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horn4life

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  1. Welcome to the 40 Acres. Now start becoming your own Longhorn Legend!
  2. One thing that is sort of interesting me regarding Michelin is the Bib Gourmand ratings. As it was something I searched when we went to NY and Philly 2 weeks ago. Bib Gourmand Not quite a star, but most definitely not a consolation prize, the Bib Gourmand - named after Bibendum, the friendly Michelin Man and the official company mascot for the Michelin Group - is a just-as-esteemed rating that recognizes friendly establishments that serve good food at moderate prices. We found a place called Little Alley in NYC around the corner from our hotel that was awesome for the money. We even got happy hour discounts. So while I don't see an avalanche of Michelin Stars in Texas, I would think that a few would be in order. But we tend to do more casual dining (because it's Texas and I only put on long pants in Summer for funerals and weddings.). So the bib gourmand ratings will probably be the ones I will start trying out in my travels. I'll check the others out in winter...
  3. So if we are spending $19 million on players. That means that we are only spending $10 million more than A&M is spending annually on their past coach... See! There is a way to bring a smile into the Summer doldrums...
  4. So what would you guess the normal rate for your room would be if you rented it out annually unfurnished? Just over half that? I felt like my 30 day rents was about 2.5X normal monthly unfurnished rent would have been. But thanks for the furnishedfinders.com tip!!!
  5. I'm in Texas. On this place everything I would be doing would be NON-mechanical, I am fairly certain. There are two types of renovations I see in my area. The dumpster outside for weeks with a permit. And the under the radar remodels without a permit. Basically where they pile of the debris in the garage and have a dumpster or dump trailer in and out on the same day. If no mechanical work then I would just do the stealth method. Likely a pipe dream, but I thought I might toss it out there. And yes whatever the agreement it would be via attorney. I also thought about using the repairs as a down payment on an interest only loan, but math is tight with higher rates. Anyone have any feedback on renting furnished 30 day or more rentals?
  6. I got here in 1979 and he became as much of the music scene in Austin as the music itself over time. Hell he just retired recently too. I am pretty sure I was standing next to him at the Soulhat reunion show at Antones last fall. RIP you had a good run! Here is his Black Cat recollections https://michaelcorcoran.substack.com/p/clubland-paradise-black-cat-lounge
  7. Also - start roasting your shrimp in the oven! We will never boil shrimp again, as roasting gives perfect cook. 450 degrees, for about 8 minutes or until they turn pink. We boil all the other crap and boil up the shells ahead of time when we peel the shrimp. Then add that shrimp shell base to flavor the boil of the potatoes, corn and shrooms. We also tend to go with head on for the shrimp to get that extra flavor for the base from the heads.
  8. This is the correct answer!
  9. That's what I want to do, but I am pretty sure they don't want to sell. If they did bite, what's the best way (or typical) way to structure a lease purchase? If I was paying a full rent price, and living there I would want an option price and a percentage of the rent to go towards the downpayment. But I am trying to negotiate a way below market rate, by taking on the repair expenses myself. My thinking that I can make good coin subletting it as a 30 day furnished unit to relocation companies, and temporary housing companies catering to insurance companies. Since my house flooded and I remodeled it during covid, I am unfortunately familiar with temporary housing, and the costs shocked me. Seems like somewhere on this thread or another similar one somebody on the board only had furnished rentals because of the additional margin. But we (USAA) was paying $6200 a month for a 1400 square foot barely furnished apartment, that would have normally rented for maybe $2300/mo on a normal lease. The idea of short term renting is not appealing to me at all. But 30 day or more is usually 2-3 months at a pop.
  10. 1) I have a neighbor who was living in the property up the street, that her father owned. She and her partner moved into his house where he build on some space to take care of him as he has parkinsons. The house is almost vacant, and is beginning to fall into disrepair. The Father owns several duplexs and houses, so I do not think he really cares about the money, but I know they said it needed some interior remodeling. Which I could easily do, and thought I might offer to do the remodeling on my dime in return for a below market lease, that allowed me to sublet the property. Nothing wrong with this correct? I am giving consideration with the repairs and would maintain the property because I would turn around make it into a 30 day or more furnished rental. I don't think the owner or his daughter want to sell it, because she wanted to move back. But I was thinking this might be a way that would work out for both of us. Am I crazy? Liability or risks that I should think about?
  11. Also interesting to know that if you rent your house out for 14 days or fewer a year, you pay no tax on the income! The Augusta rule F1/Georgia and Both ACL weekends is only 9 days if 3 day weekends. But how much marketing cost to get top dollar.
