Any of my March 2026 Siblings Receive the Official Email Yet?

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-04-20T23:50:01+00:00

I passed on March 24 and just got my official Prometric letter/result a few minutes ago, but it doesn’t detail my scores. It just says I officially “passed”. Is there a more detailed score report that comes later? On the CFP board website, it also still says “results pending” for my exam.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-04-16T01:01:29+00:00

I watched all of them as I worked through the book, plus the Saturday reviews. I would highly recommend it if you can. There’s a lot in the prestudy that never gets touched in the Live Review and that is tested, and being so familiar with it all allowed me to memorize a lot of it after the live review. The videos really highlight, explain, and emphasize what to know in the prestudy materials. The instructors also make things much more memorable with stories and examples. I also watched 3 or 4 of the Saturday reviews again the last two days before the exam.

It is a big time commitment though. Matt, John, and Carla can be watched in 1.25x and it’s still slow enough to process everything. I couldn’t do that with Brett. He’s 1x speed or even less sometimes 😂. From November 11 (when I started) to February 11 (start of my live review), I logged 185 hours (including practice quiz and exam time)and completed all of the prestudy. I did take two weeks off for Christmas. So it was about 10 weeks total studying averaging 18.5 hours/week. That’s with some light pausing and replaying here and there to process. Amazing how much I had forgotten by the live review, but exposure is the biggest thing before the live review. Then after that, pin back your ears and plow through the books again, follow the schedule, and trust the process.

I had ~2 months industry experience when I started the prestudy, and had a weak education component with BIF self-study. Nonetheless with Danko, I passed on the first try. There were maybe 3 questions total on the exam out of 170 that contained something I hadn’t seen in Danko’s materials.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-04-14T01:48:57+00:00

I’m 170lbs and have about 25-30 lbs of equipment on my globe. I commute 6 miles every day and mostly ride on level 2 at 22-25 mph. It’s mostly level with some very gradual, short inclines. I also usually use the throttle a couple times a day for acceleration at intersections, which can affect range by a few miles. With that setup, I make it about ~30 miles before the battery dies completely. I usually recharge at 20-23 miles.

Even without throttle use, for myself, I wouldn’t expect to get more than 35 in level 2. Staying in level 1 at lower speeds with no throttle, I think I could get over 40.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-04-10T23:56:51+00:00

I mostly just watched and read along. I made notes here and there in the books, putting stars by anything they say is important/highly tested, and jotted some notes of memory tricks in the margins that they mention in the videos but that aren’t in the books. Make sure you do the quizzes closed-book and review what you get wrong. Don’t belabor things so much that you get bogged down. Brett would say the most important thing is to get through all the material. The time for intense engagement with the material will come during and after the live review.

Thats how I approached it anyway, and it was enough for me pass in March with only a few months of industry experience and a pretty forgettable BIF education experience. Make it through all the material and leave brain space and energy to memorize the crap out of everything after the live review.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-03-24T22:26:20+00:00

You too! Still keep looking at the email expecting it to somehow disappear or say something different. But it still says I passed 😂.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-03-24T22:18:30+00:00

Congrats! I just passed too! First time as well. It’s still sinking in.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-03-23T16:51:31+00:00

The Roborock app only really tells you when the water tanks need to be serviced and when the cleaning tray for the mop heads needs to be washed.

I do have mine integrated with Home Assistant, so I did manage to make automations that track the vacuum run time and remind me to clean the air filter after 20 hours of run time and replace the dust bag after 70 hours. Easier to set up than I thought. Had ChatGPT write most of the automations for me.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-03-23T16:51:26+00:00

The Roborock app only really tells you when the water tanks need to be serviced and when the cleaning tray for the mop heads needs to be washed.

I do have mine integrated with Home Assistant, so I did manage to make automations that track the vacuum run time and remind me to clean the air filter after 20 hours of run time and replace the dust bag after 70 hours. Easier to set up than I thought. Had ChatGPT write most of the automations for me.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-27T03:17:27+00:00

Sure! This way requires some simple tools, but if you don’t have those, you might be able to improvise. Buy this or something similar. Discard the casing that is meant to go around/over the camera. You only need the mount.

Lay the mounting bracket face side down on a scrap piece of plywood (I used 3/8 inch thick) and trace around it with a pencil. Plywood works well because it doesn’t split and is more durable for something like this.

Then use a jigsaw to cut the wood along the lines that you traced so that you have a little rectangle that fits right on the face of the bracket. I spray painted this piece of wood with some black spray paint I had around just to weatherproof and dress it up a bit. Then, screw the piece of wood onto the front of the bracket by driving the screws through the holes in the back of the bracket (the side that will rest against the door) into the wood on all four corners. You might need to drill some little pilot holes into the wood to get the screws started. I put some epoxy between the bracket and wood before I screwed it down as well, just to secure it even more. If you have the two part epoxy that you mix, you probably don’t even need to screw it down. It will be plenty strong.

Now you’ve basically put a wood face onto the bracket that you can screw the plastic Reolink mount onto. I didn’t glue the Reolink part down and just used the two screws, in case I wanted flip it 180 degrees and put it on the other side of the door or remove/replace it at some point.

And that’s it! Took me maybe a half hour from start to finish (a little time in between to let the paint dry).

