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CAT Scratch FVR

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With China, supposedly, finding a large Gold deposit, should this concern us, currency wise? They have sold a decent amount of our treasuries. will they try to impose a move to the gold standard or is this a very simplistic view?
 

LineSkiCat14

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I also think the housing market is a powder keg waiting to explode. 5 years of pent up demand and people waiting to sell waiting on interest rates. I feel a couple more rate drops and the housing market is going to go nuts and obviously create a ton of business for different industries. I just feel we still haven’t completely gotten over the COVID mess. Like a wreck causing a traffic jam for hours I feel we’re still unwinding from that mess. It really didn’t “end” until this last year with inflation and home prices starting to somewhat normalize. Have always felt this next two years are a good time to own stocks. Obviously I could be completely off base and I’m admittedly always very optimistic so don’t quote me here 😂

Yep thats sort of how I see it. Although I guess the one hiccup is that once those rates drop, everyone is jumping back in the buyer pool, and I wonder what that will do for home prices if they go back to bidding wars.

I actually am about to close on the sale of my Duplex. Just sont have time for that nonsense these days. And while I think we could be heading towards a buyers market the next decade or two, the economy has me spooked. Im pulling equity out
 

vhcat1970

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The average age of a first time homebuyer has skyrockted to 59. That almost seems uncomprehensible. "Newcomers" are gobbling them up and packing 10-15 people in a house and splitting the payment. Opening the borders was the most inhumane act towards the American people of our lifetimes.
FALSE.

First-time Buyers​

  • Median age: 40 years old

Repeat Buyers​

  • Median age: 62 years old

All Buyers​

  • Median age: 59 years old
And median isn't average. Just ask The Clown.

 

vhcat1970

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Did you know retirement wasn’t a thing until like 80 years ago? The expectation was you would just work until you die.
Yes. Died at age 65 on average. My grandfathers both retired at 74 in 1938 & 1954 respectively. One was a streetcar conductor & the other made beer. The streetcar conductor one was the first the system ever gave a pension to.
I think also, at some point, our expectations just got nutty. But I do also think, people are just glossing over that baby boomers start turning 80 this year. In 15 years millineals and gen x are going to inherit so much wealth and property they’ll be far richer than any generation before them and all this bitching might look silly in retrospect. The amount of real estate that will flood the market might be staggering.
 
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vhcat1970

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Yep and thats gonna be a real game changer IMO. Every year for the next 20 years, some portion of boomers are not only going to hand over inheritance, but also their homes.

Its fascinating to think that what will do the housing market, what it means for the economy, etc. I have to imagine this wind fall of finances for millions of families is really going to open uo spending. So many of us have just been sitting on our hands waiting. Not even 40 yet and we've had two of the worst financial crisis' (about to be a 3rd) and covid. I have my moms inheritance and her house, and while im being smart with the money, I am certainly going to enjoy some of it. And I think youre gonna see that very example x 100 million people between the ages of 25 and 55.
Yes. I don't see house prices growing like they have with all this stock becoming available. I expect mine to be available in the next 10-15 years.
 

Monday Nitro

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Marjorie Traitor Greene?

a man in a suit and tie points at the camera with the words i like that behind him
 

CAT Scratch FVR

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I’m trying to understand the problem here.
At the time Epstein is being prosecuted by Trump’s DOJ and wants the other rats to go down with him.
Defendants giving up information or leads about other possible suspects is pretty common isn’t it?
As a righty, I get too much of Daugherty in my feed. It’s always, Wow, when the follow up really isn’t. underwhelming.
 
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Yes. I don't see house prices growing like they have with all this stock becoming available. I expect mine to be available in the next 10-15 years.

I just don't see a path towards home price growth.. not until something fundamentally changes with the economy where the average family has more money in their wallets, instead of less. Said this a few weeks ago, but the duplexes are a perfect example. Those simply can not go up in price anymore because you'd then need to charge higher rent to cover the costs... and well, rents can't go much higher if people can't afford them.
 
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Monday Nitro

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Yea, I’m really curious what you folks think. Was she a snake from the get-go or did someone threaten to expose her dirty laundry if she didn’t turn on Trump?
My initial take was that she loves attention and can't control herself .........but you are right, there's probably more to it than that.
 

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Ok now use the address listed and go deport these people. I know they have the physical address of millions of illegals through various government databases. I don't understand why they don't use these for massive round ups.

They don't want to. That's the only explanation.
Limited manpower. X # of agents vs Maybe 50 million illegals.

How fast is it even possible to get them all out?

Let's be realistic, here. This was always going to be more than a 4 year project. That's why shutting down the border was the imperative first step.

Hard to drain a bathtub When the water is still coming out of the shower head.
 
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Marley2

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Did you know retirement wasn’t a thing until like 80 years ago? The expectation was you would just work until you die. I think also, at some point, our expectations just got nutty. But I do also think, people are just glossing over that baby boomers start turning 80 this year. In 15 years millineals and gen x are going to inherit so much wealth and property they’ll be far richer than any generation before them and all this bitching might look silly in retrospect. The amount of real estate that will flood the market might be staggering.

Not if all the boomer kids are the under age 59 average of home buyers. Those kids will be trying to live in those homes. Lol
 
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Not if all the boomer kids are the under age 59 average of first time home buyers. Those kids will be trying to live in those homes. Lol

Also, not sure if you realize it or not, but about 75% of the things posted in this thread are completely wrong or made up. I’ll skim it every couple weeks and the amount of unverified garbage posted here is staggering. Anyway, to that point, the average age for first time buyers in the US is actually 40 (up from 39 last year), the highest it’s ever been.