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All of mine are in real estate. Coming out of the financial crisis, I bought real estate with buddies. By the 2019 or so timeframe we were at close to 300 doors, had a property management company managing 800-1000 doors, lawn company, etc. Property values were not increasing in our market and it was all a big ass headache with our day jobs, so we liquidated leading into and through Covid. The values I’m seeing on the same properties selling now is significant. One 8 plex we sold for $300k (needed some work) is currently listed for $1.2M. I also had a chance to buy 30+ finished condos in a development on 30A out of receivership for $250k each back then. We put the money together and had an accepted offer at less than that with the bank and got cold feet during due diligence because it had what we thought was a strange beach access setup and a couple other issues. The association had a pontoon that ran you back and forth across a dune lake to a beach access and we thought for rentals it just wouldn’t interest them. Last time I looked they were selling in the $1.3M range and the building stays heavily rented. The state helped fund developing a 1000 acre lake about 30 miles from me. During the time frame where they were doing surveys, I had a chance to buy what ultimately would have been 20+ waterfront lots and additional land for less than $200k. We walked the property after they had surveyed it and just couldn’t get a good feeling about the static water level line and there were a lot of questions about homeowner access still. Needless to say that was a bad call.
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You are on the side of the river with the Art Institute which at least according to my wife and kids is excellent. Walk through Millenium Park and see the faces, the bean and the fountain. We usually take a water taxi from the aquarium/planetarium area through the river and also do an architectural tour. We’ve been to most of the theaters and opera house, just pick a show that interests you. One of our favorite places to eat right now is Sienna Tavern.
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Nashville has one of the highest rack rates in the country, but your search ability isn’t great. The Drury Plaza in Franklin is a decent enough property that is under $200, has free beer at night, and decent breakfast availability. There are also plenty of hotels in the Vandy/right outside of downtown area for under $300. You’re not staying in a JW, but for a night with kids a decent room should be all that matters.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Brew replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
A movement defined by a population of people only worried about “I” without realizing that what actually makes America great is the “we”. By the time this is all settled, I hope there is a still a “we the people” to stand for because it doesn’t look good at the moment. -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Brew replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
It is a rhetorical question, but I don’t read it in the same context you do. The filibuster is always a threat, yet somehow the votes/negotiations usually work themselves out. Seems odd this time around that isn’t happening nor is there even much movement towards it happening. Why oh why could that be? -
Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Brew replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
The conversation is always so much more fulfilling when the “adults” show up. Makes me feel so great about the direction of our country. Spent the last hour on the phone with my oldest as she has come to the realization over the last year that her lifelong plans around becoming a lawyer and working on the legislative side of our government probably isn’t for her after all. Listening to her and her friends and their perspective is really a kick in the nuts. I’ll be fine either way, I can pack my shit, write a check, and move to wherever will take me whenever I get tired of everything. Her generation isn’t so lucky.- 1010 replies
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Brew replied to Bozo_Casanova's topic in Cloak Room
Got notification from my government agency tenants that my rent checks would not be coming today, utilities need to be maintained during the shutdown, and not to contact the employees during the shutdown. Wonder if I can just change the locks if this runs long enough? -
Who's been covid vaxxed? Stand up and be counted.
Brew replied to High Plains Drifter's topic in Daily Texan
Day 4 of Covid after taking a flight to Houston late last week for a meeting. Shit sucks, it’s really kicked my butt this time. It has been much more of chest congestion issue for me this time than head congestion. About ready for it to move on. -
Been using the free version of Loseit, works really well for tracking. Most things are in their system which makes it simple to enter.
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Running right at 35/31/34 on average it looks like with avocado most days pushing the fats up a little higher. Keeping the calories up closer to 1800-1900, but still on the low end of protein I think. Going to work on that some this week and dropping fats down some more. Still losing about 2 pounds a week. Walked/ran 30 miles last week and did 6-8 more rowing plus weights most days. Went with the TL protein shakes, we’ll see how they are tomorrow.
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Charlie Kirk assassinated at an event in Utah (by a 22 YO groyper)
Brew replied to msbesq's topic in Cloak Room
I know a number of Ole Miss sophomores as well as kids on every class. My daughter is a sophomore at UGA and has a lot of friends there from her high school graduating class. She is over there once a month or so to hang out with them. I also live in Ole Miss country as far as graduates go. Posting that in Oxford takes a lot of gumption. -
Anyone have healthy protein shakes or bar options that aren’t overly sweet? I saw the TL mention, but is there a flavor that is less sweet? Someone gave me a couple of Barebells and they were like eating a candy bar. The shakes have been like drinking chocolate milk or a milkshake. Vanilla’s have been a little better. Outside of a piece of cake on my birthday, I haven’t had sweets in months and even then it was rare. Just not a big fan of sweets in general.
