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  1. I don't know anything about the Lake Belton property market, but from looking at listings on Zillow it looks like there's lakefront availability in the $400K-$500K range with a 3/2 (and some poor soul trying to move a $2.2m new build that lacks lake front views). I'm seeing lots available for about $100K an acre. You should know better than me who the buyer is for those, but I would think Houston, Dallas, and Austin residents have closer 2nd home options and those are the buyers who might pay a premium for luxury (I'm sure there are Houston/Dallas/Austin people among the buyers, but they would be more concerned with affordability). Otherwise, the goal with a flip is to spend the least amount possible on anything that doesn't confer luxury. I think I'd go with something modest and wouldn't feel the need to have two ovens. All I'm seeing is Samsung appliance packages on Costco's website, but if you can get something that is an upgrade by brand but is their lower quality model, I might go with that. Caveat is (and I should have asked this) is what is your ideal sales price? You don't put Whirlpool in a $1.5m home and Thermador in that $400K house described above.
  2. Are you looking to rent this house, occupy it or flip it?
  3. I presume the joke is because they’ve already made such large contributions. I know they would be very happy if other contributors would take the torch, especially O&G alumni who historically contribute to Bellmont.
  4. Maybe-Newsome is in competition with Josh Shapiro for the ‘28 nomination and this is going to be his chance, particularly after the rail boondoggle, to show he can make government work, even if he has to steamroll Bass and local officials to do it. Shapiro has been interviewed a bunch about how they rebuilt the I-95 bridge by basically giving it a fast lane past most of the permitting. That’s what Newsome will want for the rebuild. This would take longer, but this also offers Los Angeles the chance to re-envision how those neighborhood look, particularly in encouraging density and with natural disasters in mind.
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    Pizza

    I did that once, under the premise that it would be healthier. I ended up with explosive gastrointestinal distress, the kind where sweat pores off you and you can imagine passing a kidney stone would be less painful. No thanks.
  6. I’m sympathetic because I grew up between Houston and Beaumont with a bunch of Baptists who were happy to tell 2nd and 3rd grade me that I was going to hell (at the time this hit a lot harder). That said, it seems to keep the kids off the pipe and off the pole. Once they start making it part of the curriculum it’ll surely become uncool again.
  7. LCHorn

    Pizza

    I go for the Deep Pan Veggie add pepperoni and have them cook it extra long so there’s no chance of soggy crust. Usually I will eat about half and save the rest (wrap in foil and reheat in cold oven for 25 minutes as the heat is brought to 350).
  8. I don’t think the Fed is as much of a market mover as the big banks and players in the Eurodollar system. It’s more likely they deliberate long enough to see which way the wind is shifting and try to follow it.
  9. I actually prefer it be off in the same direction if it means market participants can create their own adjustments that might lead to a more accurate measure. That’s one reason why I don’t buy Habib’s explanation when he claims the headline numbers are distorting the market. Maybe the rubes are relying on it but the big funds have the brain power to do their own research and analysis and the quants are just following whatever the trend is.
  10. Sark’s offense doesn’t need a running QB (although to Drebin’s point, a QB who can bail themselves out of trouble is always helpful), it needs consistency from the O-line and a RB that can get three-four yards a rush so that the LB’s and nickel can’t ignore the play-action. I’m super appreciate of Blue and Wisner for giving us a chance in most games, but we’ve got to be in more favorable third down conditions if we want to not require Heisman-esque performance from the QB.
  11. I'd rather grab someone who can get three-four yards in between the tackles.
  12. Time Bandits was on Apple TV, no? Eh, I don’t think they are programming Skeleton Crew for the SurlyBevo demographic.
  13. If you’re going by the Nielsen ratings (which is the only publicly available survey data as far as I know), none of the top 10 is family programming aside from perhaps the British Baking Show. Anyway, I think we’ll see some articles in the trades promoting the idea that Disney’s internals show high viewership amongst younger viewers and they are satisfied enough to put a second season in production. If they want to shuttle it off into developmental hell after then they can do so quietly. I think they also are trying desperately to broaden the audience and might be willing to invest a second season into it.
  14. The only time I’m this honed in on a subject is when I’m day drinking.
  15. That’s valid, but I think a greater area of improvement is that someone with his physical attributes should be open more and that’s going to come with experience.
  16. This has certainly come up previously in the 500 pages of this thread and it’s predecessor, but almost every purchase I’ve been party to in which a borrower tried to go without an agent ends up being a shit show, including my own. Maybe it’s worth it when reflecting a few years later, but it’s definitely a roll of the dice.
  17. Because relying on that is a great way to underperform. Imagine a WR room this year without Golden and there’s probably another couple of losses. Plus, the one thing most freshman WR fail to do adequately is block worth a shit, and that appears to be a necessity in Sark’s offense given how how much they run screen plays.
  18. Fwiw, the service academies and ROTC selection officers do put a lot of weight in sports, especially team sports, as an extracurricular.
  19. I’m pretty sure there‘s regulatory barriers but there’s also clear conflict of interest issues. As a lender we work for the bank, and you as a borrower are a customer. I want to look out for you because that’s good customer service, but if I don’t put the bank first I’m going to get fired. A realtor is contractually obligated to represent their side of the transaction and has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the client.
  20. I’d like to know where the hiring is coming from because it’s not in real estate/banking and it’s not in tech. Google is signaling to their staff that more “right-sizing” is coming in ‘25.
  21. What’s shocking is reported Federalist Society All-Stars viewing behavior engaged by a private citizen and convicted under state law as under the purview of Federal review.
  22. Boyhood couldn’t live up to that fantastic trailer. She’s fine and in a more challenging role, but Ethan Hawke gets the fun part and just RULES in that film.
  23. Disney isn’t paying them just to maintain awards eligibility. They are using Shogun as their centerpiece for promoting Hulu like Netflix did with House of Cards and HBO did with The Sopranos. If there’s any chance they can put together a second season they will want to take it. I’m also sure the series does bonkers money in international sales.
  24. Sadly, I was a little hopeful he’d be back (but not if he was going to pitch like he did in ‘24).
  25. Not to take anything away from Casey Hampton, but I’ve had personal or professional relationships with a bunch of those guys who played 2000-2010 or so and they’ve all been surprisingly kind, almost gentle (I would have expected them to be more like my USMC brethren and constantly acting like overgrown adolescents). I figure at least some of that is playing ball at UT can be a good maximizer of social skills if you let it. Too late, but would have been a perfect thread name for the 2023-2024 recruiting class.
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