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Just curious,
But was wondering what some people were before they turned to real estate investing. What type of job did you have and how do you compare real estate investing to your job??
BTW... any physicians, pharm...
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I learned today that a shooting happened in one of my triplex last week and as a result someone died or was seriously injured. That happened last week and I just learned it today when I showed up at the property and o...
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For me, 5. 3 were long term renters and 2 were short term. I converted the vacant long terms into short terms. 5 out of 1800 people over the course of 8 years. For you actuarians, are those numbers in line with th...
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I am evicting a tenant in Florida and am the end of his 5-day reply period after having him served with an eviction summons. Tenant has a person (people?) staying with him. I see multiple cars parked at the residence ...
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Man, I get some real winners.
This one I'm actually considering, only because I need to find someone now and this person lives part-time here, part-time away. All other inquiries were smokers, twice my age, unemploy...
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Real estate, leveraged real estate, especially bought at the bottom of the market in a high equity growth area, can make one very wealthy very quickly. I made most of my money in my career, but a significant amount in...
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Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and a tough old U.S. Marine Sergeant were captured by terrorists in Iraq.
The leader of the terrorists told them he'd grant each of them one last r...
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We just had a fire at a tri-plex. Occurred in an occupied unit with no one home in that unit (no one hurt), fire has investigated and they believe they know the cause, but are not 100% certain. It does not appear th...
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Hey, it has been a while since I posted something here! Unfortunately, I came back with a bitter story!
I recently opened a kiosk and cafe on lease in Ottawa, Ontario. The leased space has this shop and a small parki...
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Sorry for the long post...I own a large duplex. Both are rented to long term section 8 tenants. One side is drama free and the other always has something going on. Not a high crime area but the police has been at thi...