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We haven’t talked on that split specifically, but I would say based on looking at the first week it would be moving more of the carb percentage to protein. Somewhere in the 30/30 range but I’ll have to bring that up. Main issues right now with the calorie numbers are not much appetite, not big on an abundance of animal protein, and a super low active heart rate. I’ve got some built up weight to burn off anyways. Activity wise I’m at 3-4 miles a day walking, light weight training every day in some capacity, and then I’ll cut the walking in half and row 5-6 miles a couple of days a week.
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No hard target, I’m staying right around 1600 calories on average maybe a little less. He is wanting me around 1800-2000 calories and 170-200g in protein which doesn’t leave a ton for carbs and fat. I think leaning even heavier on proteins at the expense of carbs this first couple of weeks is what the goal is. With 2 protein shakes today I got to 160g and 1750 calories and I really wasn’t interested in the second shake. Not a fan of Stevia sweetener aftertaste, so I need a different shake taste.
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To be fair, that was from text messages back and forth after I sent him last week’s meal notes. Talked today at workout, he wants me to cut them to a minimum and only eat for lunch if I’m going to eat them for the next couple of weeks. Dinner chicken/fish, broccoli, cauliflower and a few other things mixed in. The medical issue would be getting some weight off near term and limiting carbs to help. I have a low metabolism and a very low active heart rate, so my diet needs to look different to make some difference in the weight category.
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I rarely if ever red meat, I’m not up for chicken and eggs every day at the volume I probably need. I haven’t thought too much on other sources like cheese/milk. I averaged out to about 110 grams a day last week which was primarily from egg whites, chicken, yogurt, and beans and the egg whites are a new addition. My high day was 160 when I consciously tried to eat more. With a protein shake yesterday I got to 130 grams but I didn’t eat much for supper because I felt like shit. I assume on the potato/rice discussion it’s carb related. May also be because of the lower protein intake and trying to replace those staples with proteins. He’s more of an eggs, grilled chicken salad, chicken and broccoli 7 days a week kind of guy. I’m looking for something I can settle into long term even if the weight loss on the front end is slower.
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After getting some issues cleared up, I’m back on the train. Haven’t done much of anything other than walk the last year or so because I haven’t felt great. Wholesale changed my diet about a month ago, down 15 pounds from that and walking more. Started working out with a trainer last week and he skipped the getting back into this slowly session. Using Strava and LoseIt to track everything. Main issue I’m having is protein intake. I’m not a big meat person, so eggs and chicken/fish are only going to go so far. Need to find a solution for a protein shake I’ll stick with this week. Other issue is he wants me to limit rice and sweet potato’s. That has been the base of a lot of meals for us because it works well if you’re not consuming a lot of meat.
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Said it above, but starting to see a cardiologist at 40 or so was the best thing I have done. I had heart defect and other issues that none of my doctors had ever picked up on that have been able to be managed. Did end up having to get a stent at 46 but I’ve known since I started seeing him it was coming. Since then, I feel better than I have in a long time. I thought work and no sleep was the issue, but it was clearly blood flow. Back working out again, ran 2 miles yesterday which wasn’t going to happen 2 months or even 2 years ago, etc. Also dropped 15 pounds in the month since.
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They only get taxed for the game check in the states they play away games at which works out to a small percentage of the overall comp. The vast majority gets taxed in the state the team they play for is located. Primary residence state has no bearing because the money is earned in Wisconsin. I don’t know where GB holds training camp but sometimes that can get them some state tax benefits. I do a number of current players tax work. I told my wife tonight, we need to find a new team to half ass follow and not really care about if anyone has suggestions. I’m moving on from the Cowboys at this point. They clearly don’t give a shit about the fans, so I’m checking out.
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Are you still using the same Venmo as always?
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Lived to fight another day, I’ll keep you in the will in case something else takes me out. I have to admit, I’ve felt better the last week after the procedure than I have in awhile. I was chalking up feeling like shit to lack of sleep and 18 months of hell at work after a transaction. Guess there was more to it. Start cardiac rehab next week with all the old guys, should be lots of fun.
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Curious what options you would look at for a spend over that amount? We’ve been debating whether to keep the Reserve or not. We’ve had it for years, but we don’t ever book travel through Chase which is where the main benefits are. We have Preferred cards for the kids, but it’s still $1000 for our two cards. I’m not ordering DoorDash, rarely fly SW, etc. Use an Amex Platinum for the company card so get airport benefits and some of the positives with it although the Amex airport lounges have been overrun the last few times we have flown.
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This was my thought. A fully optioned G25 MSRP may get in that range, but no one should be paying that. However, my next thought was whether it made a difference if they said $450k, $500k, etc. the whole thing is just nuts. I’ve owned a lot of wake boats over the years. The biggest check I ever wrote for one was $115k on a brand new 210 right around Covid. I kept it about a year and got rid of it because I didn’t enjoy having it. I worried about boards hitting the sides, I worried about the kids messing the seats up, I didn’t want to pull into the beach, it just wasn’t fun. One thing the pricing has done has really screwed up the used market. I got together with my nephews a couple of weeks ago to look at picking something for them I could use occasionally. I used to be able to pick up a 205 for $10k-$12k every other year or something newer in the low $20’s. It doesn’t look that way any more.
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