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Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
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or just shy of 15,000 posts on BP in 3 years..

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  • Roy N.Pro Member
    Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    9y

    or .... 

    You spend your snow-day home with the kids chasing down the out-of-town owners of a vacant property.

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  • Brian H.
    Carolina · Member since 2017 · 519 posts · 222 votes
    9y

    or.....

    when you see properties in shows/movies, you start visually analyzing them.

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  • Account Closed
    Investor · Denver, CO · Member since 2016 · 736 posts · 582 votes
    9y

    or....

    you help a friend move into their new home in the Highlands area of Denver and you take your time on the way back home driving around the side streets looking at all the flips and scrape offs going on to try to get more ideas.

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  • Steve Vaughan
    Rental Property Investor · East Wenatchee, WA · Member since 2014 · 10k+ posts · 16k+ votes
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    you can't leave the scene of any yard sale without first knowing whether they will be selling/moving or not.

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  • Brian H.
    Carolina · Member since 2017 · 519 posts · 222 votes
    9y

    @Steve Vaughan, I can see your friend or significant other with you at a yard sale rolling their eyes... "Seriously? Again? Ugh, ok... go ask them!" ;-P

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  • Roy N.Pro Member
    Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Steve Vaughan:

    you can't leave the scene of any yard sale without first knowing whether they will be selling/moving or not.

    Steve:

    This made me smile.    About three years ago, I wandered down the street from one of my properties to a yard sale (estate sale) taking place.  When I came-up the front walk, the lady running the show asked me for what I was looking.   I responded that I would like to buy the yard ;-)

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  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
    9y

    or just shy of 15,000 posts on BP in 3 years..

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  • David Faulkner
    Investor · Orange County, CA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    9y

    ... or you laugh your behind off regularly watching HGTV, especially when they run the numbers for the flipping show, and when they cut to the scene of the "flipper" host laying tile and it is readily apparent to an experienced eye that it was the first tile they ever laid, and cut to the next scene with a perfectly pressed and clean shirt with no sweat or grout, and then cut to the next scene when they went over budget and come up with the brilliant solution of "No problem, we'll just list it for more", and then they magically get that inflated price every time ... now that's entertainment! Some of the finest comedy shows on TV so far as I'm concerned :)

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  • Roy N.Pro Member
    Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:

    ... or you laugh your behind off regularly watching HGTV, especially when they run the numbers for the flipping show, and when they cut to the scene of the "flipper" host laying tile and it is readily apparent to an experienced eye that it was the first tile they ever laid, and cut to the next scene with a perfectly pressed and clean shirt with no sweat or grout, and then cut to the next scene when they went over budget and come up with the brilliant solution of "No problem, we'll just list it for more", and then they magically get that inflated price every time ... now that's entertainment! Some of the finest comedy shows on TV so far as I'm concerned :)

     I'm not allowed to watch those shows ... or CSI {I have a background in computer/communications security} with my wife.

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  • Brian H.
    Carolina · Member since 2017 · 519 posts · 222 votes
    9y

    I get so tired of people saying "oh! Like the house flipper shows?!"

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  • Chris MasonPro Member
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    Lender · CA · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    9y
    • One of these lives at home, at the office, in your car next to the first aid kit, and as a cell phone app. 

    You know, in case you're in a life-or-death emergency wherein you need to quickly evaluate if that mattress store's 0% interest rate offer is legit or not based on the presented monthly payment. Or in case a car salesman suddenly emerges from the bushes without warning, and your puppy's life depends on your ability to quickly debunk his "leasing is better than buying" pitch.

    • Your family consistently complains that you're hearing isn't so good, a problem that you acknowledge having, but somehow you can hear from across a restaurant that someone is thinking of what to do with their paid off triplex.
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  • Aaron KaplanPro Member
    Camas, WA · Member since 2017 · 52 posts · 8 votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Roy N.:
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:

    ... or you laugh your behind off regularly watching HGTV, especially when they run the numbers for the flipping show, and when they cut to the scene of the "flipper" host laying tile and it is readily apparent to an experienced eye that it was the first tile they ever laid, and cut to the next scene with a perfectly pressed and clean shirt with no sweat or grout, and then cut to the next scene when they went over budget and come up with the brilliant solution of "No problem, we'll just list it for more", and then they magically get that inflated price every time ... now that's entertainment! Some of the finest comedy shows on TV so far as I'm concerned :)

     I'm not allowed to watch those shows ... or CSI {I have a background in computer/communications security} with my wife.

     YEAH its awful/funny/sad when I watch any of those medical shows and the MRI's or CT scans or Xrays are upside down/backward ! Plus ALWAYS they show doctors in certain specialties that WOULD NEVER do those procedures in real life (like a routine ER doc "coiling a brain aneurysm"-- yeah right... NOT!)

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  • Brian H.
    Carolina · Member since 2017 · 519 posts · 222 votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Roy N.:
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:

    ... or you laugh your behind off regularly watching HGTV, especially when they run the numbers for the flipping show, and when they cut to the scene of the "flipper" host laying tile and it is readily apparent to an experienced eye that it was the first tile they ever laid, and cut to the next scene with a perfectly pressed and clean shirt with no sweat or grout, and then cut to the next scene when they went over budget and come up with the brilliant solution of "No problem, we'll just list it for more", and then they magically get that inflated price every time ... now that's entertainment! Some of the finest comedy shows on TV so far as I'm concerned :)

     I'm not allowed to watch those shows ... or CSI {I have a background in computer/communications security} with my wife.

