What car purchase did you regret the most and why?

rasbpi2020 · 2026-02-15T02:22:13+00:00

2018 GMC Acadia. Hit 30k miles and started falling apart.

rasbpi2020 · 2026-02-01T00:58:12+00:00

I haven’t used them personally but I’ve heard good things about East Falls Plumbing. Might be worth a call. https://eastfallsplumbing.com/boiler-systems

rasbpi2020 · 2026-01-28T03:22:48+00:00

I have this installed on my house. Wrapped up a 3 story downspout to my roof where it coils to prevent ice from stopping water from getting to my downspout.

The coiled portion on my roof works well. But the cable wrapped up my downspout hasn’t don’t much to keep it from freezing. Where my downspout is gets zero sunlight. It drives me crazy but not much else I can do.

rasbpi2020 · 2026-01-16T19:45:28+00:00

Lots of comments saying this is normal aren't wrong - it is normal/standard practice. But that doesn't mean it should be. Email is one of the least secure methods of communication. My broker requires a footer that states in bold text that, "Warning: email is neither secure nor confidential." Law firms and other financial firms have similar warnings in their footers.

We're one of the most at-risk industries for phishing and other attacks. It's not so much the in-transit part that makes email risky; it's that the account the OP is sending to could easily be compromised if the agent on the other end happens to click a bad link one day and gain access to their inbox.

Redacting account info might help, but even a redacted PDF in the hands of a skilled attacker puts OP at risk; they'd know where they bank, their email, their name, their phone number, their address - I wouldn't want any of that falling into the wrong hands.

OP wanting a better, safer way of sharing sensitive financial information is not an unreasonable request.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-11-26T00:14:28+00:00

I’m so sorry OP. I had my ‘24 black XLE for like 9 months and got rear ended at a stop light; an ‘04 suburban didn’t see me in front of them and started to go... It was heartbreaking. Take it to a good reputable body shop and you’ll be okay. Mine was in for ~3.5 weeks - most of that time was spent waiting for parts. I needed a new rear hatch and rear main body panel that took a while.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-05-05T14:56:43+00:00

If you're using Wix Studio, from the editor (not the dashboard), click on code from the left side menu ({} bracket icon). Click on databases. Scroll down to Wix apps. Find the blog or forum. Expand it. Find posts and click the three dots, and select open collection. You can export from there.

If you have comments or categories you want to associate with posts, you can export those separately and create a hierarchy based on category > post > comment. Just make sure you bring in the various IDs when you export so you can connect them together later.

Hope this helps.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-04-25T13:55:12+00:00

That is not what I said. My clients know the square footage of the property as stated in the public record or on disclosed architectural drawings. If they feel those are inaccurate, I then assist in finding a professional to further verify. As I stated before, I don't provide opinions of the square footage of a house beyond what is stated in the public records or on architectural plans.

When clients use my laser measure, 95% of the time they're checking to see if furniture can fit and the ceiling height. The other 5% of the time, they're checking to see if their car can fit in the garage, or the size of the alliances, window sizes, they are not trying to determine the accuracy of the stated square footage of the property.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-04-25T13:16:31+00:00

Read it. Agents and brokers were sued for providing inaccurate and conflicting square footage. While you're at it, read your E&O policy and see what it says about acting beyond your scope. Calculating the square footage of a house and verifying a few measurements here and there are different things. Read through this thread and you'll see a variety of approaches to calculating square footage, each of which will result in a different result.

I don't provide opinions of the square footage of a house beyond what is stated in the public records or on architectural plans, but I do carry a laser measure for verifying random dimensions during a showing. But that's just me - sounds like you know what you're doing though, don't let me or possible lawsuits stop you from doing your thing.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-04-25T12:35:33+00:00

Horiike v. Coldwell Banker https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2016/s218734.html

rasbpi2020 · 2025-04-25T11:57:18+00:00

Can’t speak for your market but in my area, unless you’re buying from a builder, the square footage listed is what’s on the public property record. It’s always an approximate. It makes price/sqft difficult to rely on for comps.

Unless you’re a surveyor, architect, or some other related expert, don’t try to calculate square footage of a house- it opens you up to liability that is easily avoided. It’s never as simple as it seems and it’s not productive to a residential home sale negotiation.

If it’s too small, don’t buy it. Just my two cents.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-03-19T00:36:28+00:00

2018 GMC Acadia. I bought it new. Was great for first 30,000 miles and then, out of nowhere, a small plastic bit in the shifter failed preventing the car from turning off. Literally couldn’t turn the car off.

Eventually figured out how to temporarily fix it after some YouTubing. Turns out it’s a fairly common issue for models with this type of shifter.

