10 January 2014 | 69 replies
In that sense, you do sort of treat the borrower a little child like, you are not scolding them, but helping them live up to their obligation.
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24 August 2013 | 8 replies
I would love to work for myself and retire my parents seeing as how they around their 50's and not saying they're old but I just want them to be able to make the transition to the retirement life more comfortable.And I thought about getting my real estate license so that I could understand the market a little more and not have to rely on a real estate agent for info that I can do myself.
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21 August 2013 | 7 replies
My name is Serdar and I am from Phoenix, AZ.So far I have flipped one house in Phoenix with my parents and another partner to get a taste.
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23 August 2013 | 22 replies
I know not everyone is going to be a fan of the site, but to avoid us because of your dislike of our use of a word and to claim that we're low class as a result of it . . . well:If you want to change the debate, you need to get involved in it.It is like bitching and moaning about how your child's school is run, but avoiding school board meetings where you can share your voice.Now that I'm done with my mini rant, what do you think?
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24 August 2013 | 12 replies
I know that when I reshingled my parents house in Florida, the code calls for six nails in each shingle instead of four.
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18 November 2014 | 31 replies
It is a decent size rehab but the work is not anything that I have not done around my parents house or working for other contractors on summer breaks.
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24 October 2013 | 15 replies
I am actually a Californian at birth, but Texas will be my new home in a month.Honestly though, Hardwood is awesome, and even through all the terror I caused in my parents home growing up, even through all the chair scratches, I personally think it looks a lot better than carpet.Good luck with your decision.Oh, but then again, if you have before and after images, if the tenant scrapes the floors, that could come out of their security deposit I am assuming.
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1 September 2013 | 28 replies
Most people will tell you that REI is a bad idea because they know nothing of it, but they can recall hearing about 401ks and IRAs and its what their parents most likely did so to them that is the way to go.
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12 September 2013 | 7 replies
I just been reading books and my parents own a few properties in North Carolina and I own one in Texas (my 1st personal residence).
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2 September 2013 | 7 replies
My mom, dad and me had an agreement that we were going to sell our current home, pool our resources together including savings and retirement accounts and buy rental properties out of state (most of the money belongs to me but it is mingled with my parents funds).