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4 January 2018 | 36 replies
Some of the industries that are driving the economy in Atlanta include technology, IT, film, transportation, consumer goods, and financial services.The Atlanta apartment market, in aggregate, had an average vacancy rate of 9.0% in 2017 and 12-month rent growth rate of 3.6%.
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2 January 2018 | 7 replies
It can be time consuming and/or expensive, and your mileage may vary, from what I hear.
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1 January 2018 | 7 replies
A four-plex can fall under consumer, residential guidelines or commercial underwriting guidelines.
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31 December 2017 | 1 reply
I felt this question is relevant to this forum category since this is about what the consumer wants when it comes to buying real estate.
4 January 2018 | 6 replies
With lending, we tend to stay away from consumer lending and we stick with commercial lending.
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3 January 2018 | 8 replies
I'm still at the point where I am trying to consume more knowledge to converse with the greater REI community in a way that doesn't waste anyone's valuable time.
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16 January 2018 | 6 replies
They do this because both marketing and rehabbing can be very time consuming.
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8 January 2018 | 15 replies
I'll probably just hire out large, time consuming stuff like tile.I'm a pretty decent electrician, plumber, etc. so I don't want anyone to rip me off.
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9 January 2018 | 15 replies
@James KendallHi JamesI would add some type of graphics or pics to make it easier to consume.
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4 January 2018 | 9 replies
If you have people you can trust in the construction trades (especially plumbing and HVAC), maintenance is not a time consuming thing.