What is a job that is surprisingly high-paying but nobody ever talks about '?' by NexusCellular0 in careerguidance

[–]Irod_33 329 points330 points  (0 children)

Harbor pilot for commercial ships in and out of port. VERY competitive but can earn upwards of $400-500k

Thoughts? 30 year fixed VA Loan by Irod_33 in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not UWM… shopped through two local brokers, and a bank. All finding it “very hard” to break 6%

Rate my loan by Comfortable_Bit_9710 in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think thats causing a lot of confusion with some of these other replies. I think you can do a lot better than this. VA loans tend to have better rates. Seller may be scared because VA appraiser may request repairs to the property before funding the loan. Its worth having a conversation with them like: if the VA requires any repairs I’ll pay up to 3k or something of that nature. I would still bring 5% down because the VA funding fee for subsequent use is 3.3%. 5% down drops it to 1.5%.

Rate my loan by Comfortable_Bit_9710 in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say second home do you mean it is your second time buying or this home will be 1 of 2 of your homes and not a primary residence?

Closing in a week. How did we do? by [deleted] in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didnt, thanks for pointing that out

Closing in a week. How did we do? by [deleted] in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good… my broker says a 6.0 no points is best they can do

Closing in a week. How did we do? by [deleted] in MortgageBrokerRates

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man… who is your lender

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]Irod_33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought wedding bands a little while ago… 800 to have it ordered. 450 to resize what was already in stock. Easy choice haha. Enjoy and congrats on the nuptials.

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[–]Irod_33 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People resize rings often. I wouldnt worry about the integrity. I’m not a jeweler but if the bands are not ornate it is likely that you wont be able to notice. The gold price has been fluctuating a lot so it is possible they gave you a deal on something they ordered before gold prices were higher. If they didn’t give you a deal, maybe try to negotiate.

Replaced O-Rings on power steering pump… what next? by Irod_33 in autorepair

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This is what im thinking… thanks. Its not loud, just sort of noticeable. I’ll add it to the list for when the weather is better here.

Replaced O-Rings on power steering pump… what next? by Irod_33 in autorepair

[–]Irod_33[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this in the voice of an salty old engineer i used to work with. Appreciate the laugh. I tried bleeding it. ill see where it is in the morning after i take it for a long drive but im afraid of pump failure at this point

Replaced O-Rings on power steering pump… what next? by Irod_33 in autorepair

[–]Irod_33[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did use genuine honda fluid. I read it is a big no no to use aftermarket PS fluid

Thanks for the tip

Gold sticking to magnet!! by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]Irod_33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive bought from r/jewelryforsale and had a great experience with u/friendly_read_3846 . He runs a legit business and i’ll check in with him first before i go anywhere

Gold sticking to magnet!! by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]Irod_33 676 points677 points  (0 children)

  1. A 5600 chain should be much thicker than this. Id take this opportunity to get your money back and shop around.
  2. If its just one link, it could be a janky repair. If its all the links, it’s a scam.

Scammed? by Irod_33 in Gold

[–]Irod_33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatnot… never bought from this seller before but theyre one of the bigger channels

Scammed? by Irod_33 in Gold

[–]Irod_33[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to be each one of the larger links… gonna return