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BiggerPockets Money Podcast Host · Longmont, CO · Member since 2014 · 7k+ posts · 10k+ votes

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Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes

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

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Linda WeygantPro Member
Investor and CPA · Arvada, CO · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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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).
LMAO. Me and my SO almost got thrown out of Home Depot for getting a little too frisky in the plumbing aisle. Sometimes when you get to staring at all those faucets and shower heads.....
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Deren Huang
Real Estate Agent · Tulsa, OK · Member since 2016 · 408 posts · 242 votes
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@David Faulkner
"we were in escrow on another"
You are a straight geek. haha
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Chinmay J.
Investor · Northern, VA · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 904 votes
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Your ex girlfriend calls you in the middle of the night..... to pull comps..
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Frank Trigoso
Investor · Miami, FL · Member since 2016 · 75 posts · 23 votes
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When you start analyzing deals in your head and then actually break it down to see how close you were.
Or...
You tend to always relate the conversation to real estate...
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Roy N.Pro Member
Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Justin Fox:

@Roy N.
Most Accurate Hacking Scene Ever!
I lasted 30 seconds
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Justin B.
Investor · Gaithersburg, MD · Member since 2013 · 660 posts · 441 votes
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When you see that calculator that was posted and know it's bass-ackwards. Having to press the enter key, enter your second number, then the + sign. WTF? :)
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Roy N.Pro Member
Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Justin B.:

When you see that calculator that was posted and know it's bass-ackwards. Having to press the enter key, enter your second number, then the + sign. WTF? :)
Not bass-ackwards, but postfix notation (sometimes called reverse-polish notation), the most efficient way to process arithmetic ...
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Linda S.
Investor · Richmond, VA · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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I love this thread!
Me and my SO love watching Flipping/renovation shows, and calling them out on what they should have done first, or incorrect technique, or poor choice of materials etc, it's so much fun!! It's fun to look at jobs they did, and say critique!
When BP becomes one of your favorite sites!
I look at my friend's FB pics, and specifically look at their house in the background at their kitchens and stuff and know the cost of materials.
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Austin Fruechting
Investor · Kansas City, MO · Member since 2017 · 791 posts · 1k+ votes
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When your favorite days are when you get to sit down with excel and go to town with analysis and financial projections.
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Justin B.
Investor · Gaithersburg, MD · Member since 2013 · 660 posts · 441 votes
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Touché, Roy!
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Chris MasonPro Member
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Lender · CA · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 10k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Roy N.:

Originally posted by @Justin B.:
When you see that calculator that was posted and know it's bass-ackwards. Having to press the enter key, enter your second number, then the + sign. WTF? :)
Not bass-ackwards, but postfix notation (sometimes called reverse-polish notation), the most efficient way to process arithmetic ...
I actually switch back and forth between the RPN HP-12c, one or two 12-button calculators perpetually up on my computer screen, as well as a Google Sheets spreadsheet or two.
Drives people around me nuts.
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Roy N.Pro Member
Rental Property Investor · Fredericton, New Brunswick · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Chris Mason:
Originally posted by @Roy N.:

Originally posted by @Justin B.:
When you see that calculator that was posted and know it's bass-ackwards. Having to press the enter key, enter your second number, then the + sign. WTF? :)
Not bass-ackwards, but postfix notation (sometimes called reverse-polish notation), the most efficient way to process arithmetic ...
I actually switch back and forth between the RPN HP-12c, one or two 12-button calculators perpetually up on my computer screen, as well as a Google Sheets spreadsheet or two.
Drives people around me nuts.
Chis:
RPN is so engrained that I have to consciously think my way through when using an infix calculator ... my six year old finds it amusing.
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Jared Franklin
Reading, PA · Member since 2017 · 24 posts · 5 votes
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Originally posted by @Todd F.:

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
@Todd Fithian or when you're so used to talking money your truck no longer has normal vehicle miles of 270k it has "$270k" of driving for dollar miles ;)
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Justin Fox
Software Developer · Vidor, TX · Member since 2015 · 922 posts · 639 votes
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When you write your own program to screen-scrape county data. Not only for RE purposes but to also put the ISD on blast for finagling their numbers when promoting a tax increase for a bond. And.... then you accidentally crash the server.
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BiggerPockets Money Podcast Host · Longmont, CO · Member since 2014 · 7k+ posts · 10k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Roy N.:

Originally posted by @Justin Fox:
@Roy N.
Most Accurate Hacking Scene Ever!
I lasted 30 seconds
Too bad the scene did not...
I really like the movie Hackers, too. You know, for the realistic portrayal...
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Mike Nelson
Investor · Oak Park, IL · Member since 2014 · 316 posts · 150 votes
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When my 11-year-old son asked me about Donald Trump, I told him about the incredibly marvelous deals he did as a real estate dude ago not about the incredible marvelous things he is doing as President.
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Andrew Johnson
Real Estate Investor · Encinitas, CA · Member since 2016 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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@Mindy Jensen When you're wife becomes jealous of the intimate relationship you have with your Trulia iPhone app...
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David Faulkner
Investor · Orange County, CA · Member since 2015 · 2k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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... or like Pavlov's dog you get excited when you smell cat piss, poop, cigarette smoke, mold, etc. because it all smells like money to you.
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Kyparissia, Messinia · Member since 2017 · 56 posts · 15 votes
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When you visit a place you've never been to before and instead of going to tourist attractions, you prefer to drive through neighborhoods looking at houses.
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Sean Cassidy
Investor · Brownville, ME · Member since 2017 · 83 posts · 35 votes
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When you drive through a new area and your SO instinctively starts pricing every house for sale... Then pulls up Realtor.com and is always within 10k of asking.
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Todd F.
Investor · Riverside, CA · Member since 2014 · 239 posts · 177 votes
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I miss this thread lol
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