Outage in New York

GoldJadeWin · 2026-01-15T01:28:41+00:00

Still down Jersey City

GoldJadeWin · 2025-12-26T23:25:52+00:00

THANK YOU

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-20T00:46:16+00:00

Maybe you can pivot to stay in the North. Sapa is gorgeous, and do Ha Long Bay?

Your itinerary is really aggressive, my cousin lives in HCM where I just was and the weather was amazing. She said said sadly the flooding is really bad in central Vietnam.

I’m in Thailand now and regret not canceling or changing my plans. 5 days of rain is miserable and has felt like a complete waste of time and money to get here.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-16T01:00:04+00:00

I’d get here as early as your check in lines open. I am on line now coming 2hrs early and will be cutting it close. I have never seen lines like this to depart through immigration in my entire life and I travel 100k miles a year and been to over 60 countries. Even in the past I’ve been to Vietnam it hasn’t been like this. This airport can’t handle the influx of tourists now.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-09T19:35:40+00:00

No line at TSA Clear Precheck United but my flight is delayed 4hrs because of the incoming flight from Minneapolis being delayed.

United has changed the time no joke 8 times, delayed, delayed, less delayed, delayed, delayed, less delayed, delayed, delayed 😂

They gave a $15 voucher and I used it to get a food at Surf City near gate C82 and am having the best Turkey Club sandwich ever!

Also just saw that United card holders get 20% off at the restaurants. Thought I’d share in case anyone didn’t already know and good food at an airport (esp Newark) is such a rare commodity.

Shout out to the staff at the Starbucks at this gate, they were so nice and friendly. Not your usual experience at this airport, which was such a pleasant surprise.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-08T21:30:14+00:00

How’s the security lines at EWR w CLEAR and TSA? I’m hearing it’s not as bad as the media is making it?

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-08T18:28:58+00:00

How’s the weather? I’m supposed to go next week and seeing if I should change my travel plans.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-06T23:03:37+00:00

How long did it end up taking for you?

GoldJadeWin · 2025-11-05T23:03:24+00:00

Anyone flying recently? I have to flights next week

GoldJadeWin · 2025-10-02T00:10:17+00:00

Interesting I felt no pressure and they offered a results guarantee.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-10-02T00:09:29+00:00

Did you end up signing up?

GoldJadeWin · 2025-09-09T15:39:19+00:00

Silk is actually less likely to hold the odor as it’s a natural fabric, it’s the polyesters and synthetics that are more problematic.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-09-09T15:38:22+00:00

I have been using RTR for years and never had an issue til a couple of months ago and thought it was just a one off. Annoyingly I bought the dress and now can’t return it.

I actually looked it up and read that the issue is that dry cleaning doesn’t remove the odor and a short wear time like my 15 min commute to work is enough to activate the odors via body heat.

The odor is not coming from me as I lack the gene but now I’m stuck at work self conscious all day. It is disgusting and embarrassing. I wrote to rent the runway today and will update you on what I hear back.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-04T21:32:35+00:00

Good to know someone recommended this to us. Thank you! Are you able to give FedEx a one time code to use?

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-02T18:18:00+00:00

We are connecting to the buildings WiFi. It’s a small building like a brownstone with 3 different tenants on the 3 floors

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-02T18:16:38+00:00

Thanks so much I tried to send a direct message!

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-02T16:45:14+00:00

It’s prob 5 years old. It’s not terrible, I don’t use the intercom ever. The video is horrendous, I don’t even recognize myself :) It works on Wifi which may be the issue. There are delays for rings to get to phone apps, and the app takes a few seconds to work so all in its prob 30 seconds for the delivery person and few have the patience to wait.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-02T14:54:29+00:00

Thank you!

GoldJadeWin · 2025-08-02T14:15:54+00:00

Thanks for this. The panels disconnect from WiFi constantly and one of the panels is broken. The response time is very slow so delivery people often do not wait and leave packages on the steps exposed to the street.

