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“Printing counterfeit banknotes is illegal, but creating private money is not. The interdependence between the state and the businesses that can do this is the source of much of the instability of our economies. It co...
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Just a quick question, what websites or sources do you guys use to inform yourselves about the market and any shifts and trends that occur?
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Hello BPers. For me, buying properties with natural death is not a problem. What about other causes/accidents like fire or tree falling, etc …, assuming no foul play or crime?Would you buy (either for holding or flipp...
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What are some of your favorite areas of the country to buy and hold for the long term? Would love to see where people are bullish but also hear where people are bearish for the future.
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Does anyone have experience with Guaranteed Rate lately? I'm having some struggles but I'm not sure if it's just me or not. I went with them because they were advertised on Bigger Pockets podcast.
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I am looking at a rehab in the hood and it does not have a furnace or any duct work. It has natural gas connections in most of the rooms. The seller said that space heaters get mounted on the wall and connected to the...
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I showed an old home yesterday that had electric heating and electric stove. The client asked me approximately how much more is the monthly bill for electric vs gas for same usage?
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Natural disasters happen. Even though the odds are small, you cannot afford to have one happen to your property.
Why?
Your property isn’t the issue. Insurance will pay to have it rebuilt.
The problem is the commu...
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Hi everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a house on short sale. It is sided with natural cedar shakes. Here in the damp-ish climate of NJ, the shakes turn an unattractive kind of black after years of weather exp...
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I bought a mining cabin turned methlab/earth ship with the intention of fixing it up selling it to a normal person. It had a wood stove and some randomly distributed electric heaters, but they are all gone. I would ne...