$80B to Ukraine.....and now another $40B handout to restaurants....inflation isn't going anywhere:
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Yeah that guy is like that loan pimp liv2ski...does his business reputation no favors by ranting on in an unprofessional manner on social media. You wonder if he treats his clients the same way (at...

I have the time...I may not have the transportation. Better half has business going on in Annecy and I am guessing will have the car if they give us one.

I see stuff for guided shuttles on...

This is true information...

Pretax money = Traditional IRA taken as writeoff on 1040 and 401K rollovers to self directed IRAs. All subject to pro rata rule against post tax money.

Can avoid...

Gotta couple free days end of June - thinking of renting a bike and riding. Anyone been there and can rec a good freeride single track? Near town - riding distance preferred.

Sticking with the sports con/cheat story line google "Frank Meza" - I believe we discussed that on the bike thread a couple years ago:
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Came up in my feed today....Roloff Farms House and partial property up for sale (Big World Little People):
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Ah, but you are a couple blocks from Will Rodgers Park, the backbone, and a whole world of Santa Ana's fun MTN BIKE action! Thats worth $3M+

Are you trying to say that people won't pay me $20K more for my house if I stick in a $5000 stove with giant red knobs on it?

Not knocking you for your attempt to time the bottom of the bond market...no one, including me, has a crystal ball and you could very well be right. However you seem to be indicating a very...

I'll let the chart do the talking:

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Meanwhile the value of the held bonds fall...reducing NAV and wiping out the yield and then some....

So is EVERYONE ELSE...which should tell you that there is more than enough money out there to keep whatever and wherever you want to buy...from ever getting to the price you want to buy it at.
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https://www.udemy.com/course/economics-101-learn-basic-economics-with-ease/

Unknown....Original owner, looks like he paid $80K for the acre of land 31 years ago and its a custom home and he added a good 800-1000sqft addition about 10 yrs ago. Acre of land in that area right...

Market still hanging on...friend in Beaverton, OR threw his home on the market 2 weeks ago for $1.5M, got an offer over asking before open house. Closed in less than 2 weeks - all cash...$1.74M...

If anyone should be footing the bill for these loans (aside from the borrowers themselves) its these places:
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This says he grew up in CT but is based in Northern CA:

https://uphillathlete.com/coach/jack-kuenzle/

I have quite a bit from years back when the fixed rates were 1-3%. Those will be paying 10.6% to 12.6%. Never thought I'd see that.

I think you take the self-directed IRA (rollover 401k) accounts and roll them back into your current 401K and leave yourself with ONLY non-deductible traditional IRAs, then your tax-able event only...

You didn't happen to notice the Indian sitting in the chair in the Movie Room with a jug....nor wonder why the bathroom in the Movie Room has or even needs a shower?

Seems like it could be a cheap option for the state to create an overlook and visitor center/rest area for travelers on the 101. I mean if they themselves had to procure the land and build the...

From castles to log cabins....28acres and a mansion....looks like the whole house practically sits in one giant room:
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It does have Marvin Windows throughout!

Interesting Castle in NY for only $9.5M

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14-Lake-Shore-Rd-Greenwood-Lake-NY-10925/31868445_zpid/?

Does anyone know the detroit area? If you look at Oakman Blvd on Zillow you will see nearly every house is "estimated" to be less than $200,000 and quite a few under $100,000. Looks could be...

And here you guys are claiming to just be complaining about the complainers!

Property Taxes:

2021 $109,559 (+3.2%)

But you know rich people....they don't pay taxes so thats a fake number.

Consider the "what else is available" side of this. This is the closest...and ONLY thing that was available in the last 3 years...and it doesn't say "champion"....heck its only 0.40 acres and looks...

Another article doesn't give details, but lists renovation #'s:

"Since purchasing the property, there have been at least 14 permits and/or reports to county records of improvements to the home. As...

Congrats Dan....hope inspections and everything goes right and you close on the place. Some friends of mine moved there 5yrs ago and seem to like it so far. They live far out in the Northern...

He was one of the 4 hosts on "Truck night in America" for at least 2 seasons a couple years back....so he expanded beyond skiing!

House was built in 2016...explains the price jump.

Me too...then we can start a thread next year complaining about how property taxes have gone up 25%...and we all would GLADLY pay more in taxes for schools if we knew the quality of teaching was...

LOL....seems a social media joke was taken serious by the usual political tools of TGR.

At least they ASKED....twitter would have just removed it and said it was misinformation.

Lets see how this experiment works out:

https://www.koin.com/news/international/canada-bans-foreign-home-buyers-for-two-years-to-cool-market/

Well since you (and probably 10 million other people) are sitting on a bunch of cash ready to buy that place in Breck "on the cheap["....probably won't happen.

Well lets say she has 5,000 fans who pay $10 a month how is the "world fucked"? Will charging them $4 a month make the world "unfucked"?

Culture? WTF? You guys go to the Opera or something? I thought you people were outdoorsMEN.

You are right Benny...the jobs were always there...just had to wait for the workers to show up...lol.

Shiite no. There are not enough admission spots at Standford/MIT to fill the need of these companies. The vast majority are from the likes of Purdue, Virginia Tech, Florida U, Michigan Tech -...

Huh? You really think Bezos and Cook want to go to Portland? I would almost bet they've never been to those Satellite centers and probably never will.

And knowing how the industry...

Yes, and you said people were moving to where the jobs were. I pointed out some companies that are based and have a majority of employees in the Bay Area that decided to bring jobs to where the...

For the past 5yrs (and maybe more) some of the jobs have been moving to the people. Bay area firms no longer can fill jobs in their region and have rapidly expanded to exploit talent pools in other...

And when the government housing public servant decides that your home will be in unit 81c in a 5000 unit housing block in Bowling Green Kentucky....will you be upset that its not in Aspen or Breck?

$5M puts you in the top 1% of net worth. $125,000 in income is not exactly 1%.

Soc Security and Medicare bankrupt....so plan for it...those are "end of world" scenarios. Planning for end of...

I kid you not....one of my older friends uses his SS checks to pay his $24K yearly property taxes!

Well why should the taxpayer pick up the bill so someone can give their inheritance to their kids who probably are well off themselves?

Yes everyone is different....cancer you can't plan for...its like the lotto...the bad lotto. However what seems to be sort of consistent from my older active friends...late 50's to early 60's some...