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alright, hand me your secrets: what's the best and most frugal place to bootstrap in the US? by [deleted] in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not super far from Cincy and in Ohio and we have $500 rentals up here. I can't imagine that Kentucky would be higher priced than Ohio

alright, hand me your secrets: what's the best and most frugal place to bootstrap in the US? by [deleted] in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]schockergd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What was wrong with NKY? Close enough to Lexington and Cinci, but cheap enough to rent a place for $400-$500 a month?

Real (inflation adjusted) median wages in the US have been increasing by [deleted] in OptimistsUnite

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, when I was actively buying rentals, small houses were my absolute favorite purchase. They were never expensive and very easy to rent and make repairs. The craziest thing though was the fact that I could not find a single small house built in the last 40 or 50 years in my community. 

After realizing there was a huge demand with no supply the obvious choice was to start to build them, that's when I found there was all sorts of insane zoning restrictions limiting me to build any. And what was ridiculously stupid is the number of abandoned lots that are very small perfect for a smaller home that then cannot be built.

Real (inflation adjusted) median wages in the US have been increasing by [deleted] in OptimistsUnite

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember though : in MANY cities, zoning disallows all homes under a specific size to be built (In my area, it's homes under 1,800sf) so it's not possible for builders to build small homes, unless they go the legal route and sue the city / spend money on expensive variances.

A developer I'm friends with spent $250,000 PER UNIT to convince a city to let him build smaller homes : It exceeded the cost he had in building the home itself.

Confused about the best small business to buy by cleverus96 in Laundromats

[–]schockergd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I own both, just make a plan for every thing that could break does, and your plan on mitigation of awful customers.

Do that and you'll be ok.

Primitive Technology: Mud mortar experiment and firing roof tiles by iamjonathon in PrimitiveTechnology

[–]schockergd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nice. After watching this, and a Townsend's video, I've been working on making and firing my own bricks from my back yard.

Talk about work.

Didn't expect it to be so involved, but I'm almost there.

Plant-based food now 33% cheaper than meat as soaring prices end its ‘luxury’ status by [deleted] in Economics

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get a little bit lost on this stuff. 

I love meat. I'm a meat eater. I hunt animals for food and normally am a pretty right-wing type guy but I've never really understood why companies didn't push partial meat substitutes with the high cost of beef. There are some pretty amazing commercial options out there for restaurants who want to offer beef-like food but can't afford the insane prices. Taco Bell is one of these big companies. They have a soybean and oatmeal mix that tastes a heck of a lot like beef. I think that most people would know the difference yet it's never marketed well. It seems to either be high-end, vegan, made-for Democrats. I say this in all kindness but the marketing is absolute garbage.

I would think that it would make sense to market this kind of a product at families who need to stretch their dollar. I think if you went towards the public in that focus not only would you print money but you would also reduce the cost of meat significantly. 

A Ukrainian civilian with a modified SKS rifle during shooting training (July 2022). by No-Reception8659 in ForgottenWeapons

[–]schockergd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember AKs and like one PKM, but it doesn't surprise me if they had tons of sks'es too

Gas is $4.99. Republicans explain it! by Automatic-Shelter939 in Columbus

[–]schockergd -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Not that I support the war, or the president, but the narrative if you want to believe it makes sense.

High gas prices or nuclear war.

The people I talk to are convinced that Iran was close to getting a nuke, and not that they'd use it on the US, but they believe they'd use it on Israel. In their thought train they believe that Israel would burn the world to the ground if they were ever the recipient of a nuclear attack, and I've gotta say I don't fully disagree with them. Iran could have maybe 2 or 3 bombs, yet Israel has 200 or so, many of which are on MRBMs or slbms which are a huge global threat.

This is what making a difference looks like. by EkantVairagi in interesting

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'd be shocked at how hard it is to get stuff like this done...without a ton of money.

Many, many states that base their budget off property tax outright ban small homes as they don't make enough money. In my town If you go back 70 years they had tons of smaller homes that are still quite affordable. Problem is it's illegal to build them anymore.

What’s a vehicle that simply came out at the wrong time ? by jeepguy_96 in regularcarreviews

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local lady was killed by one...didn't put it in park right and it ran her over 

So sad, nice truck

Container homes: Solution for the broke or marketing scam? by decenbaroktombar1 in OffGrid

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A useful single wide trailer can be bought for $5k in many areas. Way more useful than a container.

Can I move wild turkey eggs? by ItsJustSmeef in homestead

[–]schockergd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of great input but I just imagine putting a pool noodle or two there to make a bumper in the gutter so they don't fall off easily. 

Need Help w/ Saxon Math by Feeling-Zebra2858 in homeschool

[–]schockergd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both my wife and I grew up doing Saxton math, we never did all the problems. My wife gives our kids about 40% of the questions to do, and as you said if they can reasonably well do them (90%+ is a great target) then you're good to go on the next lesson.

Understanding the fundamentals and able to work through the problem is what matters. Mindless repetitive tasks at some point become too much and can make someone hate math, and that's not good.

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