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By Corey Curwick on January 18th, 2010
You aren’t the only one who is having a tough time financing commercial property under $1 MM. Banks just aren’t lending right now on the following types of property:
· Mixed-Use Commercial under $1 MM
· Multi-Family Commercial und...
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