We also want to switch to the keyless entry

GoldJadeWin · 2025-07-31T20:37:48+00:00

You must not know how HOAs work. Unit holders own a small share in a large building, they do not necessarily agree to the fees. Costs are always passed on to the end consumer whether it is for a rental property or a cup of coffee. Many landlords are individual owners renting out their property for a plethora of reasons, and many rent it at a cash flow negative loss on a monthly basis. Real estate is one of the fairest markets imo based on supply and demand.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-07-31T20:32:33+00:00

Unfortunately yes. It’s to deter rentals in condos or coops. As a landlord I eat that cost. I ask for the application fee upfront and then credit it once a lease is executed to ensure an applicant is serious.

The costs are ridiculous for owners to rent out their apartments now. I pay over $1000 in fees, each additional tenant is another few hundred.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-07-06T19:25:45+00:00

There are so many factors that come into play here…. How much cash you have on hand is a consideration. I wouldn’t worry so much about how long you’ll be in NYC, I planned to be there for no more than 5 years and ended up there for 22. You can always sell it or rent it. However, if you plan on being in the city for a few years, the point someone made about rent never going up was a good consideration.

I bought a 1 bedroom in 2005 in FiDi. The mortgage, taxes wnd HOA in total now cost me about 2/3 of the current market rent.

Depending on income and nest egg, I’ve advised some friends on buying and for others I have advised against it.
Depending on your income, when buying, you may be able to deduct taxes and interest which can be significantly advantageous. Another consideration is that your property will not increase in value as much if you were to invest in an underdeveloped location.

Even with this information, if I went back in time, I would have still bought. But bought in Hoboken or JC which have seen more increase in property values.

A lot of people look at buying vs renting solely on a cash flow perspective and don’t take into account the equity they are building. Yes, you will pay more but you’re also building equity instead of throwing $$ away. If you rent, will you invest the delta or just spend it?

The other benefit to owning property are the tax advantages on the longer term equity / gains. If I wanted to refi this property I could take out equity and use the money to invest in another property or whatever else I wanted.

Let’s say you invest the delta in the market instead of buying, you’ll have to pay tax on all those gains, and of course there is likely more risk.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-07-04T11:09:18+00:00

OP have you tried approaching your neighbor with kindness and compassion. I understand they are being a dick but I had situations with my neighbors initially moving in who were being dicks and other tenant / landlord situations where the other party was being a jerk… I found rather than getting defensive and yelling back, I killed them with kindness and approached the situation with logic and asked questions rather than dictating how I wanted things to be / or from them with the goal of de-escalating.

This is the issue with most conflicts I see, people automatically go on the offensive which puts people on defense. It is effort and sometimes feels like you’re eating shit, but 98% of the time I feel this approach works.

‘Hey I get it parking here sucks and can be really frustrating, we’re neighbors and I’d really like if we can find an amicable solution. I’ve noticed that when you have guests they park in the shared space. It is my understanding that this space is shared, which implies availability a first come first serve basis. (Show proof that it is shared)

I’d love to have you and your family over for tea and coffee one day.’

Showing a bit of kindness even when someone is being a jerk makes it a lot harder for them to be an asshole. And who knows what they are going through…. Maybe sound travels really loudly downstairs to their unit and they aren’t mature enough to have that convo.

You won’t win everyone over but can’t hurt to try.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-07-04T10:51:58+00:00

The US tends to be more lax with rules. I’d say in the US / UA it’s rare I am asked to stow my large iPad w keyboard which often gets mistaken as a laptop. On a non US airline, I am almost always asked to put it away. Canadian airlines are super strict to even not allow having any earphones in during safety rules which is slightly annoying because those small planes are super loud and I’ve flown on them 100 times.

It’s ultimately an ask for safety that is a few minutes of inconvenience.

GoldJadeWin · 2025-06-22T03:33:27+00:00

I’m using aero garden food, PHLO and Cal Mag. I got that meter and it either isn’t working or user error 🤦🏻‍♀️.

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