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I wouldn't underestimate Porzingis, but I wouldn't overestimate the selfishlessness of Melo and Rose. Especially in a contract yr for Rose, and he was whining about getting paid last year after playing part time for years. Is he going to play team ball running the offense through Porzingis? Fat...

No disagreement. But you're talking about paying for transaction services, not an investment management services. Just as your lawyer or accountant provide legal and tax-related advice, not investment advice. Now some generalizations that you might call "investment" advice might fall into their...

The scooter is extremely practical but when SHTF, do you really want to deal with the inevitable Dumb & Dumber jokes? Imagine the endless "kick his ass, Seabass" or "wanna to hear the most annoying sound in the world?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!" jokes. You'll rather be dead.

Over the long term, Norway, Switzerland, and other non-EU countries have managed to trade with Europe just fine. It's just a matter of some bilateral agreements. A bit clunky, maybe. But it's not as if the EU was a shining example of administrative efficiency. The EU elite is focusing on the...

UK will be fine. When it didn't enter the Eurozone, everyone expected London's finance industry to collapse and move to Frankfurt. Never happened. I believe London's share of European financial mkts has actually increased over time, not shrank. Many of the banks have said if Brexit happened...

Please let the Dwightmare go to NY. Basically anywhere but LA. Carmelo, DRose, and Dwight will be an awesome combo. All 3 guys who are no longer great but think they should be the focal point of an offense.

That was a scary thought at first. I was in Woodbury when there was the massive Santiago Canyon fire 6-7 yrs ago (man, has it been that long??) The flames were towering and got as close as about a mile, to Portola at the NE edge of Stonegate today. Lot of people were at the town center watching...

Euro 1.1 Pound 1.3 Looks like next vacation will be Europe!

Mrs Acpme wants a distressed wood table. Makes sense as that's something you don't have to baby and will continue to look good as it ages. Problem is an authentic piece is neither easy to find and nor cheap.

Homeowners exemption. You get a $75 reduction in taxes on a primary residence. Anyone know how long its been since the number has been changed? Seems like a relic of earlier times when home values were MUCH lower.

Do you work on CMBS? Sounds like you're at a special servicer.

When it comes to Ray Dalios, he is indeed brilliant. I've had the pleasure of hearing him speak. He will not talk about investing except in very vague terms. If you ask him for an investment idea, he'll shut you down. Instead he wants to talk life philosophy and other random musings. Maybe...

A lot of those were affiliated with Donald Trump, so it's all good. Trump has never been involved in anything shady.

Irvine Co may one day go back to becoming a REIT, especially when the Don goes. Most of the major REITs were at one time family businesses. It's an extremely tax efficient exit for large family RE portfolios.

True but in this day and age, it's a bold assumption that you'll never change jobs. Gone are the days where you worked for 40 years at the same company and retired. A lot has to do with the loss of defined benefit plans (pensions). A typical 30 year old today has already been in 3 jobs and...

Also Kiyosaki's source of wealth was writing the books, not the actually wealth creation methods he wrote about. Having said that, I have read excerpts and summaries of some of the strategies, but not the entire book myself. So I'll reserve further judgment. I am a big fan of Lynch and Tobias...

What Paris said. $ and title have to go together. Unfortunately, its how your worth as an employee is valued outside the firm. If one or the other is out of line, another employer will naturally have questions. If $ but no title: Did you get paid well because you performed an important...

Like typical Hollywood, as production values have gone up, writing has gotten worse. Re-watched the early seasons recently and lot of the CGI was mediocre. But the story was so much tighter. Now you have side stories that exist for no other reason than to show off a cool locale. Still one of...

I think Nick Young's response was sarcastic. In any case, its also funny when you're a 31 yo journeyman who's never been close to All-Star status, benched by the 2nd worst team in the league, and worn out your welcome on a 4th team, and decide to give yourself a nickname like Swaggy P. Aren't...

Season finale this Sunday will be the longest episode so far - 69 minutes. Can't wait...