I personally know dozens of people who would move in 2026 if they could take their 2.75% 30YR Mortgage and apply it to the next home.
$15,000,000 In Labor $5,000,000 For Materials $80,000,000 To Friends / Family... /s
Selling my wonderful 2020 Tesla Model X for $35,000 😎
Roughly 220 billionaires reside in California. They employ roughly 10 million people. If a wealth tax passes, everyone with a billion-dollar idea will think twice about whether they want to build that business in California. But that isn’t even the most dangerous part. When this turns out to raise less money than expected, the bar will be lowered to $100 million. Then $50 million. Then $10 million. Then $1 million. They’ll call it “the millionaire tax.” And since ~80% of the California population isn’t a millionaire, they’ll vote it into existence because “it doesn’t affect them.” But many of those “millionaires” are providing jobs. Housing. Innovation. Buying products and services. They’re a net economic benefit. If you discourage them from living in California, they will leave. Then it becomes a downward spiral where they have to tax everyone else to stay afloat. Not saying the system is perfect. But a simpler solution might simply be: spend less money and encourage more people to move back / create a billion dollar idea.
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@lucawashenko Reach out to any criminal fraud department / file FBI IC3 Report. Wire recall immediately. Escalate as fast as possible. If you don’t reverse this asap, it’ll be impossible to get back - especially with a holiday / weekend.
A 50-Year Mortgage would allow you to buy approximately 10% more house (or save about 10%) at the expense of nearly DOUBLING your payment schedule. There's no way that ends well. A 50-year mortgage isn't worth it and won't add much benefit since your mortgage interest is front-loaded. Homeowners will have very little, if any equity by the time they sell (homeowners keep their home an average of 11.8 years). It sounds good on paper, but financially, it makes very little sense. Instead, here's what would make a real difference: 1. Increase capital gains exclusion to $1M married filing jointly, and increase it every year with CPI. This will incentivize more sellers to finally let go of their home. 2. Allow you to take your existing mortgage with you to the next home, as long as you're "Trading Up," opening up lower-priced inventory. 3. Allow people to write off the first $1.5M worth of mortgage interest, instead of $750,000, for new mortgages as of 2026. This would help unlock way more inventory. Follow for more random thoughts.
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Peak Chipotle was 2011-2015 when a bowl was $12 and it was loaded so high that it could barely close.
Mathematically dumb. Emotionally, I get why.
The most worrying stat of the year: Homebuyers over 70 now outnumber buyers under 35.
@NickSabel2 @grok At least I didn’t skip leg day
How dumb could you be to seriously think a wealth tax is a good idea.
I have health insurance and purposely pay for everything out of pocket. As a result, I wind up paying 80% less for the same service, no waits, no hassle, and I get to go whatever I want without needing to be referred from one doctor to another. If you’re healthy and only go to the doctor for routine checkups - health insurance is such an inflated mess.
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