Use tans, darker grout as posible, use grout sealer to prevent stains, and use PORCELAIN tile just make sure your patient or keep eyes open for sales on it and store it away when under 2 an sf.

I have used Bank of America for years with my stores.

When i bought my first multi family i went to STAPLES (office supply store) and bought a LAND LORD CD packet thing-a-ma-jig.

So I have $200K liquid in the bank (I have my own company) and I earn about $260K a year (before taxes).By my calculations, if I buy a $250K condo in a well sought after part of the city, and pay it off COMPLETELY in 2 months, then rent out the condo (which is in a city I live near) , the cash flow I should have each month should be about ~$1600/month (after the HOA fee).If I then buy a second condo worth $250K and use the rental income from the first & 2nd condo to pay for 2nd condo's mortgage in addition to paying down the 2nd condo within a year, I should have a ~$3400 cash flow in the next year or two when the 2nd condo is paid off and $500K in equity that I can borrow against if I want.Do you see any downsides to this strategy ?

Regardless of the terms and conditions offered for the loan program, it is expected that the borrower will have very good or excellent personal credit and that they will have at least a minimum amount liquid cash reserves in the bank with which to run their business.

We are broke, I just went to the grocery store and needed to use my credit card.

I just like scanning because I can then store everything electronically and its less papers physically passing through my hands.Ive also looked into fax.com and efax.com, anyone use these?

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It also has a toolkit that you can get to play with the models.Comparison of different option models,"From Black Scholes to Black Holes" from Risk/Finex.For the pure Buying and Selling of volatility trading approach, this is what we use today mostly for longer-term market neutral vol plays on liquid issues, "Buying and Selling Volatility" by Kevin B Connolly is a good, simple book.

I have seen Allure used in grocery store chains so it is definitely durable.