It's funny I was getting gas and this kinda alpha looking dude is in line in front of me. Big beard country looking. His son comes around the corner and is the most weak looking no chin glasses wearing child I have seen. I look at my daughter who is very normal looking and I just thank the stars for my genetics
Graduated last December (not the one we just passed, the one before) and have been living with my parents since. I keep myself being useful since I'm, ya know, a fucking bum.
Really though, most of the last year has just been trying to find a supervisor to get me trained in the ways of a real estate appraiser. I've been subbing at my local school all this time and it pays like shit, and this week I'll actually be starting training. Just taking measurements, figuring out the laser measuring tools, probably how to put that into the software, maybe sketching, the basics really.
Supervisor guy said he'd give me 50% once he feels I'm good enough to work on my own. If I'm doing that, and making about $300 each, I could do 3 a week and make $3600 for the month. And a lot of appraisals only take a day to actually do in terms of typing up the report and all that. It just takes a while to get that report done because you've usually got others you're already working on with earlier deadlines.
But anyway... $3600 a month before tax ain't bad at all for a trainee. Some folks have trainees pay them, which is all kinds of screwed up.
In about a year, I'll probably be done training and then, being more rural, I could probably charge about $650-$700 for each appraisal, do three a week and I'm looking at or near $100k a year working 3 days a week.
Couldn't be better. Hell, I'll take $75k and with time like that? Not even billionaires can afford it.
And luckily housing around here is cheap too. Had a real nice house sell for $250k recently, and it's about 2100 sqft. Try buying that in California... 😬
So yeah, gotta get to working and I'll probably buy a small starter home just so I can get out of my parents' hair. If the housing market crashes or drops like we've been hearing that'll only help me out, prices will fall! Then once I'm done training the market will probably recuperate by then and when I'm ready to get a nicer place I'll be able to sell mine for more than I paid for it, maybe, and that'll help me on paying for the better one.
That's the plan anyway, I'm sure it'll change a bit on the house stuff because nothing is concrete there, no pun intended.
As for girlfriend stuff, staying faaaar away from that shit. You couldn't pay me to bother. Unless there is an angel sent from God himself, which there won't be, I'm better off alone. Divorces are 58% or something now? Like Hell am I taking those odds. 😂
It's gonna be nothing but time, decent money, and vidya n' guns from here on, probably. Can't complain.
Really though, most of the last year [...] get me trained in the ways of a real estate appraiser.
There is some job security in that this job can also be performed for local government if the bottom falls out of the private sector, but I'd personally be leery of anything in real estate, unless you feel like you have a solid grasp on how things will go for the next half year to a year.
Remember, any new venture has a cost you pay (in time spent learning it, which is magnified by the opportunity cost of not learning something else), as well as possible actual monetary costs. Just make sure to evaluate your options before committing.
If I'm doing that, and making about $300 each, I could do 3 a week [...]
Ahh yes, the speculation of the young, lol. Just be aware that you sound like a lot of my old college buddies who dreamed of grandeur in relatively down-to-earth fields, but it was always based on a guaranteed amount of work, which happens to be the un-guaranteed part. Just keep this in mind - it takes time to build relationships with customers, and you will probably bung up your first few, which may slow your early growth.
Still, it is impressive overall, and it beats the pants off of any 'service economy' job, so good on you!
Had a real nice house sell for $250k recently, and it's about 2100 sqft.
The nicest thing about Real Estate or anything related is that you basically get first dibs. Most in the field just keep buying houses and end up with decent rental income after a decade or two.
That's the plan anyway,
This reminded me of a thing my dad always said - 'The first casualty of war is the battle plan'. Keep on your toes and don't get married to your plans!
It's gonna be nothing but time, decent money, and vidya n' guns from here on,
Overall sounds like a decent plan, just remember that men don't feel satisfied on the soul level unless they are creating something. Learn carpentry, construction, how to repair cars, or get a 3D printer (this one is a ton of fun) and learn CAD etc - anything, as long as you are creating. Seriously, the lack of creating will eventually manifest as a deep sadness that you won't be able to pinpoint. This one took me years to find out as a fellow bachelor.
And yes, creating kids also counts, to a degree.
Anyway, there's my spill. How've you been?
Nightmare and a half. Where I live, things are still so fucked from covid. Now nobody wants to work (which means I am making good money, though I have to work 2x for it), and, since jews pushed drugs heavily during the lockdowns, it seems like everyone is on something, and nobody could pass a drug test, so they simply got rid of them (?!). Seriously, I walk down my street on a weekend night and will probably smell pot between 2 and 3 times in maybe a quarter mile.
