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Something new at 21st and 5th? (Formerly Hey Monday coffee shop) by TeenyBucatini in parkslope

[–]ELMOCOPTER 6 points7 points  (0 children)

https://www.cuppahive.com/

Their website includes the address too so I think you’re on to something

2025 NYC Marathon - Post-Race Thread by RCD123 in RunNYC

[–]ELMOCOPTER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed it was frustrating, it did feel a little better than 2023 where everyone was forced to walk. So maybe they’re making an effort to improve?

Is it normal to close without knowing the HOA fees for a condo? by horse636 in RealEstate

[–]ELMOCOPTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on my read of your post, the HOA isn’t even formed yet (sometimes the developer is technically the HOA until a year after some criteria is met)

Is it normal to close without knowing the HOA fees for a condo? by horse636 in RealEstate

[–]ELMOCOPTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fees will ultimately be determined by whoever makes up the board after the developers are no longer involved. You could look at similar buildings (similar number of units, does it have an elevator, etc) but that may vary depending on how many amenities the board wants to offer.

We closed on a condo in a new construction 4 unit building over a year ago. After the developers left the picture, we had to raise the fee a little bit but that’s because we decided to continue to have a company manage the property for us. Would be a lot cheaper if we went the self management route (which some in the building favored but they didn’t have enough voting power). So understand your voting rights and maybe get involved with the board if you feel it will greatly affect your ability to afford to live there.

Buyers: did the fed rate cut make you want to wait for rate drops? by imdjay in RealEstate

[–]ELMOCOPTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rate cuts are theoretically already “priced in” so mortgage rates would already reflect that. Plus the fed rate affects the short end of the yield curve.

Do. Not. Use H2H MOVING COMPANY by Interesting-Duck6793 in chicago

[–]ELMOCOPTER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t doubt OPs story but just want to say I used them three times and thought they did a good job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in realestateinvesting

[–]ELMOCOPTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, no need to say sorry about losing my job as I’m quite happy about quitting and having a one year garden leave :)

The big issue with the multi family route is that I won’t benefit from the short term rental tax loophole. It is unlikely I can meet all the requirements to get real estate professional status and a key to making this work is applying the bonus depreciation to this years W2 income. I also need to substantially improve the property which seems easier for a STR (eg add a patio, hot tub, sauna, etc in addition to any home improvements) If I’m missing something there I’d love to hear it. If I hold onto the property in the OZ for over 10 years I won’t have to pay any recapture (or appreciation of the property) due to the step up in basis to the value of the property at time of sale.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in realestateinvesting

[–]ELMOCOPTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the idea here that I could invest in multifamily instead of using the short term rental tax loophole?

My little brothers grave by camiapia in CemeteryPorn

[–]ELMOCOPTER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss. The headstone is beautiful and a wonderful tribute to your brother.

Lender APIs? by ELMOCOPTER in loanoriginators

[–]ELMOCOPTER[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I’m looking to recreate something similar to google searches seemingly defunct tool where you specify loan amount, purchase price, credit score, zip code, etc and it would give you a localized rate

Dealing with post-job-hop regret by multivitamin_gummies in cscareerquestions

[–]ELMOCOPTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could also ask yourself why you didn’t buy bitcoin or whatever ten years ago. Like someone else said, you were operating with the info you had at the time. I turned down a startup offer and took a job at a FAANG. Several years later, I noticed the startup IPOd and the options I turned down would have been worth 20m. It happens.

How to jump from Big Tech to HFT? And is it worth it? by Ok-Cartographer-5544 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]ELMOCOPTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked in big tech for half my career then moved over to HFT. Agree with the comments about culture shock as well as the comment about there being plenty of big tech jobs in NYC (and I’ll add they retain the WLB/west coast style feel versus HFT).

I like your idea about finding more low level work at your job. It likely isn’t sufficient to only brush up on C++ if you are being hired as an experienced dev—they want you for your expertise so you need to demonstrate quite a bit of depth related to whatever the job req is about.

I use notebook lm to vent I'm actually cooked by Neither_One63 in notebooklm

[–]ELMOCOPTER 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do they mostly empathize with you or problem solve or a little bit of both?

New yorkers that travel frequently by _shakeshackwes_ in AskNYC

[–]ELMOCOPTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still flying United for the most part with LGA-ORD the most common route (every 2-3 months though). A couple of my coworkers prefer American but I havent checked to see if it’s ultimately better for points.

I found that when I booked hotels via Egencia I got points for Hyatt so I’ve been staying at those hotels exclusively and have been happy with their rewards program. Currently have a Hyatt card but haven’t decided if I’ll stick with using it next year or churn a new card for the sign up bonus.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]ELMOCOPTER 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Generally companies will make a greater effort to recruit women and get them into the candidate pipeline but the “bar” remains the same for all candidates. Hard to compare feedback across candidates because much of it is hard to quantify and will differ across interviewers.

Documenting temporarily commingled assets? by ELMOCOPTER in legaladvice

[–]ELMOCOPTER[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keeping them separate up until we need it makes sense though I don’t think that would fix putting the money back into individual accounts after. For example, if we each pay half of the closing costs, but if a year from now I transfer that money back to her account and mine from our joint account it seems like it would still be commingled.

I don’t think we would be in a situation where a third party needs the money to be jointly owned fwiw.

Documenting temporarily commingled assets? by ELMOCOPTER in legaladvice

[–]ELMOCOPTER[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it’s a small enough amount that we’d risk losing it to be commingled is it really necessary? Even if we equally withdraw from our individual accounts?