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The above is a quote from Winston Churchill, and is every bit as true today as it was well over half a century ago when he said it.  Please allow me to explain specifically why in terms of real estate: ...

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Indignant is not a very strong adjective. True, it hits much harder than its perfumed and delicate cousin petulance, but carries nowhere near the weight of its 3 elder brothers- rage, infuriation, and even exasperation. We all have somewhat unique ...

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As Real Estate Investors, we are largely independent of the direction and supervision most employees receive, and thus the temptation to misuse time until such misuse has become a habit is greater than many of us are consciously aware of. ...

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Did you ever notice that some of the very funniest things we have as memories and to tell stories about were not the least bit funny at the time the event(s) occurred? I had a rental property in Michigan where ...

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Indignant is not a very strong adjective.  True, it hits much harder than its perfumed and delicate cousin petulance, but carries nowhere near the weight of its 3 elder brothers- rage, infuriation, and even exasperation. We all have somewhat unique ...

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Many of us have vague notions (mostly secondhand, or worse, so dislocated from the source that we cannot begin to gauge their authenticity) of the best time of year to buy or sell a home (two sides of the same ...

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I’ve been involved in a lot of negotiations, and read a lot of books on the subject.  There is a basic principal of negotiation that is fundamental- that is- below the level of tactics and techniques.  In fact, it doesn’t ...

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Here are two more words instrumental to a sound grasp of the principles that will speed you along your journey to success in Real Estate Investing: Equity– most of us are aware of the general definition of equity: value minus ...

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Much as with any highly specialized field of endeavor, R/E investing has a language of its own.  A firm grounding in some of the more important terms can help you to grasp subtle nuances, and to more intelligently evaluate and ...

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“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants”.  Sir Isaac Newton The Charlotte Real community has suffered a great loss with the passing of JC Underwood, 15 year Executive Director of the Metrolina Real ...

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