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why do proles get fixated on "flipping houses"

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out-of-control smoky private investor
  05/08/24
>$100k at once, to proles, is the mental equivalent of $1...
Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin
  05/08/24
Lmao flippers make more like $15-30k
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
The final check is all that matters.
Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin
  05/08/24
They make like $2/hr but then they get a big check.
Frozen Rebellious Really Tough Guy
  05/08/24
and with no concept of the risks the lucky ones do this f...
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
literally met for coffee with a house flipper client today. ...
Stimulating parlor
  05/08/24
did he make u buy him a dozen croissants to go?
Talking cheese-eating state
  05/08/24
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180 grizzly heaven clown
  05/08/24
I meant average ones but for everyone timing the market i...
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
yeah every flipper knows one guy like this which is why they...
Misunderstood Toaster
  05/08/24
yeah then you press them on closing costs and taxes and inte...
glittery potus
  05/08/24
they just write it off
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
what does that even mean?
Ruby Crusty Office Generalized Bond
  05/08/24
they know what it means
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
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glittery potus
  05/08/24
It means they commit tax fraud
Misunderstood Toaster
  05/08/24
strong post moniker synergy
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
then flee to their home country
French candlestick maker
  05/09/24
They write it off, Jerry!
passionate citrine codepig multi-billionaire
  05/08/24
so you're doing 4-6 projects a year dealing with contractors...
vivacious station kitty cat
  05/08/24
That's huge money for a prole with no education. And they're...
Talented shrine
  05/08/24
fair point, i noticed two guys i grew up with who are the te...
vivacious station kitty cat
  05/09/24
That's a lot of money and way more than I make as an attorne...
twinkling learning disabled set
  05/08/24
If you're smart you get a relators license so you collect th...
Talented shrine
  05/08/24
titcr
French candlestick maker
  05/09/24
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Misunderstood Toaster
  05/08/24
houses/property are tangible, unlike most other financial th...
Onyx Abusive Internal Respiration Double Fault
  05/08/24
correct
jade wild sound barrier meetinghouse
  05/09/24
only access to leverage proles have. the believe themselves ...
arousing den macaca
  05/08/24
Exactly cr. It's the only "asset class" that prole...
rough-skinned tanning salon
  05/08/24
except the latter understand real estate cycles
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
Quote from an old thread: To get in the mind of a prole, ...
Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin
  05/08/24
the crab bucket mentality of the proles is especially apt. n...
arousing den macaca
  05/08/24
I had a friend who lived in a luxury high rise he couldn't a...
nighttime slimy casino
  05/08/24
20 years ago I knew a guy who owned 3 houses in another stat...
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
I escaped the pit. problem is you are always "from"...
territorial diverse lodge
  05/08/24
But I don't have a pit like that
Naked Adventurous Boltzmann Haunted Graveyard
  05/08/24
The dog turned the rat and the snake against each other and ...
federal pale wagecucks factory reset button
  05/08/24
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Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin
  05/08/24
Marlon Brando loved cats
French candlestick maker
  05/09/24
I hate this gay and retarded kike shithole
180 grizzly heaven clown
  05/08/24
xo or America?
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
Yeah
180 grizzly heaven clown
  05/08/24
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Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
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jet-lagged bearded half-breed
  05/08/24
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French candlestick maker
  05/09/24
A lot of privileged morons in this thread. Houses are lit...
navy location genital piercing
  05/08/24
just invest in low-cost index funds in your 401k, bro.
Ruby Crusty Office Generalized Bond
  05/08/24
Oh wow, so if you make $50k and put away 10% of your income,...
navy location genital piercing
  05/08/24
It sounds like you're really not getting the miracle of comp...
jet-lagged bearded half-breed
  05/08/24
you seem about 20% of the way towards identifying the system...
Ivory forum gaping
  05/08/24
The top of the flipper market clearly do very well. High end...
Curious Regret
  05/08/24
They luv the idea of making quick money.
splenetic rusted point
  05/08/24
They would rather be the perpetrators of house prices than t...
harsh sick spot travel guidebook
  05/08/24
I seem to have unlocked the secret to getting engagement her...
out-of-control smoky private investor
  05/08/24
property + proles are both low hanging fruit but yes they wo...
Ivory forum gaping
  05/09/24
Other forms of significant wealth creation are too abstract ...
hairraiser indigo school cafeteria
  05/09/24
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Misunderstood Toaster
  05/09/24
we do this thread once every a year and this is always the m...
sooty garrison associate
  05/09/24
As always CR on this topic
effete stag film
  05/09/24
Don’t forget a major part of their familiarity is thei...
effete stag film
  05/09/24
This 2009 SI article is required reading on this point ht...
Misunderstood Toaster
  05/09/24
the stock market is boring. real estate is more "fun&qu...
Contagious Sable Philosopher-king
  05/09/24
also, shiplap
French candlestick maker
  05/09/24
proles love pipe dreams, only to come out on the losing end-...
ebony big reading party scourge upon the earth
  05/09/24