But, like I said, everything pertaining to me directly is actually going very well. It's finally the time of year to get the garden back up, and this year I'm getting trees in to start a quasi-orchard! Also had just a cheap FDM printer before, and finally decided to order the Elegoo Jupiter (taking the plunge into resin), it will arrive later this week! This video suggests some of the things I want to try first: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fvhDQ_ABP2s
EDIT the video has been deleted lol. Basically, it was some kids testing resin 3D printed lowers. I imagine it was deleted because of that new Biden rule.
I don't really have much plan-wise except trying to make sure my future is secured in these uncertain times (if you catch my drift), while also trying to secure the future of some vulnerable ones in my family. Really, it is just about milking the cow before it dies, as I see it, and they've already scheduled its death for sometime in 2025 IIRC.
Make sure to keep an eye out for your future as well.
but I'd personally be leery of anything in real estate,
I was as well. The thing about appraisals is that it's in a sort of niche that it's hard to kill off. Will it fluctuate? Sure.
Just make sure to evaluate your options before committing.
The other option is to be a teacher and make $36k starting out, and maybe hit $50k at 20 or so years.
I'll take appraisals. 😂
Ahh yes, the speculation of the young, lol.
You have no idea. I do try to keep things realistic though, because things do fluctuate. We're in a slower period right now, and even then securing 3 jobs a week isn't difficult here. If I was in a big city? Then I'd be worried. Rural appraisal doesn't have enough though, and my state doesn't anyway because they're all sitting in OKC or Tulsa.
Just keep this in mind - it takes time to build relationships with customers, and you will probably bung up your first few, which may slow your early growth.
Luckily I have a head start there. I know someone at BancFirst who basically told me once I'm started, I'll be getting work sent to me. Basically an older sibling to me, known all my life. Lol.
'The first casualty of war is the battle plan'. Keep on your toes and don't get married to your plans!
mmhmm
Way I see it, things are chill and I die by 50, or things suck and I'll be dead starving in a ditch because I can't afford anything thanks to kikes wrecking everything. Either way, there isn't a happy ending. Might as well enjoy what I can. Almost halfway done here.
Overall sounds like a decent plan, just remember that men don't feel satisfied on the soul level unless they are creating something.
I doubt I ever will. 😂
Seriously, the lack of creating will eventually manifest as a deep sadness that you won't be able to pinpoint.
I hear ya. I'm already there though, just got used to it. Used to really suck, now there's nothing.
And yes, creating kids also counts, to a degree.
Makes sense, but that implies a lot happening beforehand which won't. Besides, I won't damn an innocent soul to this world. It'll be over soon, for us or everyone. I'd rather not force a kid to deal with that.
Work and everything smells like pot
I'm "quoting" this but really responding to all of it. First, big oof my dude. Awesome that you've got work, but picking up the slack for others being idiots would just piss me off.
And as for everything smelling like pot, relatable. Once OK passed medical marijuana we had 2 dispensaries open up in my town and some chink fuckers move in and start really big growing operations. If the wind blows right, whole fucking town smells like a skunk. It's fucking bullshit. "Dude weed lmao"
I'd rather people drink every fucking weekend.
But, like I said, everything pertaining to me directly is actually going very well.
Awesome!
It's finally the time of year to get the garden back up, and this year I'm getting trees in to start a quasi-orchard!
That sounds fun! Typically I'd dread doing something like that, working with either of my parents is a nightmare because they'll inevitably get pissed about something and it's constant walking on eggshells, but doing that by myself, maybe popping in some earbuds and listening to a documentary while doing that? Ezpz. That's the way it is with anything anymore, really. I dread working with family because there's always some bullshit that happens, been that way since I was a kid, but by myself I can take my time and just chip away at it and maybe learn something along the way.
EDIT the video has been deleted lol. Basically, it was some kids testing resin 3D printed lowers. I imagine it was deleted because of that new Biden rule.
Probably. Or jewtube just hates guns that much and they did a crackdown after the tranny shot everything up the other day.
Still, that sort of stuff always seemed interesting to me. Would I do it myself? Don't know. I think I'd enjoy reloading rounds a bit more than making lowers. Just preference really.
