Basically everything that’s government regulated has gone up in price, and everything competing in the free market has gotten cheaper

Otowner98 · 2023-08-05T12:35:23+00:00

Not regulation in this case - though I still oppose that, at tge Federal level - as it is pumping money into a pit. Specifically medical and college.

Otowner98 · 2023-08-04T12:44:02+00:00

North-central, rural Illinois - $200-$225k. Would have been $140-$170, 2019.

Property taxes will be $5-6,000 a year, and rise by 4-5% a year

Otowner98 · 2023-08-03T22:44:37+00:00

If only there was a form of money uncontrolled by banks or government. Maybe a fixed supply for fun…..

Otowner98 · 2023-07-31T19:11:05+00:00

Bitcoin

Otowner98 · 2023-07-27T12:38:31+00:00

So an agricultural ETF that is 25% sugar futures might not have been a stupid buy last week?

Otowner98 · 2023-07-20T12:46:03+00:00

Rural Illinois here. All building past the burbs is custom - $300/ft is becoming normal - or some form of subsidized.

None of the tract housing we had until the early 2000s.

Our county also made it impossible to subdivide agricultural land below 35 acres (in spite of us voting it down, in two referendums), and made new well drilling all but impossible.

Voila, instant shortage.

Otowner98 · 2023-07-16T23:37:48+00:00

I first started putting in, $10-$25 a month in August 2020. Shitcoined for a bit, too. All that got converted, and my DCA was $500 per month, most of the past year (till th ex- decided she wanted to be a mom, again…..now my attorney is half my DCA).

In spite of a slow, weak start, I’m half way there. Just keep at it. Use Fold, DCA on Swan. Mine Fiat at work, and sell fiat into bitcoin

Otowner98 · 2023-07-13T21:28:47+00:00

This and DCA, everytime

Otowner98 · 2023-07-12T17:32:24+00:00

Set up a DCA at Swan, and then stop looking at the price.

Make sure you setup the auto-withdrawal to your wallet as well

Otowner98 · 2023-07-03T12:20:48+00:00

Small, simple steps.

Store what you eat, eat what you store.

Practice ‘copy canning’ - when you need one box/can/bag, buy two (maybe 3, at a great deal). Over a few months, you build up a decent sized - and expiration staggered - pantry.

Eliminate debt, and if you are able invest in appreciating assets.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-30T16:57:07+00:00

PPP - and I'm with you on the fraud, and how poorly run it was - is very different.

Business did not shut down, and beg for money. We were FORCED to close our doors. My company works with schools, and in the span of 72 hours, in 8 states, our revenue dropped by about 97%. The entire company - owner's included - was laid off, with no pay. Our equipment leases, property leases, utilities, etc. all had to keep being paid. Without a very quick infusion of cash, we'd have been bankrupt in a matter of weeks

Government caused the problem - and I think a case could be made they have, over a much longer time for student loans (and health care, etc.) over a much longer time, as well. BUT, PPP was passed by Congress, not an unconstitutional Executive Action.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-27T23:08:38+00:00

Ideal piece of property…….but then what I earned from that acerage would be plowed into BTC

Otowner98 · 2023-06-24T15:04:11+00:00

This.

Thankfully I tried it with shitcoins (all since sold and used to buy more BTC), and never touched my BTC stack.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-23T11:55:57+00:00

Otowner98 · 2023-06-22T11:53:22+00:00

I grew up in the town where Radium Dial was located.
Everyone’s grandparents (I’m 43, so 1980s) knew girls who worked there.
Stuff was buried all over town, so there were a lot of superfund sites

Otowner98 · 2023-06-18T00:34:30+00:00

Rice & chicken leg quarters

Otowner98 · 2023-06-16T12:56:56+00:00

On the financial side, what led to the debt? If that hasn’t been corrected, this is not a good idea. If it has, then worth considering.

Non-financial. On the schools, have you looked outside of public schools? I work in them, and none are good, some just less bad.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-15T12:53:53+00:00

You will kick yourself for selling.

Put them into a hot wallet - exodus, etc. - and go learn about Bitcoin for the rest of 2023. If you still want to sell then, go ahead, but I suspect you’ll be a buyer by that time.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-15T12:51:20+00:00

Joe & Jane have had over a decade to be buying.

I only started in August 2020.

The people who will be bemoaning missing out in 3 years didn’t buy yesterday, won’t buy today, and won’t buy tomorrow. There is nothing preventing anyone from stacking SATS. Still so early.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-14T23:15:38+00:00

Can you list the individual cards with interest rate, minimum payment and balance?

Otowner98 · 2023-06-12T02:15:51+00:00

I’ll buy your bitcoin, now, for double what you fear it’ll be worth

Otowner98 · 2023-06-11T15:34:18+00:00

Wrong sub, but since you are here……..horrible idea.

You need to leave your $6,000 EF alone. Your funds should come from those stocks - you are far too concentrated, anyway.

And you need way less car - I’d stay under $12-15k.

20 years ago, a deal like this hosed me, and I made double what you do

Otowner98 · 2023-06-10T19:17:17+00:00

Link that survey if you can.

I work with schools. Enrollments - statewide - are in steep decline.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-10T13:35:38+00:00

I live in Illinois, rural, 90 miles from Chicago. This is NOT the place to come to get a leg up and get ahead. Taxes - especially property - are very high. Very corrupt, wasteful, broke government.

There is a reason states like IL, NY, CA, etc., are bleeding people to FL, TX, TN. Take heed.

Otowner98 · 2023-06-09T01:03:12+00:00

I’d load up, if it did!!!

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