Nadeem Khan

SF based dad. Interest in politics, real estate, design, tech, nutrition. Read my ramblings at

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar I bought the Bosch 800 last year based on Wirecutter. It was twice as expensive as less premium brands but I didn't find the value.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar That too on lincoln way (busy street).

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@patchwork26 @TrustScore_1 ok "patchwork26"

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@patchwork26 @TrustScore_1 Lucky you don't get decide lol. cry harder.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@patchwork26 @TrustScore_1 This is my home. Like it or not buddy.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@patchwork26 @TrustScore_1 I'm sure this was the only thing stopping you from getting a job at Meta? Looking forward to you breezing through the interviews now.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@sg2waugh @scottbudman @ApartmentList not entirely. mortgage interest, prop tax, hoa and insurance are non recoverable. only principle and appreciation turns to investment. 6% is also lost in selling cost when you sell.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@NadimHossain @rohindhar Correct. So a strategy would be to find a home which which doesn't have en-suite or second full bathroom but potential to add one. Less competition. But you would need stomach for a renovation. We went this way and it worked out.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@hkarthik The business gains 10-20% more mediocre IC output from someone who stopped coding full-time years ago, at the cost of the actual EM work nobody else is doing. Great trade. Very thought through.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

Only in Silicon Valley can a $500K salaried, fully-benefited, equity-vesting, catered-lunch-having, therapy-reimbursed adult look into a mirror and whisper 'permanent underclass' with a straight face.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

typical bay area malaise where everyone (in tech) you meet even outside the work context is silently judging, performing or status signaling. Very rarely are people out to make a real connection.

[Vega Shah @dr_alphalyrae]

but seriously has anyone in the bay area figured out how to make net new, non-transactional friendships as an adult?

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar @NadimHossain I think more than en-suite just having two bathrooms at same level as the three bedrooms is more than enough.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@dr_alphalyrae reach out and make friends with non-tech people

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@zachtratar It's a very "disconnected from reality" take. SF is expensive but many families live comfortably with far less.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@atShruti @Realtime1980 As a parent with two kids living in SF for 13+ years. I disagree. Your pricing things way way waay above necessity.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@atShruti If someone chooses to spend their $11m in that way SF, that just shows really poor money management. You can lead a very comfortable life here without doing any of the above.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar Great insight. I once was bidding on a fixer upper and the seller based their expectations on a house that sold a block away and minus-sed all the cost improvements they put in that house.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar That's always true for SF. Quantitative appraisals based on # of rooms/bathrooms never work here. Each house/layout/block is a unique snowflake. That's why i never trust zestimate/redfin estimates.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@Karim__Hamidou @rohindhar If you are talking about Funston/14th ave. then every house/condo has historically always been on the expensive side. Despite being across Park Presidio.

[Nadeem Khan @nadeemk]

@rohindhar With just 1 bathroom?!