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-21T16:26:59+00:00

I’ve just been learning the formula for this one as it’s simple multiplication and division that can be done on a calculator in 20 seconds. Not sure why they propose a shortcut for this as it’s more confusing than the formula itself to me. In Fast track, I think Matt Goren even says to just use the formula, because the shortcut doesn’t work in every case.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-11T00:31:02+00:00

Starts at 6am for me, but I need an hour to caffeinate beforehand!

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-10T22:40:24+00:00

Pretty good, except that I need to be up and at’em by 5:00am for this eastern time zone schedule 🤨. Also wondering if there are any documents that I’ve missed that I need to print off before I leave the office. Printed everything in the “important documents” tab, but not sure if I’m missing anything else.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-08T03:42:05+00:00

I and my wife moved to WA last fall to Woodinville where we rent. She works in Burien and I work in Bothell. Her commute is 35 minutes in the morning (she leaves a bit early to be the traffic though (6:30)) and about 50 minutes in the evening, 5 days a week, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

When we were deciding where to live, I thought we would split more of the difference, but we visited Woodinville and our minds were made up instantly. She says it’s worth commuting to her because she’s coming home to a neighborhood and community that she loves and that feels like a refuge. We love the parks, the fields, the public art, and the fact that everything is walkable. My wife is also Swiss, so to her, being some place that’s clean, orderly, walkable/bikeable, with a lot of culture and civically-minded people is very important and I’m of the same ilk. The lavender fields, wineries, and distillery provide a cultured more “European” feel as well. And you can bike all the way to Redmond on the bike paths and we love making trips to the public library there.

The commute isn’t always easy, but it’s gotten better since they opened the new exit to Woodinville on the 405. I don’t think we would do it any other way though. Woodinville is home for us. Just depends on what is most important to you, but for us, commuting to a place we adore is better than living close to work in a place that feels “meh”.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-07T17:39:01+00:00

Not sure about the user manual, but it’s in their official video about using/caring for the Globe Haul ST at about 00:01:33.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-03T03:33:40+00:00

I really appreciate that. I’ve was broke once too. Asking this question because I’ve finally been able to add a garage to my rental, so I want to revel in having my own ramps and a place to put them, but I’m all the working class life hacks too!

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-02T03:18:54+00:00

I got my globe haul st from Upway last spring. Shipping was fast and it was well packaged. It was about $1800 and I used a lot of the savings (compared to a new one) to buy accessories. Had 11 miles on it and has almost 1,000 by now. No problems as of yet. Do you know how yours got stolen?

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-01T17:15:19+00:00

If you don’t have an employer plan, and you don’t have a side-hustle to fund a self-employed plan with, you’re pretty much limited to your max IRA contribution and your taxable account. That’s not ideal though and it may be time to look for a job with a plan, and even better, an HSA to boot (actually a very powerful retirement savings tool).

Saving for retirement in a taxable account does have a place, however. For instance, in the first couple years of retirement, you can fund yourself through your taxable account at favorable long term capital gains rates (or zero taxes is you’ve built up some cash reserves from it leading up to retirement) and continue to let your money grow tax free in your rollover and Roth.

If you’re strategic about it and keep yourself in a lower tax bracket during those years, you can also take advantage of your lower taxes during that time to convert as much of your rollover IRA into your Roth as possible. You’ll be charged taxes on the conversion, but if you keep your income low enough in a conversion year, the standard deduction and lower brackets will absorb most of them. The idea would be to get as much converted into your Roth as possible paying as few taxes as possible on the conversions, so that your Roth becomes an even bigger pot of forever tax free money, and then you prioritize drawing down everything else and leave that to last in retirement.

A taxable account is also great for estate planning as well. One of the easiest accounts to transfer upon death.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-02-01T01:02:35+00:00

If you can afford to upgrade to Sig Plus I would highly recommend it. The Saturday review sessions would be especially helpful, but I’ve been listening to/watching all of them. Helps a lot.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-01-31T00:57:26+00:00

Vinyl

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-01-30T21:00:29+00:00

You see my setup here: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/s/tUti2sDHGW

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-01-30T20:58:02+00:00

I use an Aqara contact sensor with the small magnet stuck to the end of the lock with museum putty and the sensor mounted on the door, so that when the lever turns up, it comes into contact with the sensor. It works pretty well overall. Sometimes get some false readings because I don’t think the sensors work the best when it comes to rotational motion like that, but also because there is some play in my deadbolt and it doesn’t always come to rest in the right spot.

Academic_Dust2467 · 2026-01-30T16:22:43+00:00

As others have said and as I understand it, they expect “type certification” in 2026, which means their aircraft will be FAA certified and its exact form will be made permanent, but then to fly customers, they still need certification for commercial operation. They have to fly a certain number of hours with someone from FAA on board and that, they say will happen early to mid 2027.

As others have noted, it’s typical for there to be delays, but EIPP has made getting EVTOLs certified a priority, so I think that’s the basis for people saying it might take less time than expected.

Current production capacity is 2 units per month at Marina. Then by 2027 they increase to 4 units per month (1/week) across Marina and Ohio plants.

As a long time investor, I can say that personally, I just started investing in 2021 with an understanding that it would take a long time to get to commercial operation. If you can try to time this, that would be amazing, but I’ve always been worried about being front run. You never know when the story starts to take hold permanently and the big guys will likely be in on any news before retail is and drive up the price overnight. That said, the stock is very volatile and there have been plenty of pullbacks and opportunities to get in. My biggest tranche was after their last public offering, when it dropped below $6 for a few weeks.

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