  12. Shoot, that's some pretty good coin. And normally I would be in Port A... But hell I could strip the place down. I have been some research on 30 day or more furnished rentals here in Austin and in the Belton area. Seems like good coin and no dealing with hotel/motel taxes and registering with city if 30 days or longer. But that price is only gonna go up between now and October. Hell - I don't know if it would pay for a couple months rent for a long weekend, but would be a good chunk towards a long weekend in NYC or maybe Key West. Damn now you got me really thinking about it.
  13. First off- If you have not used Costco Travel take a look at it when planning your next trip. We used them for a family trip to New York, and two features were great. Early two PM check in and late 2 pm check out was great, along with car service transportation from airport and to Penn station (second leg was Wedding in Philly) It took some extra communication with the car company to replace the usual airport destination to the train station, but a nice feature to know they will be there and waiting for your arrival and departure. Second - The one thing you never want to do is get in the cash full service behind a large old fat white man who is carrying a large purse like shoulder bag and has nothing in hand to purchase. Because the guy will want to buy Costco's gold bars and it takes a long fucking time to count the cash for 5 gold bars. But if you are a robber... look for the same guy exiting because had another $12K in the bag with the bars as he waddled out of Costco. NOTE: Probably a gun in the bag too... Three - Grab it now! Our store is the one in the Arboretum and it must be one of the busiest because shit disappears much quicker than at either of the South or Cedar park stores. PRO TIP - If you are trying to track an item down and you have the SKU or Picture of product, go to the front kiosk customer pickup area and they will search other stores for the item you thought you missed out on! Did this on a laptop deal I wanted that was out at my store.
  14. Usually I have to tell the kids to put those things down...
  15. I see a cooler of red and white... and I am blue... (not really but liked the line) Happy 4th, and tight lines!
  16. You know the one thing Schloss won't have to worry about at Texas is a duo of moronic father and son embarrassing the kids on his team, in such a truly asinine way. I imagine Scloss is literally watering at the mouth for the opportunity to eat in some decent restaurants. What good is making a shit ton in college station? You can't spend your money on any of the finer things in life in the shit hole. And the Whining! The Incessant Aggie whining and victimhood, while at the same time they pull their little chests, and claim equality. They look exactly like the reason Aggie Jokes are so fucking funny! They are truthful! and here is a Fuck You Haiku! Schloss is ours bitches Your dreams are crushed again Same old Aggie end
  17. This Fort Worth Star Telegram article is brutal. The brutal lessons taught from Jim Schlossnagle’s exit from Texas A&M to Texas are ugly
  18. You are under arrest! Clearly that trout is over 20 inches! 😉
  19. Sin sal por favor... Yes Grasshopper!
  20. Going to stay in the Murray Hill area for a couple days before heading the a wedding in Philly. Anyplace I should go out of my way to hit, or maybe more importantly to avoid?
  21. Coming in late the the foodie spatula duel, I think I have one thing we can all agree on. Finishing this meal and heading back to Austin could make it potentially one of the most memorable drives of you life! I can almost hear in my head..."Goddamnit! (gurgle)I should have stopped in Kingsville..."
  22. I do that just to pee!
  23. just got one of the plus units for father's day. Seems like really the only precaution is to make sure you push the probe in past the line to insure the interior thermometer doesn't get ruined by high heat past it's 225 temp cap. I was telling the wife that would pair well when we occasionally use our ovens "sabbath mode" to remote start some hunk of meat around the holidays when we are running errands. Simply to warm me to start heading back to the house if it's cooking too quickly, for example. I would also like to see the stall on my briskets as a graph after the fact. Anyhow bumped this to see what the opinions are two years later?
  24. Coincidentally, i specialize in tequila, amazing true stories, exceptional tall tales, and have a plethora of damn fine dirty jokes you have never heard before! That one day you are gonna go out solo to fix, mount or test something and everyone is busy at the last second think of the sentence above! 😉 Hey! Can't hurt to at least make a pitch!
  25. Did you hear the one about the multi-generational Aggie Legacies that bought tickets to Omaha, Hotels in Omaha, to watch their favorite team. And were too fucking stupid to not get kicked out of a great father and son weekend watching the team with the very, very best fans in the world? Before the end of the second inning of the first game! These fucking Aggie jokes write themselves! And that's why no matter what, no matter how much time passes, no matter how much money is spent to try to instill Aggie greatness, these real life repetitive episodes of incredible Aggie stupidity will never, ever, ever be eclipsed. Because no amount of money can eclipse the fact that a lot of Aggies are fucking stupid as shit, and they have degrees from A&M.... You just can't fix stupid...
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