current covid environment?
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7 March 2023 | 4 replies
This may change based on additional guidance from the Treasury Department.”I love that you’re thinking about the environment though.
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12 December 2022 | 18 replies
. :) We started doing these loans when they first came out and we're still doing them in this crazy lending environment, so I guess you could say we're experts.
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4 April 2021 | 16 replies
It's a great start on educating yourself in an environment where people aren't looking for anything from you.
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22 April 2022 | 43 replies
(Maybe I did a few times, but wouldn’t in the current market environment.)I do prefer warmer climes - but away from direct hurricane hits and highest tornado likelihoods.
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6 April 2022 | 35 replies
My Internet Security friend who retired from 35 years with Petrobras, called me last night and he wants me to sell my houses and farm in Macae and move outside of Joao Pessoa to raise shrimp and fish with him.
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20 February 2022 | 11 replies
Jason, we're in a rising-interest-rate environment.