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31 January 2011 | 54 replies
For the NOI approach you just need to agree on what portion of gross rents each month are retained for capex and develop budgets to make sure everyone is on the same page.
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31 August 2021 | 216 replies
All services property managers do on retainer now other services do for a fee.
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17 December 2021 | 51 replies
Berkshire just did 3 massive stock buybacks in less than 2 years with its retained earnings.
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3 October 2021 | 22 replies
At this point they're passing bonkers laws, that will obviously have horrible effects in the real world, simply so they can virtue signal.
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15 October 2021 | 15 replies
No buyer and no real estate agent during an initial showing is going to know that there are shingles or punctures in the roof, that there are higher than normal moisture levels signaling that it could be problems with a roof, that a deck is not up to today’s current code, that there are cracks found in the sewer scope, etc.
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26 February 2022 | 48 replies
I would concur with people who say retain a good real estate attorney.
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27 December 2023 | 55 replies
I even offered attorneys a $5,000 retainer to just hear me out.
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30 July 2023 | 40 replies
I was told I had a case but the guy was asking for 10 thousand retainer lol Laugh 😆
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2 August 2023 | 40 replies
You retained him and kept with him all the way through everything and only now, everything done set to close, ONLY now it's an issue and not one where you want anything addressed, anything answered for, no the only act is "how can I NOT pay this bill I owe".
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8 September 2023 | 92 replies
Poverty grinds people down and even working with people enduring poverty grinds people down (landlords, social workers, teachers, ministers, whomever...).In class D neighborhoods, it is possible (though sometimes difficult) to find and retain tenants of good character AND for tenants, finding landlords that do a great job maintaining decent housing and that treat tenants fairly are rare.