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21 June 2015 | 124 replies
Pay off those Credit cards, your medical bills, that flashy new car, or whatever else you have that is dragging you down.
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7 February 2014 | 39 replies
You will need a much "thicker skin" to succeed in real estate - and an ability to accept advice and "know what you don't know"Bottom line is that IMO you are not ready to run a successful business, just as you are probably not ready to run a successful medical practice or law practice.
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20 July 2011 | 3 replies
My credit report has a collection that is about $380 .. it is not medical it is a spritn bill.. it was posted recently 3 months ago so it is hurting my credit... im trying to buy a house.. they want me to settle for $180 but if i settle they will not remove the debt of my credit report they will just update the record to show settled... 1. should i pay it and have it updated?
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26 September 2012 | 22 replies
A few of the questions require a five second Google search instead of a post that wastes everyone's time.If someone has to ask who signs a lease or what comps are, I don't know how they will find a deal, put together the financing to purchase it, or ever make it in this business.It would be like if I went on a medical forum and said I would like to be a surgeon and then asked what a scalpel is.
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15 June 2013 | 16 replies
They can put a letter of explanation in thier file, explaining the circumstances, such as medical bills, but frankly, if they had a foreclosure then they had a foreclosure and it appering is proper and correct!
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27 February 2017 | 4 replies
I found this website about 19 months ago and spending about 10 to 12 hours a day (7 days a week) while while I'd was medically recovering I learned a bunch of stuff and I still do not know it all.
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18 November 2018 | 9 replies
It's nice cash flow for a single 2000 sf house.We invested heavily in making sure we got through the inspections on the first try - hired two consultants (one on business development and the other on regulations), medical director, pharmacist, etc.
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9 September 2016 | 4 replies
En este sector se construyeron muchos edificios y hubo un boom de compra, ahora se enlenteció, la logica me dice que una vez ocupados estos lugares y por la plusvalia agregada por el desarrollo del sector deberian aumentar los arriendo una vez que esta demanda sea satisfacida, como manejas este punto con tus propiedades cuando los arriendos bajan?
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16 November 2016 | 14 replies
Moreover, it may motivate an applicant to be truthful about, for example, a medical collection, a bankruptcy, or a foreclosure that has caused their credit score to take a nosedive.