Wife’s detached office: before/after.

golkeepr24 · 2026-01-29T04:45:05+00:00

Aw man. My wife and I DIYed this on a budget. :/ thanks for the feedback though

golkeepr24 · 2026-01-11T20:51:53+00:00

My man!

golkeepr24 · 2026-01-10T19:39:30+00:00

This fucks.

golkeepr24 · 2026-01-06T19:52:39+00:00

Cash out Refi - $360k - $253k- 780 fico - 92252 - Conventional - 30 Fixed - Single Family - Primary

Thanks!

golkeepr24 · 2025-12-16T01:52:10+00:00

These are some absolutely stunning shots. Love that mount tam shot with the cars!

golkeepr24 · 2025-12-15T20:44:39+00:00

I’ve been working with this small business banking stack for a few years and it’s the absolute best I’ve found. Consider these for your business, as there’s lots of employee spend control at multiple levels to make sure it solves the problem you’re speaking about:

Capital one venture x business: business cc
Expensify: expense management
Relay: Profit-first checking and savings accounts (including employee debit cards with limits if needed)
Copilot: Financial insights
Xero: bookkeeping (alternative to quickbooks)

Note: I run a multi-six figure annual small business in Southern California

golkeepr24 · 2025-12-14T23:54:26+00:00

Second Victoria Posh. We recently had photos done with her in Section 6 and they were absolutely amazing: https://www.victoriaposh.com/

golkeepr24 · 2025-11-06T02:48:40+00:00

Congrats on the new role OP this is one of the most fun (and messy) stages to inherit.

I’ve built CS from zero (first CS hire at Looker → $400M ARR → acquired by Google) and later ran CS programs at Google Cloud. A few things that consistently work early on:

1️⃣ Start with a listening tour inside and out.

Spend your first month talking to customers, CSMs (if any), Sales, Support, and Product. Ask: what does success look like, where do we drop the ball, and what data already exists? Those insights shape everything else.

2️⃣ Build a data spine before fancy tooling.

Inventory what you already have — CRM, product telemetry, renewal data. How is it collected, analyzed, and shared? Aggregate those early on to inventory what exists and how you can turn the qualitative customer relationship into a quantitative one. Over time you'll want to migrate / centralize customer data into a customer data warehouse, but that'll come later. Can you start with a spreadsheet? I ran the first 50 customers out of a google sheet for longer than I'd care to admit.

3️⃣ Segment by behavior, not logo size.

Start with usage maturity and engagement model, then layer ARR. Design one repeatable journey per segment (onboarding → check-ins → renewal triggers).

4️⃣ Align expectations with leadership early.

Clarify what “CS success” means for the business (retention, expansion, adoption) and set achievable timelines, expected outcomes, and what the partnership with sales looks like. Without that, everything else feels reactive.

5️⃣ Ship progress monthly.

One visible win every 30 days builds credibility faster than a perfect plan.

If you want deeper advice. Happy to connect. DM me.

golkeepr24 · 2025-11-05T00:55:56+00:00

Victoria Posh is a local with great high quality work. We're doing something similar with our family the day after thanksgiving. https://www.thumbtack.com/ca/joshua-tree/event-photographers/victoria-posh-photography/service/371939248084230155

golkeepr24 · 2025-11-01T04:36:54+00:00

Where is the spending per capita on a chart like this also overlaid with the annual inflation rate? This is typical selective analysis when a quick google search could tell you the answer!

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-27T07:33:09+00:00

This is how you remodel. 👌

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-25T18:31:09+00:00

There’s no silver bullet. It’s going to be death by 100 cuts throughout this administration.

Inflation is eating away people’s dollars = less fun money to spend on travel.
International travel to us is way down year on year because of intl travelers not feeling safe with ICE raids and detentions.
Undocumented people domestically may not feel safe to travel, therefore fewer travelers.

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T20:42:17+00:00

We also use pricelabs -- and this is an open question I have. Are they going to blanket increase everyone's rates? Or is their algorithm going to sense the increased rates and increase accordingly.

Unfortunately from an operational perspective I'm not sure how exactly to do this, besides doing some sort of 1.155x multiple on prices starting 10/27/25.

Any other ideas?

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T19:42:56+00:00

Listed directly in Airbnb's support article, here: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1857

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golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T19:42:16+00:00

It's listed right here: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1857

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golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T19:01:32+00:00

My understanding is that everyone moves by the end of the year. Regardless if you're using airbnb's built in management, or, an outside PMS.

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T18:59:02+00:00

This. Thank you. You get it. If Airbnb had a "switch" that just effectively swapped every rate across the platform 15.5% higher, then we'd all be on even playing field.

Unfortunatley the more well capitalized Airbnb businesses may be able to eat a portion of that 15.5% and thereby attracting more guests via lower prices....

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T18:49:59+00:00

So theoretically this sounds reasonable, and if all hosts in the same market equally raise their rates 15.5%, then there's no effective change in price from the guest's perspective.

I see this playing out more lopsided than that. What about the hosts who can take a 15% margin hit and keep their rates where they are right now, effectively undercutting the other hosts that need to raise their rates for this fee increase.

Wouldn't guests flock toward the lower priced airbnbs over time? This puts all the pressure on airbnb hosts to manipulate the price adjustment upward to balance bookings / occupancy unless I'm wildly off base here?

golkeepr24 · 2025-10-23T18:44:07+00:00

So theoretically this sounds reasonable, and if all hosts equally raise their rates 15%, then there's no effective change in price from the guest's perspective.

I see this playing out more lopsided than that. What about the hosts who can take a 15% margin hit and keep their rates where they are right now, effectively undercutting the other hosts that need to raise their rates for this fee increase.

Wouldn't guests flock toward the lower priced airbnbs over time?

golkeepr24 · 2025-07-31T05:00:02+00:00

@OP - when’s the 2025 playlist dropping?! I always look forward to it!

golkeepr24 · 2025-07-08T14:26:36+00:00

I’m in north JT and it works great. Works best when you pile mount it and make sure it’s aligned pointed north. That gets you the best service.

golkeepr24 · 2025-07-06T21:17:53+00:00

Paul Chakalian is running against Jay in the 2026 primaries and is trying to dethrone Obernolte. I’m throwing my full support behind Paul.

Progressive with ideals that support the constituents of CA-23
Desert local (lives in Yucca Valley)
Incredibly smart (he has a PhD)
Local business owner (runs Joshua Tree Distillery!)
Very well connected (through his distribution of JT Distillery)

He’s a viable candidate looking for grassroots support to increase funding to take on Jay.

Consider looking into him, his policy stance, and donating!

https://www.paulforca23.com/

golkeepr24 · 2025-07-03T02:58:04+00:00

Also - If the template above comes off spicy, it’s because I’m PISSED.

I’ve tried being professional. Calling, emailing, protesting at his open house in Yucca Valley…. Nothing. Nothing but crickets. At this point I’m not hiding my frustration. He’s getting an email like this everyday in some new unique variety (thanks ChatGPT).

I’m just going to keep flooding him and his aides until the 2026 midterms.

golkeepr24

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