If it's sitting in a box in your garage, there's no income potential because no value is being delivered.

如果它被塞在你车库的一个箱子里，就没有产生收入的可能，因为没有任何价值被传递出去。

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If AEG Live is found liable, it could cost the company several billion dollars, according to estimates of Jackson's income potential.

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Rather, in my opinion, investors with a primary objective of income should continue to look for income producing strategies that attempt to maximize income potential in a given market environment consistent with their tolerance for risk and investment timeframe.

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While we knew that some people could not afford to make the home purchases that they did, we did not recognize that their numbers would be swelled by the simultaneous lowering of underwriting standards, changes in accounting rules and a slowing economy diminishing the income potential of both new buyers and current owners.

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