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I should have noted it's Glendale, Arizona. Can't get any warmer. Amazingly they were rented out through the summer this year. They won't rent to locals anymore. Locals are only there to party and end up making a mess and/or leave cigarette burns in leather couches. The last straw was when the cleaning lady came in and found 100# of marijuana in the bathroom. Guess the renters thought they had an extra day rented.
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My folks have a second house in Glendale that they rent out. They hire a cleaning lady, a landscaper and a rental agent. It pretty well pays the mortgage but not a money-maker. Pretty good number of folks who rent it for 2-4 weeks at a time. But certainly a better deal than leaving it empty for 10 months out of the year.
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Guess I learned something that high schools are indeed doing all that. Wish I had that class, too. Think we're gonna start a contest at work. Paper-trading (fake money) only, starting with $10k, who can be the first one to get their account under $1. Winner gets the pool.
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The opt-out option would be a lot smarter way of setting it up, kind of protecting people from themselves. And I wonder how many people don't opt-in just because they think the immediate $200 more in their paycheck is a better deal. A high-school class on investing and general life skills would be so much more valuable than AP Chemistry or some other senior-year class. Parents just aren't teaching their kids about these things anymore. I would think more young people are trying their hand at investing after Robinhood kicked off no trading fees. Although I'd guess if you're young and male and don't know what you're doing, you'd probably jump into options trading. Heard a story from not long ago that there's some kind of hedging options strategy, but Robinhood has it where it shows all your losses first and only later shows the profits. So a guy killed himself because he woke up to a -$750,000 account. Worse yet when the profits later rolled in he'd actually made a couple thousand dollars.
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That's really surprising. Even when I was making $26k as an editor, I still had a 401k. Are there that many people simply declining the option, or is it just an extremely small number of jobs which offer retirement benefits? I mean, 18% of the workforce is employed by local/state/federal government. Even accepting that many are part-time, I still have a hard time with only 12% of median earners being invested.
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Really trying to dip my feet into learning how to analyze a company, analyze against their competition, and then figuring out their intrinsic value. Pages and pages of notes so far and haven't even yet found the formulas for the many different valuation methods out there. Pretty overwhelming so far, but I'm sure things will make more sense as the months move on. Found one site which offers company valuations on different models, but $50/mo isn't worth it for a small-time investor. But recognizing that I'm doing more speculation than investing, which is fine for play money but not so much when it will effect your retirement. Right now starting to look into O, a REIT with a good dividend; and A2 Milk.
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Bless this Mess, Fresh off the Boat, etc....I discovered yesterday that 80% of the shows I regularly watch weren't renewed. Not sure if I wanna watch Brooklyn 99 anymore, either.
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So Amazon changed Top Gear into a 'specials only' show now since nobody was watching the first two seasons when they moved from the BBC. I've seen the two specials they have out now and they're still so heavily scripted, everything is staged and full of bad jokes. Amazon has turned the three guys into being nothing but bad actors who don't really even seem to have an affinity for cars anymore.
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Not 'cutting the cord' related, but a youtube channel I sometimes watch is of a younger couple who traveled the world for two years. They said that for a year before they left they signed up for a huge number of travel cards to get those sign-up bonus miles and those "spend $2000 in the first two months for a bonus" cards. Definitely a lot to manage, but it did get them a lot of free flights. Similarly, I have a planned $4000 purchase coming up, so I got the Capital One card just to get that initial-spending bonus.
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I've done my reading (could always do more), but still largely speculating and not investing. Really need to carve out more time each week to sit down and take a better look at one or two companies. Thought pharmacies would do better with a vaccine coming our way, but I guess if it needs -70 temperatures to remain good that doesn't really help them. Did very well on Tesla, though I jumped out at $590 after hearing from many that it was overvalued and could potentially face their first vehicle recall. It's still going up, though. But I think once they get their satellite internet service....off the ground... it'll surprise some folks at just how many rural people are wanting better service. Got some Grayscale Bitcoin Trust a couple weeks ago. Turned out to be good timing. But I have absolutely no idea what to think of it going forward or if I should just cut bait.
