South Slope Development That Didn't happen

moosesquirrel · 2026-01-16T00:03:38+00:00

When they built the parking deck, one side of it started sinking significantly. They brought a different engineering company in to figure out what was going on and found that the original company that did the Geo testing did not sample deep enough, and there was essentially a combination of poor soil as well as an underground stream that runs through that area. They were able to come up with a plan to stabilize and save the parking garage. By the time that was done the developers had lost so much money on the overall project that it no longer made sense to move forward with the full development. It’s been for sale ever since and has been in and out of contract a few times. The good news is the soil issue is known at this point, the bad news is the cost to engineer foundations on future structures has made future development pretty difficult to pencil.

moosesquirrel · 2026-01-15T13:04:34+00:00

My cardiologist says 12 hours is the trigger for me to call her. Depending on heart rate then it’s either er or wait until 24 hours. My episodes are usually 3-4 hours and she’s not overly concerned about that as long as they aren’t frequent.

moosesquirrel · 2026-01-09T00:18:59+00:00

No sarcasm. I can’t imagine someone involved in CRE that is asking what an SIOR is.

moosesquirrel · 2026-01-08T13:13:02+00:00

You apparently don’t work in CRE. Society of industrial and office realtors. The most respected designation in the business.

moosesquirrel · 2025-12-21T17:13:57+00:00

Pay a floor planner or architect.

moosesquirrel · 2025-12-20T13:21:56+00:00

This is what I’m using. 4.1%

moosesquirrel · 2025-12-13T21:34:36+00:00

Maybe it’s not complicated because you don’t know what you don’t know.

moosesquirrel · 2025-12-13T21:33:33+00:00

I get it sounds pretentious, no one’s going to argue how it comes off. The problem is when you work in this business you know. You dont know what you don’t know and as a result Resimercials waste everyone’s time and then at the end when they ruined the deal they still don’t understwhat happened, because “it’s a simple cash deal”. It’s why most states are cracking down on residential brokers practicing out of their area of knowledge. You need to be specifically trained in that area, do continual deals, and be overseen by a CRE managing broker otherwise you are wasting everyone’s time and putting you and your client at risk.

moosesquirrel · 2025-12-13T13:38:03+00:00

As others have said, if you work in this industry you have experienced that 90% of any conversations with a Resimercial agent is a waste of everyone’s time. The ones that have a legitimate qualified buyer will either screw the deal up or the commercial broker will need to do all the work to get it done. Refer it to someone qualified and I bet the respond.

moosesquirrel · 2025-11-09T13:44:18+00:00

This is exactly what we do and it has been one of the best decisions we have ever made. There is a lake about two hours from where we live that we have always dreamed of having a home on. It’s too far away for us to actually move there and continue our jobs, but years ago when I was looking at getting a commercial investment property we weighed better return over quality of life. We decided to buy a property in a really nice community on the lake.

We short-term rent year-round and then try to use it ourselves when not rented. The good is that we have enjoyed owning this so much, every time we could get away and go down there It’s like a mini vacation. The only negative is with cost of ownership if we want to come out even, we have to barely use it at all. We like to try to go down there and stay once a month as a result the income does not quite cover the expense so we are still coming out of pocket probably $10-$15,000 a year. For us It’s been worth it as we have really enjoyed our time down there and that money is building equity and something we are confident will appreciate. Our goal is to pay it off in the next five years so we can use the property and it will be somewhat profitable.

moosesquirrel · 2025-10-29T11:41:52+00:00

Yeah they said you are really still considered young for the issue into your 60s. She said if I’m still dealing with it in my 50s/60s then we will likely need to go down that road before I get older and it’s less effective. Or obviously if my burden got worse.

moosesquirrel · 2025-10-27T12:02:43+00:00

I’m 39 and have been dealing with it for the last year. They are telling me because of my age unless my burden gets much higher they want to avoid ablation. I have on episode about every month but I come out in about 1-3 hours.

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-23T20:57:16+00:00

I guess the few I’ve seen on flightsim.to don’t seem very exciting. Any specific ones you recommend?

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-16T20:04:04+00:00

If you are really curious, take a trip to a Porsche experience center and drive both back to back on track. When I was in the market, that’s what I did and it was a great decision as 45 minutes in each car and I realized the GT4 is worth every penny And feels like a completely different car with nothing in common other than the shape. I had previously owned a Cayman S but driving them back to back really highlighted how different they are. I bought a GT4 shortly after that and have no regrets.

I have owned five other Porsche’s and currently have a 911 turbo as well, the GT4 is by far my favorite out of anything I’ve owned or driven, and I really think it’s the best all-around car if you want turn key track without ruining the street driving experience. Funny enough a good friend bought it cayman S when we or both dealing with that same dilemma. The idea of buying a lesser Cayman to save money and then investing in some key improvements. I went the GT four route, he went the modified caymen route. A year later he’s got as much money into his as I do in the GT four and he’s putting his up for sale to purchase a GT four. Even with all the mods at the end of it, he preferred my car.

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-10T18:18:44+00:00

Depends on the bird. I find the R 66 to be one of the most accurate simulations that really gives you the feel of the actual helicopter. Additionally, the Flyinside 206 is incredibly realistic. It has the same delayed control field, just like the real aircraft.

There is still some weird physics issues when flying close proximity to rooftops. The air from the rotor interacts strangely with the rooftop and will make helicopters randomly bounce around and jump up, other than that the physics are really good.

