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You may have seen an instance where a borrower is seeking a private lender to fund what is purported to be an extremely good opportunity. The borrower has tremendous enthusiasm for what they envision doing with a particular property once you ...

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  Dear Mr. Berko: Your buy, sell or hold thoughts on B&G Foods and why. Do directors of public corporations earn their pay? — N.L., Jonesboro, Arkansas Dear N.L.: Cream of Wheat is one of my favorite morning foods, and ...

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Dear Readers: The following are some frequently asked questions with some short answers. SOCIALISM VS. CAPITALISM in the United States: Many politicians are taking “Santa Claus” classes at night school, resulting in a growing molehill of congresspeople who are slowly ...

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  During the time I have been licensed to practice law, the way in which title is searched has changed dramatically. Computers and technology have made massive changes to the way information is archived. The offices in each county or parish in ...

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“I currently own a one-person information technology consulting firm, which operates as a limited liability company (LLC). “I have a number of small clients. I go out and get the business, but I am also the person who has to ...

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At any given time, you will find on my list of to-do projects drafting paperwork for one or more loans being made by IRA accounts in private-lending arrangements. This is something I enjoy doing, but more and more people are coming ...

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It’s a rough economy out there, but even scarier than the persistent threats of recession, deflation, countries defaulting on their debt, governments’ inability to balance the budget and other boogie people is the pace of change itself. If you are ...

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  Whether you like it or not you can’t do it all by yourself. Investing in real estate requires many different professionals. There are realtors, appraisers, inspectors, builders, remodelers, mortgage companies, banks, property managers, attorneys, partners, accountants, sign companies, printing ...

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  Not long ago, I received an email from a panicked client asking what they should do now because the deal on a property they had under contract and thought they had successfully and legitimately assigned to another buyer was ...

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Dear Mr. Berko: You certainly called Lyft correctly. Because it’s way down, is it a buy? Do you think Uber will profit by Lyft’s experience? If so, I might buy Uber to recover my losses on Lyft. — N.C., Oklahoma ...

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