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  1. Larry T. Spider
    My Nike pick certainly sucked. Doubled up at $74. Just get back to $100!
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    El Dorado is amazing but not exactly hurting for business. I have to go during off peak hours to even get in. Great food though!
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    With the continued takeover by McGuire Moorman and the like, I wanted to start a thread of independently owned or family restaurants worth visiting. With Austin rent prices and inflation hitting customers, I’m sure they will take all the help that they can get. Suggestions can be anywhere in the area, any type of food, and any budget. Just not chains or larger restaurant groups. Hoping to discover some hidden gems and help some hard working people out in the process. Post what you got and let us know if you try any of the spots people name.
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    My theory is simple. Trump put up somebody that’s unpopular with many in his own party. It’s a loyalty test.
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    What if the person doing the harm is also special needs?
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    Nope. The district was not able to get their facility that will house the program ready by start of school this year. We are still on track to open in fall 2025. I have another program starting in the next couple of months that is smaller, but if they both happen, I’ll be over quota without any other deals. Our fiscal year starts/ends September 1st so plenty of time to add some backup possibilities. My gut feeling is pretty good but it doesn’t take much for these deals to fall apart. So many moving pieces and usually a 6-18 month sales cycle.
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    I know quite a few blue collar Hispanics that love him for all the shit talking and bravado. They also like WWE rasslin.
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    I thought Harris was pretty good but this was trumps “Biden debate moment”. He’s always been an idiot but go back to his debate with HRC. He was a lot sharper in his own weird way back then. All he has left is scare tactics. World war 3, illegals raping your mom and eating your pets, Marxism, etc. It will certainly work for his base but he’s not picking up any new voters.
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    I fly about twice a month and rarely have issues. I left my house in round rock and was at my gate in under an hour last time. Sometimes the pre check line is long but it moves.
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    I’m in western RR. We got about 5 good minutes. More than my wife can say.
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    The hotel is also in massive debt. This isn’t going to help.
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    I love the system in Madrid. It makes everything so easy. There are a lot of factors that make it harder here such as density and our cities are already built for cars. But I think the number one reason is that the public doesn’t truly demand it. A train system is a basic expectation in Europe and much of Asia. Here it is a “nice to have” outside of NYC and Chicago (kinda). My other hot take is that American cities like to half ass projects. It doesn’t really work for rail. You either need a complete system that allows people to not buy a car or just don’t bother. Example: Austin’s red line. It’s better than nothing but I still need a car.
  13. Larry T. Spider
    Lake still looks depressing but it’s 46.5% full. Up from 39.4% 3 months ago. Lake going up in the summer is never a bad thing.
  14. Larry T. Spider
    Solid shower this morning in Round Rock. Great addition to yesterday’s rain. I always assume August will be completely dry so any rain is a surprise.
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    I wouldn’t say that Birmingham is on my retirement list but you can definitely do a lot worse. They have enough good bars and restaurants to keep you entertained, a decent downtown scene, and you are closer to getting four seasons. It’s an easy drive to the beach, Atlanta, or Nashville. Buying a nice house is cheap as hell and they do have some very nice neighborhoods. Metro population is over 1.1 million. Natural beauty isn’t great but better than I expected with hills and trees kinda similar to the western part of Austin. Cons are crime is pretty bad but the nicer hoods won’t have an issue. You don’t escape red state politics if that’s important to you. You can get dropped off at the airport and be at your gate in 3 minutes but almost all flights are going to have a connection.
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    True story. I travel to Birmingham for work sometimes. It was pretty hot this week but next week is all highs in the upper 80s and gets down into the upper 60s at night. They actually have a low projected at 61 one day next week. Totally different world than most of Texas.
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    If you have lived there, I’m sure that you have picked up on a million differences that a visitor wouldn’t. I haven’t lived in either. My take is that they are both big, spread out, car dependent cities with a lot of traffic. However both are diverse and have the great food scene that goes with it. You could say the same about several other big southern cities, but maybe without the same great food. My main point is that LAs appeal is largely related to the physical location and other than that it’s not very different than other big, spread out cities.
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    I haven’t spent much time in Texarkana but drive through it a lot because of work. The drive to Dallas is less than 3 hours. 5-6 will get you to Austin.
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    I sell a very niche service to school districts related to special education. 80% of the districts don’t need it, 10% would like it but their situation isn’t dire enough to shell out 7 figures, and for the remaining 10% we save their ass. I contact a specific role at each district via email to let them know we are available if they are experiencing the main problem that we solve. I sometimes cold call if I know for sure they have the problem that we solve. Overall it works well, but my absolute favorite is when somebody tells me to “take them off my list” then meets me at a conference and is shocked to learn that this service exists and can’t wait to set up a meeting with their superintendent. My second favorite is when the person in that specific role tells me no without much consideration but the superintendent later directs them to go with us and delegates the project to them. Slightly awkward and a love it!
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    I actually don’t mind Houston other than the weather. Plenty to do and the food scene is great. It’s more than I don’t get the appeal of LA outside of the physical location and great weather that comes with it.
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    Neg away but I always say LA is Houston by the beach/mountains.
  22. Larry T. Spider
    He lives in the other city and this is my first deal using him. He started as an investor there before becoming an agent and is definitely worth paying out of pocket for. I feel like this situation is going to become more common with sellers trying to get a discount on commission and buyers having to foot some of the bill. Not necessarily against that, but sellers are usually the ones walking away with money while buyers are writing a fat check already. If somebody was buying an 800k house (common in Austin) that would be another 8k added to their down payment and closing costs.
  23. Larry T. Spider
    Wanted the boards opinion on this with all the changes in buyer’s compensation going on. I’m looking to buy an investment property in a different city and my realtor has been great. I definitely want him to be fairly compensated. The house I want to buy has a seller offering 2% commission to the buyer’s agent. My contract with him says that I would have to come up with the difference on anything under 3%. I haven’t submitted an offer yet. Should I negotiate this? It not that expensive of a house so we are talking 2k. Should I ask for 2k cash at close?
  24. Larry T. Spider
    I’m a long way from retirement but my wife would retire to Spain in a minute. Honestly, I would do the same. My biggest concern at this point is the number of Americans wanting to move there. I’m wondering if they will eventually become more strict the number they allow or if the locals will get fed up with us.
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