“One of the scariest things that happen in the worst-case scenarios is people turn on people,” he said in one clip after listing a few such scenarios: a new, more-virulent pandemic; artificial intelligence run amok; nuclear war; or “the real war with China and Russia and cybertechnology and the Cold War.”RAD’s survivalist-camp business is in the process of gaining control of 20,000 acres of rural property across multiple sites nationwide, Mendenhall said in an interview last month with the financial blogger and stock picker Jim Woods on Woods’ podcast, Way of the Renaissance Man.But the bulk of the business’ holdings consists of residential real estate, filings show.

You will also inherit a very low cost basis (his actual cost basis which could be insanely low, or your artificially low value if you’re lucky.) making any eventual sale a tax landmine.

When the public momentum comes your direction, it may experience a honeymoon high but it's artificial.

That being said, most federal laws, especially the TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) are going to apply when you are mass advertising orif you’re using an auto-dialer, pre-recorded voice, or artificial voice to call consumer.

Generally, LTVs are pretty healthy because everyone has a ton of equity, and FICOs have been really solid for the past few years (I suspect this may be artificially inflated by the covid response, though). 

Artificial Inflation of commodities is often caused by the devaluation of the currency used for the exchange.

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The most important part of "AI" isn't the word "intelligent", it's the word "artificial".

It can't be digitally optimized..ESPECIALLY with artificial intelligence (more on that non-sense later..)There are many areas where active rental licenses and permits do not transfer and regulations that change seasonally.

It is also foolish to attempt to encumber (protect) your primary residence through the use of an artificial HELOC for equity-stripping.