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Well if they lose this weekend it’s the 2nd loss of the season and ensures if you get anymore losses after that you are out of the playoff picture for the season. So yea I’d say it’s make or break for him.
Leavitt has a near 60% completion rate through his first 3 games at LSU. This is exactly in line with his completion rate at his last 2 colleges he played at. He also historically posts good rushing yards as seen in his first 3 games at LSU and his past 2 schools. Leavitt is exactly the same player he’s been he’s a low completion QB who is good at the scramble bc he can’t ever commit to his passing game. I’m as big of an LSU fan as you can find but I’m also realistic about what we have as a QB. Kiffin brought in Leavitt bc he is a good rushing QB and quick on feet but thought he could coach up his passing game. Clearly his passing game can’t be coached up as we are seeing.
$100-$300/hr depending on their resume. There are some in BR through BREC that charge closer to $100/hr. The guy at pelican point is Paxton and I believe he is $200/hr. Brian Manzella in New Orleans is $300/hr.

Golf instructors in BR area

Posted by Redstickbaw on 9/14/26 at 12:14 pm
Anyone recommend any specific golf instructors for a beginner in the BR area?
Looking for the best bang for my buck to catch all the games this season. I’m not worried about buying a bunch of extra channels I don’t need. What streaming service do you use for lsu sports?
I plan to pay for my children’s car expenses (car insurance, gas, maintenance), college tuition for the first 4 years at a public in state university, and they are more than welcome to live at the house for the years they are in college. If they want on campus housing or apartment during college they will need to get a job and pay for that. If they wanna go out drinking or fun money in college they can get a job to pay for that. After college graduation and they get their career job, all bills are on them except they can stay home a few years if they want to save up for a housing down payment to get ahead on life. If my children don’t want to go to college they have to come up with a career path plan and are welcome to stay with us as long as they have clear defined goals and making reasonable progress towards getting a career in a non college required field. How do my plans compared to your plans or what you did for your children in the past once they finish high school? Is what I outlined above reasonable expectations?
Our total tax burden is ranked 39th. Last time I checked the median US home prices are around $450k. You can easily buy a house in Louisiana for well under that. I’m sorry but Louisiana’s cost of living is one of the cheapest in the US with all things considered. A quick google search has LA as #5 for lowest cost of living.
It’s not bad our low income tax and property tax make up for it compared to other states. Real estate is super cheap in Louisiana also
College football has always been about money just as everything in the world is about. Now the players get the chance to have some of the money that they help generate every Saturday during football season. I don’t see a problem with players being paid. They are there to start their career just like the students except their career is football.
A select few will get together and form an investment group to put in 100mil collectively for a 9.5% non controlling ownership into (a public tax payer institution) LSU athletics. The investor group will also receive investment returns back to themselves. Basically the boosters will now get a return on their donations to LSU as a portion of LSU profits will be returned to this investment group. It appears LSU will be investing the 100m into profitable businesses to get a return on the money so they don’t have to go beg for money from the boosters quite as often. Not quite sure what they are investing in though maybe it’s the S&P 500 or SpaceX?
Leap scores are improving in EBR and magnet schools remain solid. He can do a walk up dance if he keeps the improvement momentum going on as far as I’m concerned.
I’m at 1.3 invested and earn 220k. So I’d have to make a 17% annual return on my current investments to match my current income. So under historical average returns of s&p of 12% I’d have to say not yet. My retirement target is in the ball park of 5 mil so I still have a while to work.

What services do you leave a tip?

Posted by Redstickbaw on 7/24/26 at 8:40 pm
What services do you leave a tip? Do you leave a tip at a coffee shop if you are ordering a regular brewed coffee at a stand up counter? Should you tip a restaurant for a to-go order? Where do you tip or not tip?
I was talking about after tax bucket. I do see a Roth 401k option but I have never put anything in that option before. I usually rotate between the pretax and after tax options.

Contribute pretax or after tax 401k?

Posted by Redstickbaw on 7/13/26 at 7:26 pm
We are solidly in the 22% tax bracket during our earning years. We are still 20 years away from retirement and so the question comes should we be doing pre tax or after tax 401k contributions? I can look at projections all day long assuming different returns and withdrawal rates and they mostly put me in the 22% bracket during retirement years in most scenario's. What would the money talk board suggest for how to put my contributions? I’m thinking 10% toward pretax and 5% after tax. If I put all 15% pretax then I can probably max the 24k limit for the year but won’t get any after tax contributions.
Looking at single family homes prices in BR vs rental cost per SF it seems like after putting a 20% down payment I would only be able to pay for my monthly payment, insurance, and property taxes with what I could charge for rent per month. This leaves no extra income for repairs and vacancies. Is anyone actually buying and renting homes right now? Even for those who are wouldn’t it be smarter to put that money in an S&P fund? I know they say it’s always better to buy yesterday than today so is it just playing the long game buying today and taking a monthly loss while waiting on capital appreciation?

re: Mall of Louisiana's future

Posted by Redstickbaw on 4/26/26 at 4:49 pm to
I’ll still go to the mall if I need to. Not to down play what happen this week by any means but this event could have happened anywhere in BR festivals, Perkins Rowe, movie theater, etc.
Do you live in your favorite state in the U.S? If not what is stopping you from living there?
Looking for guidance on getting into real estate. Should I buy a condo near LSU and put it up for rent? Should I buy a single family house in a DSLD neighborhood and rent it out? Beach condo? What is the best route for me and how much should I put down and what price vs rental income should I be looking at?