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Economic Update
(Monday, March 22, 2012)
The TV commercial used to say “When E.F. Hutton speaks everyone listens.” Well, E.F. Hutton is no more. Now we have the Federal Reserve. And when the Fed speaks, truly EVE...
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Had our very first tenant apply--good credit, 7x the income, nice guy, but I want to deny him -- can I?
He has a very poor history of on-time payments after seeing his credit report (like 60%) -- but his score itse...
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Goodmorning everyone. As you all know the mayor of Chicago continues to extend the covid mandate another 30 days every month. When do you think this might end? I hear that a lot of landlords are going to be looking to...
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Hello All, When I first started investing in buy and holds I wanted to be insulated from risk. Now I feel like I insulated myself from leverage. I now have 4 LLC's that I actively use. 3 I use for Real Estate and ...
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Not real estate related but I could you some advice from the Mindset people out there. Maybe something I haven't tried.My brother is deaf and struggles with ADHD, depression, and anxiety. He just had a baby this year ...
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Be careful out there. This isn't the time to be jumping into just any deal. States like Florida, Kansas have just announced cancelation of rest of school year. More states will follow.. Honestly, I'm shocked how na...
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Hello - I was wondering if it is possible to shadow a home inspector for learning purposes if I am not involved in the property. I am having been looking at lower end homes in Philly ($40K-$70K) that need lots of reha...
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So my goal is to buy a House to Airbnb/ House Hack around St. Pete Florida. I do plan to live in the house and use the kitchen and living room as a communal space. My question to the BP community is how functional/ pr...
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Year over year Austin metro employment (in thousands) increased from 1034.7 to 1,211. Unemployment decreased from 11.8% to 4.5%. The leisure and hospitality market made the strongest moves with a 55.8% increase. That ...
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In case of a suit, will insurance companies or courts require a DNA test if a dog is suspected of being something other than what is listed on the vet records?
Thanks!
Kyle