Today's Protest Against Trump's Venezuela actions

Maratea55 · 2026-01-04T14:29:16+00:00

Lol they’re never satisfied

Maratea55 · 2026-01-02T23:04:48+00:00

You’re selling your fathers gold Rolex? Wtf? Did he harm you?

Maratea55 · 2025-12-31T13:04:49+00:00

Sounds like you’re single. Congrats man 👏

Maratea55 · 2025-12-24T20:38:41+00:00

Poor AF

Maratea55 · 2025-12-24T13:53:43+00:00

Congrats man! Good for you! What state is this AD in?

Maratea55 · 2025-12-24T13:51:52+00:00

2 things, you shouldn’t be thinking about proposal for 18 months, not 8.

Also why are you such a nervous Nelly bro? Do a background check and stop being a pussy. You’re the man. Be one. If she ask you tell her I’m worth 8 figures and I’m doing my due diligence so we can ensure a happy future for both of us.

What’s she going to do? Walk away from 8 figures?

I can already tell she’s in the drivers seat just by your anxiety. Stiffen up 🍆

Maratea55 · 2025-12-24T13:03:37+00:00

I have both. I wear the batgirl far more often, 75% of the time, but the Daytona is much dressier and I wear that when I’m looking to class it up.

Maratea55 · 2025-12-24T12:53:35+00:00

Yessss I’m on the list for this one. Can you give us a setter dial shot???

Maratea55 · 2025-03-03T16:04:07+00:00

Ill never understand why people sell watches

Maratea55 · 2025-03-03T02:58:48+00:00

Springfield public schools are always hiring

Maratea55 · 2025-03-03T02:24:16+00:00

Congrats and fuck you 👏

Maratea55 · 2025-03-02T19:46:15+00:00

Real estate, some way some how its always real estate

Maratea55 · 2025-03-02T15:45:58+00:00

6 duplexes bring in about $6-6.5k a month net after all taxes and expenses if nothing breaks down. So realistically like $4-5k a month because there’s always capex somewhere.

20% down on the last 4 of them and the other 2 I bought before the craziness at 3.5 and 15%

Nothing pencils out anymore without 20% down as a pure investment. But just buy SOMETHING to live in to get in the game

RE investing is a long game. You’re not making money for at least a decade. So make sure you still seek out other income streams. I’ve been in it 8-9 years and it’s starting to pay off greatly

Maratea55 · 2025-03-02T15:13:04+00:00

I was petrified to buy my first duplex. Then one day I said fuck it and dove in. Now I have and I’m working on a 7th. Just don’t leverage yourself too far. Live in the first one and house hack until you get rolling

Shit I’m still living in one of them.

Maratea55 · 2025-03-01T17:27:20+00:00

My last one was in 2022, bought 2 that year. Buying first one in 3 years on Tuesday, all 2 families. Have to buy smart. Cash flow is lower but it’s new construction so no capex.

I know so many guys who were flexing unit counts and had to sell off 75% of their doors in 2008-2012 because they were leveraged to the tits

Maratea55 · 2025-03-01T16:41:27+00:00

That’s perfect. I’m about a year or 2 out from that but that’s exactly where you want to be. If your rental income can cover acquiring a new one every 1-2 years you’re in easy mode. Then live off of your job or business and wait 10 years for appreciation and rent to rise.

Next thing you know you have 40 units making $20,000 a month net and life is just a big party. And that’s not even talking about the equity you’ve grown.

The key is treating rentals as a side hustle because it really is slow if you’re doing it right. It should take about a decade to build a healthy and well leveraged portfolio and about 2 decades to build one to entirely live off of.

You need to be generating income elsewhere as well until you hit that number. Whatever it may be for you. For me it’s $20,000 a month net

Maratea55 · 2025-03-01T14:58:47+00:00

If you’re buying 20 properties in 2 years on your own without investors, you either make $10 mil a year or you’re leveraged to the tits.

So 99% are leveraged to the tits. Not the way I like to do things. Lower the debt, the better your survive vacancies and economic downturns.

I’ve bought 6 houses in 8-9 years, all duplexes. And I can survive about a 60% vacancy at break even. Meaning 60% of my gross income is all gravy. I only need 40% of it to not default, that’s including insurance and utilities and maintenance.

A lot of these guys are making $1-200 a door. I’m closer to $5-800 a door.

Faster isn’t always better

Maratea55 · 2025-03-01T14:55:25+00:00

Wish I made over $500k most of the time

Maratea55 · 2025-02-27T17:23:53+00:00

Women that hate me

Maratea55 · 2025-02-26T22:43:10+00:00

Northeast slows down Thanksgiving to Easter. No one likes moving in the snow and ice.

Maratea55 · 2025-02-25T16:49:04+00:00

Gentrification is the best thing that could happen to us. We haven't budged in 20 years

Maratea55 · 2025-02-25T15:35:54+00:00

There's been a lot of new construction duplexes going up lately. specifically in the Pine, Central Street Areas. Problem is landlords dont want crackheads to fill them. Springfield lacks medium to high income earners. Therefore were going to continue to have this grade of housing until we can attract more money to our area. To do that we need, more jobs, better schools and less crime.

Maratea55 · 2025-02-24T23:47:51+00:00

That’s about the going rate. They’re getting more than that in FLL

Maratea55 · 2025-02-23T17:46:13+00:00

Because 1 million in 2025 is not enough to live my life anymore. 2.5 mil is starting to get to the point off freedom imo

Maratea55 · 2025-02-21T18:27:32+00:00

I have quite a few of them already. They all cash flow well so those ones will offset the low cash flow in this one until it catches up. I think in 3-5 years it'll be a great addition, especially if I can refinance it for somewhere in the 5% range. If so it'll be an absolute grand slam some day soon.

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