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5 October 2016 | 4 replies
I think I could be of service to you.
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6 October 2016 | 19 replies
The Search: My criteria was very simple, East Portland / Gresham, 3 bedroom house with a basement that had a separate entry which I could turn into a rental, at a price I could afford.
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1 September 2016 | 12 replies
If you can't comfortably afford to make the payment yourself, I wouldn't rent to them.I don't want to seem cold or callous because if my parents were alive I would do anything for them.
20 September 2016 | 12 replies
Flipping houses and owning a painting business can actually complement each other very well, in terms of cross-selling services, developing connections, and new opportunities among other things.I guess my point is, before leaving an existing venture, make sure you have formally done your diligence via a business model, business plan, marketing strategy, etc.
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16 September 2016 | 10 replies
This is a good place to start as they have the more experienced staff there and you don't have to have such a defined idea of what you want.They will look up these tools amongst other things (these tools are awesome btw):http://zimas.lacity.org/http://navigatela.lacity.org/navigatela/There you'll get a load of information from zoning to issues related to the property to details of the property to services in the area, whether it's a landslide zone, hydrants, sewer, RSO, Ellis Act and much more.
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7 September 2016 | 4 replies
Once you become advanced you can reach out to services like Podio, but this seems to be a good starting area!
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31 August 2016 | 0 replies
Has anyone used a third party billing service to bill tenants in a building that is sub metered?
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1 September 2016 | 6 replies
If he cannot afford to do it, I would certainly find out why.
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1 September 2016 | 2 replies
You might be able to do this as an annual subscription to an information service versus getting involved in transactions.
2 September 2016 | 4 replies
Since they have an oral agreement and the agreement has been executed by service rendered from painting the properties.