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UT_OB1

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  1. Or learns to turnaround when repeatedly getting hit in the back.
  2. I certainly wouldn’t want to draw conclusions from a datapoint of 3. Rent prices can swing a lot even within a state, and if you’re just doing trends based on number of sales and price, the the bigger cities are going to skew averages that your every day landlord doesn’t see as reality. We bought our first 2 in 2018 and third in 2019. Our planned forth in 2021 but instead we live there now because we enjoyed the atmosphere (rural, woods, etc). We’ve taken some very dilapidated bordering on unlivable houses and done a lot of the repairs ourselves. I enjoy doing it, but it becomes a lot when you have an actual job and a family. “I’m going to be done in 6 months” turns in to 2 years. We started as an alternative to trying to fund our retirement only by saving in stocks because neither of us wants to care / learn about the market. Goal was to have income producing houses in retirement. Taxes and insurance have gone nuts (and I’ve never had an insurance claim). We’re not profiting. My hope is that value outpaces inflation plus our losses, but I’m terrified I’ll look back in 20 years and have a lot of regrets. We did STR (still doing one that way). I wouldn’t wish STR on my worst enemy. I hate this new iPhone update. Good bye and good luck.
  3. Yeah I might actually be able to turn a profit on my 3 rentals if prices had doubled since we started.
  4. Yeah it’s pretty great in the shade in the morning or evening even with the humidity in Houston. I miss the low humidity I got for the 5 years I was in Austin. I remember my first night there in early August hanging out on my balcony thinking holy shit this is nice and there are no mosquitos
  5. Finished except for staining after the pt wood dries (forgot to take a pic after roof). 18 more eggs in the incubator tonight. Wife said I can stop building pens/coops when I’m dead.
  6. Another week, another coop. Hope to wrap this one up tomorrow so this little guy and a few of his friends can have more space
  7. Buddy, you just described life as it has always been and always will be.
  8. So are you rich now with the way prices have gone, or have your cost gone up at the same rate?
  9. How accurate are we talking? As in if you start playing the game at 3p you won’t make it more than 8 miles in the first hour?
  10. If you weren’t 4 hours away I’d take him off your hands. Probably can get someone to take him for free on FB, Nextdoor, or Craigslist. another weekend, another coop. I’m exhausted and soon to be broke building coops. This one is for the Silkies. Wife wants to raise them and sell them. They are a little smaller so it is a little smaller. Still need a door and ladder, and I have to put bird netting up around the fenced area for them before they can roam. Will get the kids to paint the non pt siding on it.
  11. Quinn: (couldn’t find shaq gif)
  12. I don’t know wtf that forehead penis is for, but I don’t like the way Apollo is looking at me
  13. You sure he/she is a rooster? I only ask because we’ve had a couple Cochins and at least one ayam with largish combs. Not enough meat to eat yet. How old? They can look pretty unusual young, especially if they’re mixed, so I wouldn’t say anything is unhealthy about that one. If it’s eating, drinking, and not shitting blood or worms you’re probably good. Not sure where you live, but be careful w the chicken wire. Raccoons can tear through it. My wife goes overboard on the 1/2” cloth wire, but you might want to have a 2’ wide roll around the bottom Lays eggs, comb to body ratio made us think she was a male when she was 2-4 months:
  14. Well, we have a new predator. Meow. Built a new coop tractor to breed the Ayams Baby chick on a swing! They’re fun to watch ElecPanel2_2025-08-21T23_24_02.mp4 IMG_7517.mov
  15. Does he have a cursed ring?
  16. We were at surface about 4 weeks ago and noticed it was clearer than normal. I know this is the Galveston thread but any recs in Freeport or surfside?
  17. Seeing 69 forecasted for the low a week out with a high in the mid 80s. Maybe we’re getting there. After decent mornings, the 10a and in had been brutal. Finished up a new coop so we can separate our ayam coma cemanis from the rest but was sure I was going to heat stroke out.
  18. Felt great last night and this morning here in Brazoria. The “front” cooled things down with the rain in the evening without time to heat back up and just enough wind and dryer air to almost feel fall like until about 9a here.
  19. @kingkoopa6
  20. I missed the part about the PT for 4 months, sorry. It’s a tough decision to make, but it sounds like you did all you could to not do surgery. It’ll knock you down a bit for a while, but better to get it taken care of and start the process to bounce back rather than live with pain longer than you need to.
  21. Are they scraping the tendon? I had that done 15 years ago. If you looked closely, 18ish months later you could still see a difference in my arms. I hopped back in to the gym, but I must say I’m amazed how weak I got. I had a knee scope at almost 40 that I recovered from much faster. Personally, if I had it to do again, I’d spend some more time trying Ice, PT, NSAIDs, but realizing I might still just end up in surgery. Of course on the flip side i wish I’d just gotten my knee taken care if sooner rather
  22. Yeah, good point. By myself it’s mario3 and Zelda or mega man2. If friends are over it’s easy tmnt for me plus techmo bowl or dd
  23. Hiking around near New Castle Australia today.
  24. I grew up in SE Texas. When I moved to Austin in June before starting college I had no idea it could be nice in the evening. And no mosquitoes. It was glorious. I always wanted to slap people bitching about the summer in Austin. Of course I’ve been living in Houston almost 20 years now.
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