Ron Kerbs

Founder of @getkidas we protect gamers from toxicity in video games || 🇮🇱 in 🇺🇲 | I tweet about my journey as a founder and new things I learn along the way

[Ron Kerbs @KerbsRon]

One of the greatest things that we have learned from @techstars and our managing director @kjsnyc is to use the big rocks system to make sure we are focusing on the important stuff.

Below 👇I will share some thoughts on how we use it

Let’s start with the mechanics:
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@ramit In RE, as with investing in ETFs, you can lose money in the short term. You are very unlikely to lose money if you hold it for the long term.

If you hold a property for 20+ years in an economically stable city, the historical odds of losing your principal investment are zero

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@ramit No financial calculation beats your ability to sleep well at night. And some people sleep better when they are debt-free

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@FBIRichmond Gaming has become one of the most common places for online predators to reach kids.

That's why we created @GetKidas, software that alerts parents about potential scams, predators, and harassment in gaming.

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@ramit Your insurance cost may go up at renewal the same as your rent may go up a renewal.

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@realEstateTrent When you treat your kids as a chore, you don't have free time.

If you, like me, decided to have kids enjoy the free time you have TOGETHER

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@NaiMack21 @realEstateTrent Using the same logic the returns of the S&P in the last 50 years are not known since I didn't personally hold the ETF during the entire time period

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@NaiMack21 @realEstateTrent I still haven't held it for a full decade but if you look at the past of neighboring properties and run the calculations - yes.

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@NaiMack21 @realEstateTrent I have one with 20%+

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@realEstateTrent I'll correct it for you: residential RE in the US always goes up, if your investment horizon is long enough.

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@Hadley @EniacVC Thanks for the shout out @Hadley

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@anothercohen I know a few places, for example, Hoboken, NJ, that have a good public preK3 and preK4.

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@besttrousers @AlecStapp All prices are irrelevant since they include nursery home prices, for example, that are irrelevant for people in their 20s. The important part is the CPI of the products and service people in their 20s consume

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@skylarromines The beginning of January is tough - a workout that typically takes me an hour takes an hour and half because it is so crowded at the gym.

Kudos fir everyone starting but most of them give up after 3 weeks.

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@skylarromines Plot twist: you send your representative and he sends his. After 5 dates they start dating each other

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@realEstateTrent Voice memo is today's way of the other side to tell you "my time is more important than yours"

Easy to record very annoying to receive

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@alexiskold Same here.

Recently I realized that having a canned "Not interested" response for cold inbounds takes me of their automation so I get less emails

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@ramit @ramit you have to admit that many people are not disciplined enough to save and therefore having a mortgage is probably the only way to get them to save

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@realEstateTrent The key here is the time horizon- how long do they plan to live there? While in year 1, it might be the case, in years 2, 3, 4, etc., the rent goes up while the fixed mortgage stays the same.

Not to mention the appreciation, tax write-off, etc