I don't really have much plan-wise except trying to make sure my future is secured in these uncertain times (if you catch my drift), while also trying to secure the future of some vulnerable ones in my family.
I hear ya there man. It's just hard to know what to do. I'm keeping an eye out myself, for sure. But really there's nothing I can do. All these people going "innawoods"? World's gotten a lot smaller, and they're gonna figure it out the hard way. There's no good options really. Like I said earlier, I'll be dead by 50 or I'll be dead in a ditch. Shit happens. 🙃
Hopefully you'll be fine though. You've got family.
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I'm 99% sure the guy had no chin under the beard
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Too bad it can't make up for the rest of my face... Damn.
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...Well, how's things? You out of school yet?
[ + ] PhantomXLII
[ - ] PhantomXLII 1 point 2.1 yearsApr 2, 2023 13:28:00 ago (+1/-0)
Graduated last December (not the one we just passed, the one before) and have been living with my parents since. I keep myself being useful since I'm, ya know, a fucking bum.
Really though, most of the last year has just been trying to find a supervisor to get me trained in the ways of a real estate appraiser. I've been subbing at my local school all this time and it pays like shit, and this week I'll actually be starting training. Just taking measurements, figuring out the laser measuring tools, probably how to put that into the software, maybe sketching, the basics really.
Supervisor guy said he'd give me 50% once he feels I'm good enough to work on my own. If I'm doing that, and making about $300 each, I could do 3 a week and make $3600 for the month. And a lot of appraisals only take a day to actually do in terms of typing up the report and all that. It just takes a while to get that report done because you've usually got others you're already working on with earlier deadlines.
But anyway... $3600 a month before tax ain't bad at all for a trainee. Some folks have trainees pay them, which is all kinds of screwed up.
In about a year, I'll probably be done training and then, being more rural, I could probably charge about $650-$700 for each appraisal, do three a week and I'm looking at or near $100k a year working 3 days a week.
Couldn't be better. Hell, I'll take $75k and with time like that? Not even billionaires can afford it.
And luckily housing around here is cheap too. Had a real nice house sell for $250k recently, and it's about 2100 sqft. Try buying that in California... 😬
So yeah, gotta get to working and I'll probably buy a small starter home just so I can get out of my parents' hair. If the housing market crashes or drops like we've been hearing that'll only help me out, prices will fall! Then once I'm done training the market will probably recuperate by then and when I'm ready to get a nicer place I'll be able to sell mine for more than I paid for it, maybe, and that'll help me on paying for the better one.
That's the plan anyway, I'm sure it'll change a bit on the house stuff because nothing is concrete there, no pun intended.
As for girlfriend stuff, staying faaaar away from that shit. You couldn't pay me to bother. Unless there is an angel sent from God himself, which there won't be, I'm better off alone. Divorces are 58% or something now? Like Hell am I taking those odds. 😂
It's gonna be nothing but time, decent money, and vidya n' guns from here on, probably. Can't complain.
Anyway, there's my spill. How've you been?
[ + ] aleleopathic
[ - ] aleleopathic 0 points 2.1 yearsApr 3, 2023 04:54:39 ago (+0/-0)
It's a start! lol
There is some job security in that this job can also be performed for local government if the bottom falls out of the private sector, but I'd personally be leery of anything in real estate, unless you feel like you have a solid grasp on how things will go for the next half year to a year.
Remember, any new venture has a cost you pay (in time spent learning it, which is magnified by the opportunity cost of not learning something else), as well as possible actual monetary costs. Just make sure to evaluate your options before committing.
Ahh yes, the speculation of the young, lol. Just be aware that you sound like a lot of my old college buddies who dreamed of grandeur in relatively down-to-earth fields, but it was always based on a guaranteed amount of work, which happens to be the un-guaranteed part. Just keep this in mind - it takes time to build relationships with customers, and you will probably bung up your first few, which may slow your early growth.
Still, it is impressive overall, and it beats the pants off of any 'service economy' job, so good on you!
The nicest thing about Real Estate or anything related is that you basically get first dibs. Most in the field just keep buying houses and end up with decent rental income after a decade or two.
This reminded me of a thing my dad always said - 'The first casualty of war is the battle plan'. Keep on your toes and don't get married to your plans!
Overall sounds like a decent plan, just remember that men don't feel satisfied on the soul level unless they are creating something. Learn carpentry, construction, how to repair cars, or get a 3D printer (this one is a ton of fun) and learn CAD etc - anything, as long as you are creating. Seriously, the lack of creating will eventually manifest as a deep sadness that you won't be able to pinpoint. This one took me years to find out as a fellow bachelor.
