Trail Chasing Investor

Experience in Single-Family & Multifamily Real Estate, Wholesaling, VC, and Lending. Student of personal finance and nature. Building wealth, chasing trails.

[Trail Chasing Investor @MP4543]

@DariusDale42 Congratulations, Skipper!

[That's My Michelle @JamelleMyBelle]

Somebody said that World Cup is just the US having a giant sleepover with the cousins we never see because our parents hate each other. 😂

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone should read this...

The High Shoulders Theory

(a visual thread)

[Sarah Adams @sarahadams]

Saturday Preparedness Thought

One of the most important preparedness conversations you can have with your teenagers doesn't involve hurricanes, power outages, or emergency kits.

It involves people.

Recent headlines have once again highlighted the horrific reality of grooming gangs, rapists, and sexual predators, and the ways they manipulate vulnerable young people. While the details vary from case-to-case, one lesson remains constant: danger often doesn't look dangerous in the beginning.

Predators rarely introduce themselves as predators.

They offer friendship. Attention. Gifts. Validation. A place to belong. They isolate. They manipulate. They create dependency. And they rely on the hope that their victims won't tell anyone.

That's why one of the best things parents can do is have conversations before they're needed.

Talk about online relationships. Talk about secrecy. Teach your kids that trusted adults should never ask them to keep secrets from the people who love them. Remind them that no matter what mistake they've made, they can call you, and you'll help them first and ask questions later.

And perhaps most importantly, teach them that predators often spend weeks or months earning trust before they ever ask for anything in return.

And there is one more thing every child should hear from their parents: You do not need permission to protect yourself.

You do not owe anyone politeness when your safety is at stake. You do not have to worry about hurting someone's feelings, making a scene, or appearing rude. If something feels wrong, leave. If someone crosses a boundary, say no. If you need to yell, run, or call for help, do it.

Teach your children that they don't need certainty to act. They don't need to convince their friends. They don't need to wait until a situation becomes obviously dangerous. Their instincts matter.

And remind them that no mistake, no bad decision, and no uncomfortable situation is too embarrassing to call home. You would rather answer a phone call at midnight than spend a lifetime wishing they had made one.

Because their safety matters more than anyone else's feelings. Preparedness isn't only about disasters. Sometimes it's about building trust inside your family before someone else tries to harm it.

Ten minutes of conversation today could prevent years of heartbreak tomorrow. Protect the people you love before someone else decides to exploit them.

[Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 @JasonJournoDC]

💥Adam Carolla: "It’s sad that Obama turned into a piece of sh*t, but he’s just a f*cking hustler like everybody else. He’s not done anything good in or out of office, except for agitate black people and to pretend to be some sort of statesman."

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

People are astoundingly stupid. My comments about the departure tax is not that I should be treated differently from anyone else. I am making a point about the extent to which taxes are confiscatory. As I have previously explained, there was a time when ZERO cents of income tax were levied in Canada and the US. Then bit by bit, that "temporary" measure, to be applied to only a few, and at a very low percentage rate of your income, becomes a mammoth monster that takes more than 50% of your earnings. It can occur because there are no repercussions if governments do not balance their budgets (other than voting them out). Hence, what starts off as a small temporary tax on a few becomes an existential theft that is orders of magnitude larger than the so-called illegal extortion tax of the Mafia. It can exist only because the great majority of people BENEFIT from this form of parasitic taxation. But someone has to pay for everyone else, and when you are that someone, you are not necessarily pleased to be funding the ultimate Ponzi scheme. I'm making a moral, philosophical, and ethical argument. It's not just about me.

[Trumps Nephew @ForgiatoBlow47]

JUST IN: A Pennsylvania Minor League Baseball Team has been issued a loss after all the players REFUSED to wear Pride Themed Jerseys! Let's make these guys famous for being TOTAL Patriots!

[Don’t CA my AZ @DontCAmyAZ_]

#DontCAmyAZ

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IS A CANCER, and it’s spreading fast across America!

