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27 April 2015 | 47 replies
Okay, better question is how would someone without of ton of lending experience vet a mortgage broker, as the way I do it is in a few minutes on a phone call, sort out the BS, their answers and my impressions.....that won't help anyone.Never had the question and haven't thought about it.
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27 September 2012 | 5 replies
It was very commonly used in Florida during the real estate boom.It baffles me that drywall (which is extremely heavy) could be produced in China, shipped here, and then sold for a profit.A sidenote - we've all heard of Chinese toys containing lead paint.
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6 June 2014 | 17 replies
It just means that the repair would have been more costly and an overpaid underworked inspector would have shown up at some point and phoned in his approval.
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2 October 2012 | 6 replies
Overestimating value is one of the most common mistakes real estate investors make and you are in danger of falling into that trap.
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28 September 2012 | 6 replies
Telephone Contracts: Tenants do not have a phone so you rent space for a pay phone.
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3 October 2012 | 10 replies
When I talked to him on the phone, he sounded really confident that he could sell his home for $1.2.
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16 October 2012 | 21 replies
Most probations have the right to have a probation agent enter the house and search it with probable cause but only the common areas and room where the probationer sleeps but not anyone elses bedroom.
8 October 2012 | 9 replies
Recording is not essential to perfect ownership but is now pretty common since 2007.
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3 October 2012 | 42 replies
Doing all this on my phone so hopefully my math is right.
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1 October 2012 | 11 replies
Also, because this is my first property, having common area/exterior/roof maintenance is attractive.