    I always love the token goth character or whatever you want to call them that is doing all the computer stuff... gotta wear all black, have lots of tattoos, have crazy died hair, and have lots of piercings on you won't understand the technology! 

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  • Stanley Parsley
    Investor · Chandler, AZ · Member since 2015 · 409 posts · 214 votes
    9y

    when you spend your mornings on BP

    then you go look at properties after your day job

    then you work on your property after the look at two

    then you figure there has to be a network somewhere in your area with the same drive you have for real estate

    enjoy

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  • Deren Huang
    Real Estate Agent · Tulsa, OK · Member since 2016 · 408 posts · 242 votes
    9y
    I feel this is more dorky than nerdy: I always check the oops paint section, and every time I buy something haha. Too good to pass up, "pukey brown... well it's only 8 bucks we may use it"
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  • Mindy JensenPro Member
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    BiggerPockets Money Podcast Host · Longmont, CO · Member since 2014 · 7k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    9y

    Touché, @Deren Huang ...

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  • Linda WeygantPro Member
    Investor and CPA · Arvada, CO · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    9y

    ... when you tell yourself you can't afford a $4 latte, but you can totally afford the $15000 down payment on that POS house up the block!

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  • Jim Shepard
    Investor · Edwardsville, IL · Member since 2015 · 432 posts · 481 votes
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    When you reach your goal of 25 units and now 50 sounds like a better goal. Hope the wife doesn't figure out I upped the goal until we are well into 40 doors!
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  • Mike Dymski
    Investor · Greenville, SC · Member since 2016 · 5k+ posts · 13k+ votes
    9y

    my 3 year old says "cash on cash" whenever he sees CoC in a post I am reading

    wish i could post the video here

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  • Todd F.
    Investor · Riverside, CA · Member since 2014 · 239 posts · 177 votes
    9y
    Or when you've got good friends or co workers that time and time again buy a brand new $300k+ single family house to live in on $50k to $60k a year salary, and they show you the house with big smiles asking your opinion on what they should do with all the landscaping or what types of ridiculously expensive art pieces they should buy, or how they want to rip up the brand new porcelain tiles because "the wifey wants new travertine in the brand spankin new house" and all you can do is think about the incredibly terrible "investment" they just made was as I drive off in my 1997 Toyota Tacoma with $270k miles on it, but financially sound. No disrespect to them, just.... ouch... lol
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  • David Faulkner
    Investor · Orange County, CA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Deren Huang:

    I feel this is more dorky than nerdy:
    I always check the oops paint section, and every time I buy something haha. Too good to pass up, "pukey brown... well it's only 8 bucks we may use it"

     oh, that reminds me of another one ...

    ... or your significant other/girlfriend/fiance/wife and you have "date night" roaming the isles of Home Depot discussing what finishes you want to put into your property (flip, rental, and/or primary residence).

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  • Mindy JensenPro Member
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    BiggerPockets Money Podcast Host · Longmont, CO · Member since 2014 · 7k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:
    Originally posted by @Deren Huang:

    I feel this is more dorky than nerdy:
    I always check the oops paint section, and every time I buy something haha. Too good to pass up, "pukey brown... well it's only 8 bucks we may use it"

     oh, that reminds me of another one ...

    ... or your significant other/girlfriend/fiance/wife and you have "date night" roaming the isles of Home Depot discussing what finishes you want to put into your property (flip, rental, and/or primary residence).

    Yeah, those are BOTH me... 

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  • Deren Huang
    Real Estate Agent · Tulsa, OK · Member since 2016 · 408 posts · 242 votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:
    Originally posted by @Deren Huang:

    I feel this is more dorky than nerdy:
    I always check the oops paint section, and every time I buy something haha. Too good to pass up, "pukey brown... well it's only 8 bucks we may use it"

     oh, that reminds me of another one ...

    ... or your significant other/girlfriend/fiance/wife and you have "date night" roaming the isles of Home Depot discussing what finishes you want to put into your property (flip, rental, and/or primary residence).

     My wife doesn't fall for that anymore.. i've tried driving for dollars as a "date night", going to Lowes, etc.

    But hey not complaining, at least she lets me invest and trusts me =)

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  • Justin Fox
    Software Developer · Vidor, TX · Member since 2015 · 922 posts · 639 votes
    9y

    @Roy N.

    Most Accurate Hacking Scene Ever!

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  • David Faulkner
    Investor · Orange County, CA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Deren Huang:
    Originally posted by @David Faulkner:
    Originally posted by @Deren Huang:

    I feel this is more dorky than nerdy:
    I always check the oops paint section, and every time I buy something haha. Too good to pass up, "pukey brown... well it's only 8 bucks we may use it"

     oh, that reminds me of another one ...

    ... or your significant other/girlfriend/fiance/wife and you have "date night" roaming the isles of Home Depot discussing what finishes you want to put into your property (flip, rental, and/or primary residence).

     My wife doesn't fall for that anymore.. i've tried driving for dollars as a "date night", going to Lowes, etc.

    But hey not complaining, at least she lets me invest and trusts me =)

    Before my wife and I got married, our courtship was to spend one weekend painting her place, next weekend ripping out tiles in mine, next weekend putting in trim at hers, next weekend laying tile at mine. Lot's of "date nights" at HD and Lowes and D4Ds.

    She told me a story of how she went into a pawn shop to kill some time and look for deals, and the owner kept trying to direct her to the jewelry case, and she instead asked where he kept the power tools for sale ... after that story I new she was a keeper. By the end both our houses were remodeled, we were in escrow on another, and we were engaged ... real estate geeks in love :) Married July 4, 2009 ... gave up my freedom on independence day, LOL.

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