From 5,000 DSA members in 2015 to over 100,000 today. The “Mamdani Effect” is real, radical socialists are on the march.
In socialist-run cities like New York and LA:

- Over 50% of your income stolen in taxes
- Crime exploding
- Homelessness skyrocketing
- Businesses fleeing

Government as your “silent partner”? More like an incompetent parasite wasting your money.

Meanwhile, in Miami under pro-growth leadership: Taxes cut every year, 200% growth in 8 years, record low unemployment, highest wage growth, and lowest homelessness in over a decade.

Capitalism builds. Socialism destroys.

We don’t need more government control, we need freedom, low taxes, and America First policies that actually work.

Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried. Time to reject it completely.

[DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard]

Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth.

https://t.co/3YJSstB7d4

[Darius Dale @DariusDale42]

WISDOM: I had the great privilege of delivering the sermon at church this past Sunday (6/14/26). The lesson—how humility is the "hackiest" of all "life hacks"—is a message that everyone can benefit from, no matter where they are on the socioeconomic spectrum. Enjoy the wisdom: https://t.co/TkPsakBZyQ.

In quantum mechanics, measurement causes the wave function to collapse. In life, our thoughts, words, actions, and inactions create the world we reside in—first in our homes, then in our communities, and lastly, throughout our society.

All told, OUR world is what WE make of it. Let's get to work turning this unnecessarily K-shaped economy into an E-shaped economy.

Jesus Christ and I love you,
—Skipper 💜

[AZSenateRepublicans @AZSenateGOP]

🚨 THE WHITE HOUSE JUST BACKED THE ARIZONA GOP BUDGET.

In a letter released Monday, the White House praised Arizona Senate & House Republicans for advancing a fiscally responsible budget that:

✅ Cracks down on Medicaid & SNAP fraud
✅ Strengthens accountability
✅ Protects taxpayer dollars
✅ Delivers Trump tax cuts for working families

Arizona is proving that conservative leadership gets results.

Full letter below. 👇

[TheLiberal.ie @TheLiberal_ie]

Ireland 🇮🇪

If you're of Irish descent, have holidayed in Ireland or just visited here, please keep our little Emerald Isle in your thoughts and prayers.

We are doing all we can to fight back against the population replacement Ireland is currently enduring.

Make no mistake, the Irish won't back down or give our country up easily 🇮🇪
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[Promethean Action @PrometheanActn]

Mike Pompeo just confessed.
In a June 8 tribute to the late MI6 chief, Trump's "most loyal" CIA director admitted he flew British intelligence to Langley to "plan and coordinate" in his first weeks on the job.
Plan what, exactly? @BarbaraMBoyd has the answer. 👇

[Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap @azjustinheap]

🚨 BREAKING: LEGAL UPDATE
Yesterday, I filed an emergency motion with the Court after armed sheriff's deputies appeared at the homes of three Recorder's Office employees and informed them they were under criminal investigation.

This began after Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell acted on false allegations made by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and the Elections Department against my employees.

What was their alleged offense?

Attempting to use equipment County records show was purchased entirely with Recorder's Office funds and is owned exclusively by the Recorder's Office.

The same equipment the Court has already found was unlawfully taken from the Recorder's Office.

This is the most extreme escalation in a long campaign of retaliatory actions taken by the Board against my staff. 

Over the last year, the Board has repeatedly targeted Recorder's Office employees with false accusations, personal attacks, and retaliatory actions for doing their jobs. Multiple members of my senior staff have required outside counsel to defend against malicious actions taken against them by the Board. My employees have been threatened, doxed, and publicly accused of misconduct for simply carrying out their official duties under Arizona law. 

This is not cooperation. This is retaliation.

[Min Choi @minchoi]

China's DR02 humanoid robot is carrying firefighting gear now.

Walking into emergency-response work with heavy equipment.

