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Donald Trump's losing baby boomers, silent generation to Kamala Harris
  • In some cases, they’ll never vote for him, or anyone associated with him, ever again.

    I was an independent for a long time. Mostly voted D but did my due diligence on local races to see if the R had something of value. After the blind acceptance of R to switch to MAGA I"ll never vote R again. Ever.

  • CWWK NAS mini-ITX motherboard features six SATA connectors, three 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports
  • can also handle transcoding

    This CPU has quick sync so should not be a problem. I doubt you will need more than 3-4 4k to 1080 transcodes if you are remotely considering this board so it should not be an issue.

    My only concern with these one off mb manufacturers is driver support in your os of choice including Linux variants.

  • Trump asks Supreme Court to put off his election interference trial, claiming immunity
  • No way Rico case happens before election, the DA couldn't keep her pants on. It will be years before Rico trail starts and by then all Trump needs is governor or DA lacky to drop everything. The Jan 6 case is the only one that could happen before election.

  • Trump must still cough up at least $90M in E. Jean Carroll verdict — and soon — even though an appeal means she has to wait for it
  • Yes he does. He has to either pay the judgement to her, or put it in escrow if he plans to appeal

    No he doesn't. I hate trump as much as anyone else, but all he has to do is get someone else to post bond (he will still have to provide a percentage to cover). There is a long list of people/companies/countries that would take that gamble assuming he gets reelected.

  • So is the US slipping into Civil War?
  • I never understood why Republicans hate immigrants. Low educated labor that is highly religious. And if crimes are committed, these people can fuel the incarceration complex America has as well.

  • The system is broken
  • For single family homes, I disagree. Property management is around 10% and you're not going to build wealth quickly by giving that much off the top if you only operate a couple rentals.

  • The system is broken
  • On 25 years, you pay a fifth of the building price for it. And that is not accounting for the equity that the house gains over the years like we've seen during covid.

    So does every other home owner. That benefit is not for just landlords.

    I don't understand the hatred for the risk return of being a landlord. Let's assume you can double your money in the stock market every 7 years.

    Compare real estate and stock ownership for 20k (100k house). In the market, 20k becomes 40k in 7 and 80k in 14, 160k in 21, and so on. That's 215 total over 25 years. As long as appreciation is close to 3% it's almost a wash after 25 years. The difference is as a landlord you have the risk of capital expenses requiring you to hold cash and the value of your time to run a rental.

  • The system is broken
  • I never understood this sentiment. For single family homes the market sets the price. It's not like when you buy a house and use it for a rental all of sudden it's cheaper or more expensive in some way. You could make a price/demand argument but then again the underlying demand is housing not money hungry landlords. If there was not an underlying housing demand, no one would rent and it would fail as an investment.

    How does the community serve those who want to rent? Apartments? Now that is where we can agree. Apartment valuation is calculated on operations not on the market. The only way to raise value of an apartment is to raise rent (or reduce expenses in some way but at some point you can only do so much). At least with SFH you have appreciation that landlords can factor in for return.

    Lastly, 2 of my rentals were foreclosures. If anything I'm performing the city a service by buying these properties and adding value. If you had to choose, would you rather live next to a vacant house or a rental?

    To answer your question, it's fair for a renter to not build equity because they don't pay for upkeep or have the risk associated with the loan. You have to put skin in the game at some point.

    Edit: there are some good points for the other side of the argument if you keep reading. I don't know what the answer is but I'm not convinced that restrictions or to disincentivize rental operations is the answer.

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