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We started last year and bought our first 2 side by side Duplexes. We did not have enough money at that time to renovate them but they were occupied and they cash flowed about $20,000 a year. We bought the 2 of The...
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A fellow contributor here, John Carbone, sent me a link yesterday to a lot for sale in the Smokies. The price certainly seemed reasonable. It so happened that I know the owner of the lot. He is one of our homeowner...
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Over 90% of the population are are trapped in the rat race.
One of the reasons the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class struggle in debt is because the subject of money is taught at home, not ...
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Of course, it still has to pass the Senate - and it faces an uphill battle there - but the House of Representatives has voted to abolish Dodd-Frank .What are your thoughts?
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