Robots are moving from demos to dangerous jobs.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

You really have to be smart about what you read & believe online....

There is so much misinformation. Not just about political things or the news, but about life, relationships, business, and work.

People will ruin their life following bad advice.
Think for yourself.

[Trail Chasing Investor @MP4543]

•The Bitcoin Magazine post is accurate: Better and Coinbase closed the first Fannie Mae-conforming mortgage using Bitcoin collateral without requiring the buyer to sell or liquidate their BTC.
•FNMA does not directly accept Bitcoin as a down payment asset under standard rules, which require conversion to USD; this uses a dual-loan structure where a second loan collateralized by overcollateralized BTC (e.g., 2.5:1 ratio) funds the down payment on the primary conforming mortgage.
•The combined loans result in high overall leverage on the home, often near 100% CLTV, but the primary mortgage meets Fannie guidelines while the second lien and heavy overcollateralization manage lender risk with no margin calls.

[Trail Chasing Investor @MP4543]

@BitcoinMagazine @grok is this true? FNMA allows down payments secured by Bitcoin? Wouldn’t this make the loan a 100% CLTV loan?

[Logan Weaver @LogWeaver]

BREAKING: 10 days into the job, Trump is already throwing his new Fed Chair under the bus.

The market priced his confirmation as a guaranteed rate cut.

Hours after the swearing-in, Trump was on Truth Social demanding cuts that aren't coming.

Here's why the entire 2026 rate cut thesis just broke:

For most of 2026, Wall Street traded on one assumption.

Trump replaces Powell with his own guy.

The Fed delivers the cuts the President has been demanding for two years, and risk assets rip.

Every long-duration asset on the board priced it in.

Warsh's Senate confirmation passed 54-45 in May.

The closest Fed Chair vote in modern history.

The political fight was taken as proof Warsh would be loyal to the man who picked him.

Then everyone read his actual Senate testimony:

Warsh has been a public critic of the Fed's bloated balance sheet for over a decade.

His pitch was what he called "regime change" at the Fed.

He's philosophically closer to Paul Volcker than to a yes-man.

Volcker pushed rates above 19% in 1981 to break inflation.

Wall Street hated him at the time.

History celebrates him today.

That's the model Warsh has been studying for years.

Not the easing playbook Trump wants.

Then the macro data turned on him before he even took office.

The May 28th PCE reading was the highest in nearly three years.

WTI crude jumped almost 6% on June 1st to $92.54 a barrel.

Iran had just suspended indirect talks with the US.

Tariff costs from Trump's own February executive orders are still working through goods prices.

Sticky inflation from policy decisions Trump made himself.

Warsh walked into the worst possible setup.

Hot inflation, an energy shock, and a President demanding the one move that would make inflation worse.

Yesterday, June 2nd, Trump went back on Truth Social to attack Warsh for not cutting fast enough.

10 days into the job.

From his own hand-picked Chair.

This is where retail investors get trapped.

The narrative all year was simple.

Trump installs his guy. Cheap money returns. Buy everything that benefits.

That trade required three things to be true at once.

1. Warsh has to be a puppet.
2. Inflation has to cooperate.
3. There has to be political room to cut.

Right now, zero of those three are true.

Markets have already priced out 2026 rate cuts entirely.

A rate hike by year-end is now considered more likely than a cut.

Retail positioning hasn't caught up.

Most portfolios are still leaning long-duration tech and rate-sensitive assets that work in a cutting cycle and bleed in a holding cycle.

Institutional positioning has caught up months ago.

Berkshire sits on a record $397 billion in cash.

Hedge funds rotated into commodities and short-duration.

The S&P sits at all-time highs while the smart money is positioned for the cuts not arriving.

A Fed Chair who believes in inflation credibility doesn't cut into rising prices regardless of who appointed him.

The investors who win stopped trying to predict the next Fed move years ago.

The market will reprice when it stops pretending otherwise.

You can guess which week that happens.

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