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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:38 PM
Author: out-of-control smoky private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645448)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:39 PM
Author: Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin

>$100k at once, to proles, is the mental equivalent of $10 million. An unfathomable amount. And it's tied to a physical thing that they can work on with their hands.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645454)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:39 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

Lmao flippers make more like $15-30k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645458)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:40 PM
Author: Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin

The final check is all that matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645460)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:45 PM
Author: Frozen Rebellious Really Tough Guy

They make like $2/hr but then they get a big check.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645484)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:47 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

and with no concept of the risks

the lucky ones do this for 1-2 years before realizing the juice isn’t worth the squeeze before moving up the food chain

the unlucky ones end up with 3 incomplete rehabs, hard money debt, and a declining market

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645495)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:02 PM
Author: Stimulating parlor

literally met for coffee with a house flipper client today. He had like $50k per deal in the last few house flips he did, his partner made the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645552)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:02 PM
Author: Talking cheese-eating state

did he make u buy him a dozen croissants to go?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645556)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:53 PM
Author: 180 grizzly heaven clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645726)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:03 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

I meant average ones

but for everyone timing the market is critical (and impossible over a long enough timeline) as you can’t make money in all phases. risks abound

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645557)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:51 PM
Author: Misunderstood Toaster

yeah every flipper knows one guy like this which is why they continue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645716)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:58 PM
Author: glittery potus

yeah then you press them on closing costs and taxes and interest and shit. they have no idea what you are talking about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645747)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:59 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

they just write it off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645748)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 4:03 PM
Author: Ruby Crusty Office Generalized Bond

what does that even mean?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645760)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 4:06 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

they know what it means

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645768)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 4:08 PM
Author: glittery potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645773)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 4:09 PM
Author: Misunderstood Toaster

It means they commit tax fraud

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645775)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:18 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

strong post moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646321)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:47 AM
Author: French candlestick maker

then flee to their home country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647316)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 9:22 PM
Author: passionate citrine codepig multi-billionaire

They write it off, Jerry!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646609)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:55 PM
Author: vivacious station kitty cat

so you're doing 4-6 projects a year dealing with contractors, weather, unknown 'issues' you discover after you buy someone's problem, just to make ~200/250k +/- w/o any benefits? seems like a ton of grind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646374)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 8:05 PM
Author: Talented shrine

That's huge money for a prole with no education. And they're not paying off student debt, either. If they save up, they can start buying cash and get better deals. In a good real estate market it's an awesome deal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646391)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 10:04 AM
Author: vivacious station kitty cat

fair point, i noticed two guys i grew up with who are the textbook definition of high functioning scumbags do precisely what you're talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647501)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 8:13 PM
Author: twinkling learning disabled set

That's a lot of money and way more than I make as an attorney at law. No brainier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646414)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 8:04 PM
Author: Talented shrine

If you're smart you get a relators license so you collect the sellers fee each time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646385)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:47 AM
Author: French candlestick maker

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647317)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:02 PM
Author: Misunderstood Toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645553)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:39 PM
Author: Onyx Abusive Internal Respiration Double Fault

houses/property are tangible, unlike most other financial things. proles don't deal in abstractions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645456)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:26 AM
Author: jade wild sound barrier meetinghouse

correct

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647275)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:39 PM
Author: arousing den macaca

only access to leverage proles have. the believe themselves capable of DIY tasks. proles women *LIVE* to do home design and shit. HGTV propaganda. a friend of a friend made millions doing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645457)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:43 PM
Author: rough-skinned tanning salon

Exactly cr. It's the only "asset class" that proles can (mostly) understand

They're drawn to it like Jews to a quarter on the pavement

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645470)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:43 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

except the latter understand real estate cycles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645475)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:43 PM
Author: Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin

Quote from an old thread:

To get in the mind of a prole, you have to use imagery.

Imagine a pit that is so deep and so wide that no person would ever be able to reach the bottom, or navigate from side to side. The pit is filled, from depths below which anyone has ever comprehended, with dead and rotten bodies of proles from the past. Stacked on top of each other in the pit for miles and miles. Traveling up the pit, toward exposed sunlight, you eventually get to live people. The first few miles of live people are simply waiting to die from being suffocated or crushed. These are the proles of third world countries. It is a matter of days for this group.