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I keep thinking that for folks who watch the Brewers via internet connection and are subject to blackout dates, one solution could be to get a VPN and just say you're in a different state/country. Regular free Youtube has really upped the number of commercials they show. I'd pay $15/mo just to get those removed.
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I tend to like anything Jason Sudeikis or Will Forte do. Speaking of Will Forte, I think Last Man on Earth is on Netflix now, which is a love-it or hate-it show. I hated most of the first season because I don't enjoy main characters you sorta root against, but they changed the character at the season finale of the first season, and I really liked it from then on.
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Watched Ted Lasso based on recommendations here, and you guys were totally right. Really enjoyed it.
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What I liked least about that last season wasn't as much the Mother stuff, but that we spent years watching Ted's Id (Barney) slowly grow as a person and in his relationships, and then they just wiped it out in one swoop. May as well have had the married couple divorce just to round out the awfulness.
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That's awesome. I may look into that in a few years. My flat gaming has just about died because I like VR so much more, but I don't love VR so much that I want to buy a $400 PS5 just to buy a $400 PSVR2 when it comes out.
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I only have the PSVR. Assuming you have a great computer to be able to run the Oculus, I do like that as opposed to the PSVR because Oculus will come out with a new headset more often.
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I can't wait for Starlink. Only one internet provider in town and they know it. My internet has been out for a week and they regularly don't bother showing up for scheduled repairs. And when they do they tell me their box is old and there's nothing they can do.
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I think a used PS4 will be a Christmas gift for the brother. He'll never play anything, but the parents live nearby him and we'd all be able to play Jackbox together. And since the brother-in-law already has one, it'll be fun to say "This is a gift for the whole family, except Rebecca."
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On the slim chance you haven't yet, also see the documentary Fistful of Quarters. The antagonist of the documentary also made the news somewhat recently. It would fit well with that Netflix series.
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My boss is the only one on that side of the street and they told her that they'd already connected as many lines as they could and couldn't add her unless somebody drops out. It's a poor area. Folks around here would only have enough money for the cheapest package, and so the company focuses on the richer folks. And we're on a park boundary, so there won't be further development for them to warrant expansion.
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I'm in the middle of nowhere not WI. Been looking into ways to ditch my 3Mb internet. Only one satellite company offers service, a 10Mb speed which they also throttle once you reach a fairly low usage on. I thought MiFi would be the solution, but the Verizon guy told me it's also a very low data limit and there's no getting around it. My boss next door but on a different street can't even get DSL unless she gives them $5000 to run a wire there.
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A good few new ones, thanks!
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The D&D episodes of Community were pulled, though, which were some of the best episodes they did. I just finished watching The Cool Kids. I don't actually recommend watching it, but there's a dearth of sitcoms on tv and it managed to kill some time.
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Apparently I've been leaning forward when I walk for decades now. The internet says it's Thoracic Kyphosis, so I've been doing some stretches for it and adding in lower and middle traps to the workouts. That combined with the mindfulness of it, I do think I'm standing up and walking straighter now. I was probably leaning forward a good 8" and never really realized it. A couple months in and I'm still working out regularly. Really happy about that, since sticking with it is one of my two bigger weaknesses. The slightly better shift schedule with my new park has made all the difference.
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Same here. I started using a wake-up light and that's really helped. Gradually turns on to simulate a sunrise, so now I'm either awake before my alarm or at least in a closer-to-awake phase of sleep at the alarm. Still tough to actually get out of bed, but for the most part I'm waking up a little more alert, and that's really helped. My bigger problem is that it's easy for me to accidentally stay up late. So now I've set a sunset light in my living room as a bit of a reminder to go to bed, as well as a timer on my tv plug that turns it off at 10:11 every night. I'd do the same to my router if I didn't need podcasts to sleep to.
