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It'll be Harris-Shapiro or Harris-Beshear....

Will Davis. Former LSU Catcher and current Lamar Head Coach, comes to mind as a potential mentor/inspiration....

Puerto Rico homes typically have 6" block. In the continental US, 8" block is the norm for concrete blocks....

5% is typical in my area. I'd do 5% and 3 months with a 3 month option to extend. Sellers have some control right now in many areas. If you're in many parts of Florida though, do 6% and 6 months....

This was way overblown. It's an article about a public figure that is the defending national champion leading her team in the NCAA Tournament. It talks about her coaching and personality style. Mulkey's press conference made this a big deal. It wasn't....

NFIP is government backed flood insurance that is subsidized below private market rates. NFIP has government controls on how it can calculate risk and also on the policy rates and coverage amounts. NFIP will state that it's rates are actuarial sound - but that's based on constraints like $250k max c...

Handshake must be something new in the past 10 years. Many of the folks who are hiring graduated in before 2010....

Low interest rates combined with excess spending was a huge reason. Give someone $100k in additional discretionary income when the fed rates are at 0%. They'll turn it into a $1M loan. Now do this 1M times. Also increase for many it was $1M+ in extra income that then result in $10M+ in low-interest...

$28k/yr for all-year daycare for a toddler. #2 on the way will make it $56k/yr for two in daycare. This is a DC suburb in not the nicest or most affluent area. We're looking to move to back to the South in the next year. Almost solely bc of childcare costs....

Trump and Biden are not good candidates to control inflation. Both have shown inflationary policies that were ignited by Covid and the Fed. Trump has the 2017 Jobs and Tax Act and PPP. Both have fueled inflation. Biden has had ARPA, IRA, and IIJA (Infrastructure). All have fueled inflation eve...