You said the quiet part out loud. Don't do that. Nobody wants to hear about your love for tomatoes.

i can do whatever i want to do Todd, at any point, any time...

which is exactly what i do, what EYE want to do, not what anyone else would do...

do your thing, im doing mine...

happily...

Hang on? The MF'r has a GI Joe with a Kung Fu grip on his childhood.

I don't recall anyone saying you can't, ever.

Fish on...

Todd

I bought a short sale in 2009 at the bottom of the market for an extremely low mortgage and rate. The bank couldn't force the paper into my hand fast enough. Where I live in Snoho used to be semi "country". Now it's packed all around me with cardboard box homes on postage stamp lots going for 3-4 times what I paid for a bigger house and 1 acre. I wouldn't doubt that the development man comes calling soon. You want it to build 8 houses on my lot? Cool - I want 3x market price. Then I'm out and will start living my childhood all over again.

im a dumbass for wanting to get to 100 or 150k before i drop 20-50k on a house?

ok...

most people cant even afford to fix their cars if there is a drastic failure, i made sure i was never going to be in that position again, yet im the dumbass...



fvckin clowns...

If you can buy 1200 rounds of shotgun ammo, various guns and other things but cant afford to fix your car that is on you, and you not managing your disability checks and Biden bucks correctly.

I collect a variety of things such as signed baseballs, coins, and such. They are "worth" quite a bit but in order to recognize that, I'd need to sell them. That is not why I collect them. Maybe my kids, or grandkids, will convert them to cash or some other collectible.

i could buy 10k rounds of ammo, but 2 more cars, pay the one i have off, and still be fine...

what is your point anyways?

Carcassman, signed balls are cool, i had a 1941 Red Sox team signed ball with Williams in the sweet spot... sold that for a little over a grand a few years ago...

I like Texas BBQ.

In a word, yes. People here have given you good advice but you argue with them for god knows why. I guess you just want to be right, even when you're wrong.

So, back to your comment. When interest rates are super low like now (~2.5% for a 30 year fixed) and almost zero in any money market acct right now, you are actually losing money due to normal inflation.

The smart move would be to take advantage of the low interest rates of a mortgage and let that money invested in real property work for you.

Still, there is one catch. The banks will require proof of employment, which you refuse to get.

Anyone with decent credit and an income can get a halfway decent loan of almost free money right now...and buying property is the best investment ever, period, especially right now.

Fish on...

Todd

cool story, i dont like debt...

im proud enough going from zero 5 ish years ago to where we are at today...

you would have to have experienced it to know what its like...

and i did it with no help, i got laughed at, made fun of, told i couldnt do it, and got zero help when i begged for just a little..

i had people try to take advantage of me, i had people that DID take advantage of me, and yet here i am...

no inheritance help, no family help, no friends help, just a bunch of bullsh!t...

from having to get rid of sh!t to afford gas, to having too much sh!t laying around...

i dont need a big house with 10 acres to be happy, i dont need an 80k dollar truck to look cool and do what i do...

im happy, and thats all that matters...

Why not buy 20K rounds of ammo? Or instead buy 4 more cars? I mean nobody ever had enough ammo and cars…

gonna buy a truck, i buy ammo when i see it..

after the truck, gonna get a boat, unless we can work something out with Katies dad, he already has 2 and i guess is getting another one...

almost bought a square body S10 from a buddy, he had it for 3000, and for an additional 3000 i could have got his 406 SBC that ran low 11s in his 65 Elco, would have put the truck in the mid to high 10s...

didnt want to deal with the installation so i passed..

would like to find a late 90s Z71 extended cab with as close to 100k miles as i can, preferably under 9K... havent found one yet thats near by so...

and no, you cant have enough ammo, i already said ive burned through over 14k shells since November, thats just the 12 gauge... add another 1500-2k in 20 gauge, then the 6.5's, .222, .223's, and .22 LRs which are easily upwards of 3-4k...

Katie gets whatever she wants, shes got a few grand on her in jewelry, dresses way nicer than i do, and i have no problem doing that...

me, i keep it simple, and just have fun...

I’m probably getting a Silverado Z71 as well REEVo. They are very good trucks in most years.

I bought a late 90s Z71 new as my company car, I really liked it.

What a bunch of proud folks we have on here..... Interwebz tough guys picking on one person! I'm sure you are all proud telling yourself "I sure told him"

Congrats!!

We are.