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Account Closed Choose your suffering
7 April 2016 | 1 reply
"The Real Secret of Success Choose Your Suffering.Everything you want in life; every goal you want to achieve; every dream you want to manifest: all comes with a price tag.Legitimate success in any endeavor requires that you pay upfront, in full and with your own sweat.There is no other way.To achieve any goal, you must choose the suffering that is right for you.Subsequently, you must live with the consequences of that decision.The moment you choose to not continue to pay the price of success, is the moment you choose to suffer the consequences of failure, which is, the WORST kind of suffering.The suffering cost of failure is ALWAYS higher than the suffering price of success.The cost and consequences of success in a job, relationship, career, or any area can cause a monumental amount of disruption and chaos in your life.Here are some examples of the suffering costs of failure:If you lack financial discipline, you will suffer the consequences of debt, harassing bill collectors and sleepless nights.If you do not manage your diet, you will suffer the cost of diabetes and poor fitting clothing.By not keeping your promises or honoring your commitments, you will suffer the loss of reputation and contaminated character.Sooner or later, each of us must choose to pay the price of success or pay the cost of failure.Sooner or later, you will come to the understanding that you MUST choose your suffering.The price of success is often more than people are willing to pay.
Michael Hunter How do you deal with water damage in your properties?
10 March 2016 | 4 replies
This category of liquid used to be called grey water, and is described as having a level of contaminates that may cause illness or discomfort if ingested.
Pat L. Lead Paint disclosures
24 July 2013 | 1 reply
Petersburg landlord faces the prospect of federal prison.The landlord, age 55, admits in court papers that he falsified lead paint disclosure forms, making it appear that renters knew of a risk before moving into contaminated apartments.
Faisal Farnas Caught Tenant Smoking Weed
14 January 2017 | 76 replies
Weed is not a harmful drug, it doesn't cause people to break things or steal things, and it's not going to contaminate your property. 
Jared Garfield Can IKEA Turn You Into A Real Estate Investing Genius?!
21 January 2017 | 5 replies
There is no question that it was affected by the nationwide downturn three years after opening but what a great project:Atlantic Station is located on the site of the Atlantic Steel mill, which opened in 1901.[1] The steel mill was nearly closed in the mid-1970s, but it remained nominally operational primarily to avoid the huge costs it would have required to remediate the soil contamination present after years of operation.[2]Developer Jim Jacoby, who also redeveloped Florida's Marineland, began putting the project together in 1997 when his company became the property contractor of the land.
David Stafford Re-purposing industrial buildings
6 April 2017 | 14 replies
If you find a contaminated property you are looking to redevelop, you may want to look into the"Brownfields" Program.  
Account Closed Tenant breaks lease earlier, claiming to have sent me notice.
1 September 2017 | 18 replies
But the most outrageous is the apartment is contaminated with fleas and bedbugs from floor to cieling.Having cancer is one thing being filthy pigs is athother.
Ben S. New tenants want unit tested for meth drugs
18 June 2024 | 31 replies
Not sure what you win by telling them no they can't test except the appearance that you are hiding a meth contaminated house. 
Daniel G. Property Insurance - First Deal Question!
28 June 2016 | 0 replies
Below you'll find some of the information contained in the proposal.Property Coverage:Terms/Conditions: special Form: Excluding Flood/ EarthquakeReplacement Cost: Buildings & Personal Property - No coinsurance.Actual Loss Sustained: Loss of rents-extended business income for 90 days.Actual Cash Value: Applies to wind/hail claims on existing roof coverings over 15 years of age and older.Deductibles: $10,000: AOP per occurence$25,000: Per location, per occurence for wind/hail/ hurricane$10,000: Equipment breakdownNONE: Loss due to fire which emanates from a permanently attached cooking surface.Exclusions: Pollution & contamination, asbestos, earthquakeMold, mildew & fungusFlood is excluded - Earthquake is excluded.Wind/hurrica/hail/floodCosmetic damagesI just realized that it is too much information to write onto a forum post - it wouldn't make much sense.
Keith Goodwine Junkyard property in metro area
24 August 2016 | 5 replies
If the ground is contaminated, you may face an expensive remediation project to clean it up before you do anything.