Above them, standing on the shoulders of those waiting to die are still more that are at least trying to claw there way through the mass of humans stacked on top of one another. But the flesh is so dense, the result is people just pulling each other apart, one fingernail full of flesh at a time. This group represents the proles of poor America. Anyone lucky enough to navigate through this chaos is so hardened by the experience that they rarely ascend further as their thirst for revenge keeps them turning back down to kill those below them with their bare hands.

The group above, still smushed together, can see success above them. The pressure is still great on them but they can make out people living nice lives above them. Conceptually, they do not understand why these people have better stations in life, but one concept they do understand is people paying one another for a safe place to live. Some from this group escape the pit.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645474)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:54 PM
Author: arousing den macaca

the crab bucket mentality of the proles is especially apt. no one hates proles more than ascended proles.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645524)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:06 PM
Author: nighttime slimy casino

I had a friend who lived in a luxury high rise he couldn't afford and was always broke. He was always borrowing money and could never go out or do anything. I said all your money is tied up in rent. Why don't you just move somewhere shittier and you wouldn't be so hosed. He goes, "If I lived somewhere else, it wouldn't be luxury."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645569)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:11 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

20 years ago I knew a guy who owned 3 houses in another state, owned a plane, a boat, and drove a sequoia. he rented a condo in the most expensive complex in town, and he made $52k the year before. had $1mm in debt

yes he was a shortmo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645579)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:13 PM
Author: territorial diverse lodge

I escaped the pit. problem is you are always "from" the prole pit. so family, friends, experiences, etc are tied to the pit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645590)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 3:39 PM
Author: Naked Adventurous Boltzmann Haunted Graveyard

But I don't have a pit like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645679)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:43 PM
Author: federal pale wagecucks factory reset button

The dog turned the rat and the snake against each other and made it out. The cat tricked the devil and never went in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646353)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 8:01 PM
Author: Vibrant Angry Pit Foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646381)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:50 AM
Author: French candlestick maker

Marlon Brando loved cats

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647324)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:44 PM
Author: 180 grizzly heaven clown

I hate this gay and retarded kike shithole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645477)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:45 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

xo or America?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645486)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:46 PM
Author: 180 grizzly heaven clown

Yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645490)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 2:48 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47645496)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:59 PM
Author: jet-lagged bearded half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646377)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:50 AM
Author: French candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647325)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:15 PM
Author: navy location genital piercing

A lot of privileged morons in this thread.

Houses are literally the only thing a normal person is going to get a $500,000 loan to buy.

What other business do you want them to enter into? You think they were deciding between either flipping houses or starting their own Venture Capital fund?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646318)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:18 PM
Author: Ruby Crusty Office Generalized Bond

just invest in low-cost index funds in your 401k, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646322)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:26 PM
Author: navy location genital piercing

Oh wow, so if you make $50k and put away 10% of your income, after 10 years you'll have....$71,000!

No idea why proles find making $50,000 in a few weeks more alluring...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646332)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 9:17 PM
Author: jet-lagged bearded half-breed

It sounds like you're really not getting the miracle of compound interest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646599)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:19 PM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

you seem about 20% of the way towards identifying the systemic fraud at play

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646324)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:53 PM
Author: Curious Regret

The top of the flipper market clearly do very well. High end flips seem to command a premium.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646369)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 7:57 PM
Author: splenetic rusted point

They luv the idea of making quick money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646375)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 9:26 PM
Author: harsh sick spot travel guidebook

They would rather be the perpetrators of house prices than the victims.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646620)



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Date: May 8th, 2024 10:05 PM
Author: out-of-control smoky private investor

I seem to have unlocked the secret to getting engagement here after nearly nine years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47646739)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:44 AM
Author: Ivory forum gaping

property + proles are both low hanging fruit but yes they work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647311)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 12:45 AM
Author: hairraiser indigo school cafeteria

Other forms of significant wealth creation are too abstract for them to comprehend. A house is something relatable and tangible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647046)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 5:17 AM
Author: Misunderstood Toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647149)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 6:09 AM
Author: sooty garrison associate

we do this thread once every a year and this is always the most ojn point response

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647154)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:17 AM
Author: effete stag film

As always CR on this topic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647264)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:20 AM
Author: effete stag film

Don’t forget a major part of their familiarity is their shit jobs. These dudes have seen enough to understand it physically start to finish.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647267)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 AM
Author: Misunderstood Toaster

This 2009 SI article is required reading on this point

https://vault.si.com/vault/2009/03/23/how-and-why-athletes-go-broke

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647354)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:29 AM
Author: Contagious Sable Philosopher-king

the stock market is boring. real estate is more "fun".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647282)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 8:52 AM
Author: French candlestick maker

also, shiplap

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647330)



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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:20 AM
Author: ebony big reading party scourge upon the earth

proles love pipe dreams, only to come out on the losing end-- time after time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5526488&forum_id=2#47647365)