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Airbnb just now realizing this?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airbnb-stock-falls-after-short-report-says-hosts-directly-compete-with-platform-173546532.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2s...
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I had thought about doing this but wasn't quite sure if it's a legit thing to do? Do people still do this or is it more of a scam? I would like to know the pros and cons please.
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This post relates primarily to California:
Hard money loans are often made at rates that exceed usury interest limitations. On hard money loans, California trust deeds can be exempt from usury interest limitations u...
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After months ... well, maybe a year, of lurking, I've submitted my "introduction" post and made a few other small contributions to some of the fora.
Now I've sat down to raise the questions responsible for my being h...
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I own a house in Reno, Nevada and I currently have tenants living there. They have a 1 year lease that's up on June 30th, 2008. Since they have moved in they have complained about one thing or another. There have b...
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I've quit paying the HOA dues on one of my rental townhouses. According to some of the posts in this forum, I'm making a big mistake, but...
Our HOA board has quit having meetings, quit doing maintenance on commons,...
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Hello all! I'm a wholesaler who lives in South Carolina. I got a call the other day from a potential seller that owns a nearby 75 suite hotel that he would like to sell asap. In addition to the 75 suites, the hotel al...
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Perhaps I have been lucky to avoid this on the first handful of properties but I recently had my first dispute with a contractor. I received a bill for much more than we agreed to. I called several times to try to s...
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So due to some personal reasons I had to use a fake name to rent a nice house in California. I’m a single father with a difficult past.
The landlord was kind of easy going and didn’t care, just wanted my money and ad...
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First time poster. I've done some reading and searching through the forums but haven't really found the answer I'm looking for (i'm sure it there I just can't find it).I know this is common inquiry but like I said I'...