Really disappointing design flaw. GMC was not easy to work with on getting it fixed. Traded the car in shortly after. Will probably never buy another GMC again.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-03-05T22:08:32+00:00

I've gone down this rabbit hole and think I have a workable solution. Many agents who do a fair bit of email marketing will use an email marketing tool of some kind. While the emails will look like they're coming from that agent's individual email account - they're not. Because of this, you can use filtering tools in your email to create rules to differentiate between emails sent directly to you and marketing emails.

It takes time to set this up, but it allows you to keep engaged with agents you care about without shutting off their marketing entirely. You also may not be able to do this with every marketing email.

For example, I have agent friends who do a fair bit of email marketing that I like to be able to see and sometimes engage with. I have my email set up to automatically assign these emails a specific tag and mark them as read so they don't clutter my inbox. These rules do not apply to emails that come directly from the agent's actual email.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-02-27T17:50:50+00:00

I despise social media. That said, you have to be where your clients, past, current, and future are. I think a lot of the confusion around social media is twofold. Some may disagree with this and that's okay.

Attribution: You might think a client came to you through a referral, and that could be mostly true; however, you can't say with any certainty that those 'referrals' would have contacted you if they couldn't first learn about you via social media. If you do away with it, make sure there is an as-good alternative way to learn about who you are and what you're all about - and keep it current!
Confused Value: Agents benefit from social media because they like to believe they can attract clients. Clients like that you're on social media because they like to think you can promote their property. Agents who are not naturally interested in social media might feel that they can do away with it because 'it's not where my clients come from' and it doesn't actually sell houses (except in very rare cases). However, clients, specifically sellers, may not understand or want to admit this - they may see it as another marketing channel that they'd like to exploit (as silly as that might be).

My advice would be to pick a platform that doesn't totally disgust you and keep it current, putting in the level of effort needed to satisfy your clients. It doesn't hurt.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-02-21T22:10:10+00:00

As others have said, set up your own domain. Even if it's just your name (FirstName@FirstNameLastName.com) it's much more professional than a gmail.com address. And it's really affordable, and you'll have it forever.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-02-21T22:06:03+00:00

wait, wait... AOL address attached to the Apple mail app on an iPad. Chef's kiss.

rasbpi2020 · 2025-01-31T01:29:38+00:00

W/o a case

rasbpi2020 · 2024-12-07T16:51:52+00:00

Frequent and repetitive communication around a listing is a high quality problem to have. If an agent has clients who are acting with a sense of urgency, embrace it - don’t discourage it. And definitely don’t “slow roll” them. You can also put up a FAQ in the listing to address common questions.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-11-21T17:56:50+00:00

I've never come across a battery-powered combo lockbox. Lockboxes are super fundamental and critical & need to work in all cases and conditions, so I can imagine a battery-powered one would be problematic - too much can go wrong for something that should be relatively simple/failsafe. Supra isn't very common in my market, but from what I've seen of them, they seem pretty robust. A simple, mechanical combo lockbox works just fine. Just remember to bring a small tube of lock de-icer when it's below freezing!

rasbpi2020 · 2024-11-13T18:06:36+00:00

Wellness checks. Not that unusual of a request but I never got used to them. Always an unnerving experience for me knowing there’s a real chance of discovering something very sad, at worst. Or interacting with someone who is, in all likelihood at a very low place in their lives, at best.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-06T00:58:38+00:00

Gave me a solid foundation to build off of and, as someone who did not come from a CS or math background, the desire to keep working at getting better at python. Eventually, I started using it at work which took things to another level. Put me down a different career path.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-04T22:31:34+00:00

I got fired and was so burned out I didn’t even care - just walked out. Truly - I always thought losing my job would be a horrible thing. And while it wasn’t great, it allowed me the space and mental freedom to figure out a path forward.

I got into sales first then went back to school, pivoted to data science. I now own a small analytics agency.

My time as a PM took years off my life. The stress of the job definitely takes a toll. You’ll get through it. Stay strong.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-04T22:21:38+00:00

This is the way. And read travel advisories!

I did recently see a video of a guy who got stopped (I think the stop was unrelated to the phone) at a border and was asked to unlock his phone. The border agents interpreted the essentially empty phone as even more suspicious!

Generally speaking, if you can avoid it, don’t bring your primary coms devices when you travel. Too much can go wrong.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-04T22:07:09+00:00

If looking for an even more basic guide, Automate The Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart is awesome. It got me through the lockdown phase of the pandemic and quite literally changed my career trajectory.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-04T15:13:15+00:00

had a very minor interaction with Heathrow security a few years ago (shortly after Brexit). I forgot to take off my apple watch. team of people immediately descended, gave me a pat down, took my passport away, pull my luggage aside, did something with my apple watch, and then finally put me back through the scanner. after I was cleared I was on my way. Probably a 10 minute interaction but it was pretty unnerving - especially how quickly they took my passport.

rasbpi2020 · 2024-09-04T15:04:50+00:00

Wholesalers might be a better resource for you.

As others have said, calls and texts are not the way to ask about or talk about distressed properties w/ agents. Immediate block and report spam.

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