And yes, creating kids also counts, to a degree.
Nightmare and a half. Where I live, things are still so fucked from covid. Now nobody wants to work (which means I am making good money, though I have to work 2x for it), and, since jews pushed drugs heavily during the lockdowns, it seems like everyone is on something, and nobody could pass a drug test, so they simply got rid of them (?!). Seriously, I walk down my street on a weekend night and will probably smell pot between 2 and 3 times in maybe a quarter mile.
But, like I said, everything pertaining to me directly is actually going very well. It's finally the time of year to get the garden back up, and this year I'm getting trees in to start a quasi-orchard! Also had just a cheap FDM printer before, and finally decided to order the Elegoo Jupiter (taking the plunge into resin), it will arrive later this week! This video suggests some of the things I want to try first: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fvhDQ_ABP2s
EDIT the video has been deleted lol. Basically, it was some kids testing resin 3D printed lowers. I imagine it was deleted because of that new Biden rule.
I don't really have much plan-wise except trying to make sure my future is secured in these uncertain times (if you catch my drift), while also trying to secure the future of some vulnerable ones in my family. Really, it is just about milking the cow before it dies, as I see it, and they've already scheduled its death for sometime in 2025 IIRC.
Make sure to keep an eye out for your future as well.
[ + ] PhantomXLII
[ - ] PhantomXLII 0 points 2.1 yearsApr 3, 2023 08:48:21 ago (+0/-0)
I was as well. The thing about appraisals is that it's in a sort of niche that it's hard to kill off. Will it fluctuate? Sure.
The other option is to be a teacher and make $36k starting out, and maybe hit $50k at 20 or so years.
I'll take appraisals. 😂
You have no idea. I do try to keep things realistic though, because things do fluctuate. We're in a slower period right now, and even then securing 3 jobs a week isn't difficult here. If I was in a big city? Then I'd be worried. Rural appraisal doesn't have enough though, and my state doesn't anyway because they're all sitting in OKC or Tulsa.
Luckily I have a head start there. I know someone at BancFirst who basically told me once I'm started, I'll be getting work sent to me. Basically an older sibling to me, known all my life. Lol.
mmhmm
Way I see it, things are chill and I die by 50, or things suck and I'll be dead starving in a ditch because I can't afford anything thanks to kikes wrecking everything. Either way, there isn't a happy ending. Might as well enjoy what I can. Almost halfway done here.
I doubt I ever will. 😂
I hear ya. I'm already there though, just got used to it. Used to really suck, now there's nothing.
Makes sense, but that implies a lot happening beforehand which won't. Besides, I won't damn an innocent soul to this world. It'll be over soon, for us or everyone. I'd rather not force a kid to deal with that.
I'm "quoting" this but really responding to all of it. First, big oof my dude. Awesome that you've got work, but picking up the slack for others being idiots would just piss me off.
And as for everything smelling like pot, relatable. Once OK passed medical marijuana we had 2 dispensaries open up in my town and some chink fuckers move in and start really big growing operations. If the wind blows right, whole fucking town smells like a skunk. It's fucking bullshit. "Dude weed lmao"
I'd rather people drink every fucking weekend.
Awesome!
That sounds fun! Typically I'd dread doing something like that, working with either of my parents is a nightmare because they'll inevitably get pissed about something and it's constant walking on eggshells, but doing that by myself, maybe popping in some earbuds and listening to a documentary while doing that? Ezpz. That's the way it is with anything anymore, really. I dread working with family because there's always some bullshit that happens, been that way since I was a kid, but by myself I can take my time and just chip away at it and maybe learn something along the way.
Probably. Or jewtube just hates guns that much and they did a crackdown after the tranny shot everything up the other day.
Still, that sort of stuff always seemed interesting to me. Would I do it myself? Don't know. I think I'd enjoy reloading rounds a bit more than making lowers. Just preference really.
I hear ya there man. It's just hard to know what to do. I'm keeping an eye out myself, for sure. But really there's nothing I can do. All these people going "innawoods"? World's gotten a lot smaller, and they're gonna figure it out the hard way. There's no good options really. Like I said earlier, I'll be dead by 50 or I'll be dead in a ditch. Shit happens. 🙃
Hopefully you'll be fine though. You've got family.
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Edit: on second thought, it's Lindsey graham!
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