People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that govern reality and have principles for using them to get what they want. The converse is also true: Idealists who are not well grounded in reality create problems, not progress.
What does a successful life look like? We all have our own deepseated needs, so we each have to decide for ourselves what success is. I don’t care whether you want to be a master of the universe, a couch potato, or anything else—I really don’t. Some people want to change the world and others want to operate in simple harmony with it and savor life. Neither is better. Each of us needs to decide what we value most and choose the paths we take to achieve it.
#principleoftheday
This is what the YouTube gurus and real estate agents pushing cost segs with Airbnb’s don’t tell you about. And wait until you find out what a 1099-C is.
For the real estate folks who understand this: Cost Segregations that were PUSHED on many newbies entering the real estate market (mainly Airbnb) in 2021-2023 are now becoming the biggest nightmare for those buyers as they try to exit their non performing properties. That massive depreciation they took against their income back in 2021 now needing to be paid back in the form of depreciation recapture.
I know some folks who paid $1.5 million for an Airbnb that did $200K in rental income in 2022. DSCR loan at 7%. 20% down. Borrowed $1.2 million. Did 100% Bonus depreciation with cost seg in year 1. Now rental is doing $100,000/yr. Losing money each and every month now after paying mortgage, electric, gas, internet, etc. Need to sell, house is worth $1.2
million (maybe) now.
They are faced with not only a large loss for the sale but also the depreciation recapture when it sells. You would be SHOCKED at how many people bought Airbnbs not only for “income” reasons but also because they were told by realtors that they could offset their W2 income by a massive amount in the year they made the purchase.
Chickens are coming home to roost.
I am a lifelong Democrat. I served on President Clinton’s National Security Council and in the State Department under Madeleine Albright. I am also a lifelong human rights and civil rights advocate.
But every Democrat and every American should recognize that the DSA represents a fundamental threat to our party and our country.
This is not a story about a few idealists seeking to reduce healthcare costs. It is about a small group of radical extremists pursuing a strategy to take over the Democratic Party and ultimately our country in order to impose an agenda that would devastate our economy and fundamentally dismantle our system of government.
Don’t take my word for it. Listen to the full conversation between Fox News’ Martha MacCallum and New York City DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo and judge for yourself.
Hey @elonmusk could you please activate @Starlink for Venezuela?
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake just hit and communications are down.
God bless you, I hope South Africa wins & that the genocide of White South Africans stops.
Earthquakes worldwide today times
M5.6 California – 8:10 AM
M7.2 Venezuela – 3:04 PM
M7.5 Venezuela – 3:05 PM
M6.9 Japan – 3:30 PM
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