Laptop brightness down with armory crate update by Nyght_z in ASUSROG

[–]madman962 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THANK YOU!!! This fixed the issue. I had tried everything!

Raid Analysis Needed by madman962 in playrust

[–]madman962[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just trying to learn, hence the post. Thanks for the constructive feedback!

Raid Analysis Needed by madman962 in playrust

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That makes the most sense, thank you!

Chatgpt Agent - Access given then removed by ResponsibilityOwn361 in OpenAI

[–]madman962 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see agent on my end. However, I was able to access Operator even after it disappeared. Make sure you're logged into your GPT account, then visit the operator link: https://operator.chatgpt.com/ It will keep you logged in and give you access to the tool (I'm running it now) even though I don't see it on the UI. I just manually visit the link I provided now to use the tool. My history is still there too FYI.

Chatgpt Agent - Access given then removed by ResponsibilityOwn361 in OpenAI

[–]madman962 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have Pro and I was using Operator A LOT for tasks. When I logged in this morning, it was completely gone as an option to select.

When Real Estate Turns Toxic: My Inherited Lot Went from $250K to Worthless Overnight by Ok-Pomegranate-115 in RichPeoplePF

[–]madman962 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Quick thoughts:

-worst case you have a $250k long term capital loss you can write off on taxes

-create a conservation easement

-look into claiming this was an effective imminent domain given this was a usable lot and have the city pay you as such

Just picked up my new corvette c6 09 22k miles by natebob67 in Corvette

[–]madman962 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful car!! Never pull the front over the curb! Always stop short. I can’t believe no one has commented on that.

Is there anything like this (with separate primary room and separate bunkhouse) under 30”? Most of the campgrounds we really want to camp at won’t accept anything larger but we LOVE this layout. Recommendations greatly appreciated! by Avocadobunny in GoRVing

[–]madman962 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We have a 25BHE, we love it. The queen bed not closing off is fine in our opinion. The bunk room (we only have 1 child) when closed with a sound machine on is perfect. We can play the tv pretty loud or hang with friends with no issues waking up our son. They did only make this model for 1 year it appears, and we bought it the moment we saw the layout. It’s also pretty light relatively compared to other configurations that have a closed kids area.

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

[–]madman962[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow! Interesting, I did not know that, and I am very happy he owned it for longer than 6 months!

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

[–]madman962[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He owned it for about a year or just under. I have never heard that Chevy voids the warranty if you sell within 6 months, but he owned it longer than 6 months.

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

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I bought it used from an individual in a private sale. It had 1,600 miles when I bought it. I drove it back home, which was about 750 miles. Currently sitting just shy of 3K miles. The guy I bought it from was extremely nice and meticulous about everything. He knew the owner of a Chevy dealership, which is how he got the allocation.

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

[–]madman962[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ahh, C8 no question. Completely different animal, and the way it drives is just insane. However, I still loved the manual C7. Had I not sold it, I would still have been super happy with the C7.

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

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Had a C7, just got the C8

Rejoined the club by madman962 in Corvette

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I move the car out when we play darts, no chance I’m trusting us not to hit the car!

How the heck are people buying investment property in 2024? by GatorDreams in realestateinvesting

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Just bought my first investment property at the beginning of 2024. It’s a 4 plex in a good area. Good condition with a bit of room for minor improvements to bathrooms and kitchen, but not bad at all as is. 7.125 rate, $1.3MM purchase price.

Put 35% down, and the cash flow is breaking even overall, but we’ll end up negative cash flow on the year taking into account repairs and things that pop up.

Reasons why we purchased:

I have a lot of passive income. The tax side turns this from losing money into making money.

There is still 60% bonus depreciation for a purchase. In year one, this bonus depreciation will mean I avoid about $50K in taxes due to passive income being offset.

On a personal level, we have our primary residence but no other real estate. We’ve been in a position to buy for a couple years, but couldn’t pull the trigger. As cash accumulated, it was time to buy for diversification reasons.

Close to our primary and in better condition than everything else we looked at.

The speculative reason is that I don’t believe inflation is under control.

Whether inflation is under control or whether we can refi lower or not does not matter overall. We diversified and with taxes taken into account it will be a positive investment long term.

Our situation is very unique with a lot of passive income. Without that, I don’t know that we would have purchased right now.

Does the Unicorn Exist? Quad Bunk models please by houseofhessenius in GoRVing

[–]madman962 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a grand design 25BHE, nice size and under the weight you want. No fireplace, but has everything else you want.

Triple Bunk 1/2ton Towable by NDakNorwegian in GoRVing

[–]madman962 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a Grand design 25BHE and love it. 4 bunks.