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20 November 2015 | 19 replies
I am a bit hesitant to exchange into anything in retail, office or industrial as I believe the U.S. economy is about to experience a downturn and I don't have a lot of experience in those specific asset types.
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30 November 2015 | 9 replies
You need a BS Meter in this industry to know who is telling you something correct and who is full of it, most are full of it being taught and influenced by the guru bunch.
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10 April 2016 | 15 replies
@Robert Adams yup probably that or the famous craigs list ghost adds.this is really comical all these wholesalers who really have no clue that are trying to put these deals together.. man it really creates a very bad image of the industry I think. no professionalism at all.but when you have BP Interenet webinars and late night TV adds pounding into peoples head that they can get rich in RE with NONE of their own money this is what you get.
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18 November 2016 | 9 replies
You'll meet tons of people you wouldn't on here, and by meeting face-to-face it will be easier to establish a connection and really get a good sense of who you're working with and their level of professionalism and overall "non-scammy-ness" as that's such a problem in this industry.
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20 April 2016 | 14 replies
All four of those, in my opinion, have strong market fundamentals (growth trends especially, looking at things like population, jobs, industry, etc.) and I know of a good turnkey provider in all four of those.
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26 January 2016 | 7 replies
Their rates were right on par for the industry, and you get a discount for being a new client
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1 February 2018 | 27 replies
Super tough industry to be nice in from what I am reading.
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18 August 2022 | 24 replies
I proved she was falsifying her expenses by pointing out the inconsistencies in her own paperwork (i.e. claiming monthly auto expenses when she listed that she didn't have a car), talking to her family members (whose contact info was listed on her original rental application), and also reviewing her paystubs (which she had to submit with her court motion) and talking to her employer (who was surprisingly very willing to answer my questions and tell me that some other garnishments she claimed were being deducted from her paycheck actually were no longer being deducted).To answer your second question (what if she had gotten a new job), I would have done what I did in the first place to find out where she worked....talk to her family members, check social media accounts (people will often post it on Facebook or LinkedIn), and do a good old fashioned Google search (in this case I Googled her name and found her name, phone number and workplace were all posted in an online roster for contact people in her industry).
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17 September 2010 | 65 replies
They also have a wealth of information on their webiste, more than most, and have a 24 hour customer service department which is second to none in that industry.
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23 April 2008 | 4 replies
For example, if I purchased an industrial warehouse that sold widgets and the value that we derived for the property was $2,000,000 and I then managed to raise $400,000 from a total of 20 folks who were solely interested in a debt partnership with my company.