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19 March 2017 | 4 replies
@Linda Weygant can you chime in with you big beautiful brain on this one?
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18 March 2017 | 2 replies
Little background before my question....We have a house under contract that is a student rental (closing date should be around 4/7/2017).The current students' lease runs until 7/30/2017.
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20 March 2017 | 3 replies
What's everyone using for background checks nowadays?
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18 March 2017 | 1 reply
But only two of the three partners have strong financial backgrounds.
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21 March 2017 | 12 replies
I go back to the #1 candidate and point them to experianonline.com for credit and background checks.
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23 March 2017 | 7 replies
I would suggest checking that out for good background material.The best way to learn is to find a local syndicator and figure out how to add value for them.
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22 March 2017 | 10 replies
Good luck on your RE endeavors and Western MD is beautiful country!
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20 March 2017 | 4 replies
I have no background in REI but recently started to study the topic when it was brought up in one of late Saturday night discussions with a group of friends.
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21 March 2017 | 7 replies
Just giving the background to show we ARE doing our research, hence Ben asking the question he did here.He meets with the developer of these lots tomorrow so we will see what comes from that.
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24 March 2017 | 7 replies
Hey @Michael Knudsen,I used to live in Pasadena, it's a beautiful place!