@lampsofgold Yup. If it had a good search function I could work around QTs.
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@Dseitz Yup. I would definitely not want to have to sell my home in that market. As for a PE bailout, I'm just a pessimist at heart.
@hazelweakly We might make an AGI, but that's on the order of 50 years out, optimistically, and it's far more likely "never" than "tomorrow."
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Judd Legum@[email protected] 2. Duval County has banned "House and Homes" by Ann Morris as porn.
The book is a series of photographs illustrating different kids of homes around the world
It was named "one of the best books of the year" by Parents Magazine
Dan SeitzThe nightmare scenario here is these clowns go all in on hog anus futures or some other "can't miss" bet that even a five year old would tell you will miss, and lose such a staggering amount of cash they have to start selling off assets.
Imagine 1% of your city's housing stock going on the market for like 5% of its value.
Letting PE firms buy homes is inviting disaster because financial firms are surprisingly fragile even when well regulated, which PE firms are most certainly NOT, but pair this with what amounts to firing up the clock on a guaranteed "out of nowhere" crash and that's your next 2008 right there.