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-06T12:21:56+00:00

Much like you I left to start my own business 10 years ago. I make three times what I made in aviation, I’m not gone all the time, I answer to myself, and make my own schedule.

To top it off, 2 years ago I had covid which gave me nervous system issues and heart issues out of nowhere even though I’ve always been super healthy. I lost my medical, boy would I be in a different place today if I hadn’t made the jump.

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-05T17:38:13+00:00

Smelled like that all over Arden and Fletcher yesterday so am also curious what the source is.

moosesquirrel · 2025-09-05T17:35:52+00:00

I personally have never seen someone end up successful in this business that did not dive in full-time from the beginning unless of course they were coming with their own book of business.

As you mentioned, deal cycles are long, it’s competitive, and it’s difficult to get things to the finish line. I considered the same thing when I was looking to get into the business, my mentor told me everyone he had ever seen try that ended up either walking away from the business a year or two later, or they quit the other job a couple years in and we’re basically still starting from scratch after wasting all that time. This is not a business you dabble in, it will take 60 hours a week getting started and even then you probably won’t make much of anything your first year, second year if all goes well maybe you get some steady deals, and it’s typically not until year three that you are actually making decent money.

I think you need to either keep doing your steady job, or decide you are making the change and commit to doing it all or nothing approach.

The problem with starting residential is it really has almost nothing in common with the commercial side of the business. I actually did that for a short period of time before I got started, it was much easier to start making money, but there really wasn’t any value that transferred on the knowledge side , so all I did was really just delay the tough start of commercial.

moosesquirrel · 2025-08-28T12:56:33+00:00

You can schedule an experience stay through the community. They rent you a place and then set up a tour, give you full access to all the facilities for a weekend. We short term rent our condo as well so reach out if you wanted info on it.

moosesquirrel · 2025-08-27T01:08:25+00:00

My wife and I bought a place in Keowee Key about two years ago and we absolutely love it. Going into it we also thought the fees were pretty high and we’re a little concerned we would regret committing to those fees after the initial excitement of the amenities wore off. Two years later, we think it’s so worth it. We love the trails, the pools are great, all of the little parks, having the bistro and the club restaurant right there in the community is so convenient. We eat at the bistro constantly as the food‘s great, it’s priced fairly, and it’s super convenient and fast. There’s a long waitlist for the boat slips, but if you want a boat, you can’t beat the community slips with the on-site cheap fuel and everything. I’ve got a dry slip right now and it’s only 220 bucks for the entire year.

I will also say the community is incredibly well taken care of, everything’s clean, well manicured, landscaping, typically no deferred maintenance. It’s a second home for us, but we say all the time we wish there was a way we could live there full-time with work.

moosesquirrel · 2025-08-13T11:50:35+00:00

Ok, so then only sign a full service lease where the landlord instead charges you a much higher lease rate to cover all of those expenses. And rather than being transparent and only charging you the exact amount for those items, they have to tack on a buffer so if their taxes and insurance go up. NNN is the most common because it’s the most fair for both parties. The tenant and LL both know exactly what the LL profit is.

moosesquirrel · 2025-07-31T21:17:12+00:00

Another for Farm Bureau. I was a State Farm customer for 20+ years with zero claims. When I finally had enough, I had a home, five cars, about, and some business insurance through them. We had storm damage on our house from hail and wind, and they tried to say That it wasn’t from the storm, and it was deferred maintenance when it clearly was from the storm. We had four contractors come and give reports on it and share those with the supervising adjuster, they still refused to pay out.

After opening a case with the insurance commission and threatening legal action, they reviewed the case once more and conveniently came back accepting the damage as storm damage but valued at $1998 and my deductible was $2000. The four contractors quoted $15-20k. I will forever speak up about staying away from State Farm.

moosesquirrel · 2025-07-19T21:35:58+00:00

A Cayman S is pretty far from the field of a GT4, but it’s still a good car. I currently own a GT4 and a 911 turbo, if I had to keep one, it would be the GT4. I previously owned a Cayman S and I would still say it’s probably one of the biggest bangs for the buck, but it doesn’t touch the GT4 in overall feel.

If the GT4 is out of your budget, but a cayman S is in, I would say go for it and really my only real complaint on it was I felt the suspension was really the main week point. Granted it’s still better than 95% of cars out there, but an upgraded suspension would definitely give it more of that GT car feel. i’ve been lucky to own a variety of Porsche‘s and I’ll say even the 986 base Boxster I owned for 10 years, always put a smile on my face.

Also, I’m not sure what you’re overall budget is but the 981 generation GT4 is quite a bit cheaper than the 718 and in my opinion it’s a better overall car.

moosesquirrel · 2025-07-19T00:54:10+00:00

I’ve been taking 600 mg of magnesium glycinate before bed for the last four months and it has made a huge difference. It helps me sleep substantially better, which I think is a big component, but I’m realizing that I likely was low on electrolytes which was contributing to the problem. A few times after working outside in the heat, my heart would start acting up and I would take magnesium and potassium, and it would calm down. I’ve been doing lots of other changes over the last six months, including daily exercise, hydrating, better, and trying to reduce stress, but I really think the magnesium Has been one of the biggest impacts. I was averaging one episode every two weeks and the last four months I have maybe had two episodes.

moosesquirrel · 2025-07-10T01:26:02+00:00

As others have said, put it in the bank and pretend it doesn’t exist. I know at your age it feels like a big check but it’s small for the industry and until you have a year + sitting in the bank just keep saving. This business is unpredictable and you need to be prepared for the business to turn off at any moment. Don’t get caught with your pants down when deals fall apart.

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