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27 August 2012 | 15 replies
So, if you want to sell, do it properly, or keep it and continue to rake in more on rents than you would from an alternative investment on that sale.
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27 February 2012 | 17 replies
As an alternative, I proposed buying a nice 3/2/2 that she and a couple of friends (also young medical professionals) could rent from me.
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18 February 2015 | 182 replies
This can be either because they are not yet starting families or because they have alternative ideas regarding education (private schools, coops, homeschooling, etc.).
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16 September 2015 | 4 replies
There is $1.2T in un-tapped resources here, and 6 million holding it looking for an alternative investment!!
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22 March 2012 | 19 replies
Not sure if anyone has experience with these setups but it sounds like a good alternative to paying the $20k-$50k.
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6 March 2013 | 3 replies
I am thinking of using them as an alternative to renting my place to a regular leased tenant.Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
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12 March 2012 | 23 replies
The alternative is to carry something on your balance sheet at what is clearly an incorrect valuation for years or decades, which is clearly more of a distorting factor than any error introduced by valuing it incorrectly at year's end.
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30 July 2015 | 23 replies
The alternative is "specific performance".
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21 March 2012 | 16 replies
I'm not necessarily looking for a value increase by doing this by I believe the tiny master and unused basement are a bit of a turnoff compared to the alternative.