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Different homes for different stages of life.

“Starter” homes usually refer to 1-2 bedroom homes that aren’t in great school districts. Historically, those are the homes young couples start in because they don’t have kids, and don’t need to pay for the extra square footage and school districts that they’re not going to use.

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I wonder how many 1-2 bedroom homes are being gobbled up by baby boomers. I was often out bid by boomers who were downsizing, and had all cash from a 3 to 4 bedroom home sale.

The two groups of people that want small 2 bedroom homes are new home owners and downsizing retired people. And one of those groups has a shit load of equity that they can cash in on.

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There are a lot of lemons with “starter” homes. They’re usually more likely to be older and have more problems. People buy in, realize they got fucked, then want to sell instead of losing their ass on renovations.

Since the housing supply is extremely low, people make offers with zero contingencies / no inspections. If you want to inspect the home, you need to be offering way over asking, otherwise you’re just going to be passed over for someone else’s offer.

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Maybe we should maybe

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One other random thing to consider, many of us did a refi during the pandemic. Hell, my bank simply said they’d lower my interest rate if I didn’t leave and refi with another bank. Shit was bonkers during the pandemic.

All in all, they might be sub 4% or even sub 3%.

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Perhaps. Although I lost a LOT of offers to boomers who wanted small 2 bedroom with no stairs.

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I think people just forget what rain is like after a sustained period of drought. This year was pretty average.

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It’s the whole state

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Toilet Journalism:

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What beautiful model wouldn’t want to marry an arrogant liar, who paints his face orange, is 25 years older, has a public history of infidelity, and has one of the weirdest combovers the world has ever seen?

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Because the Daily Beast has a terrible pay wall and doesn’t play well with some ad blockers.

archive.ph/vteCf

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“This right after Trump gets declared guilty,” the person continued. “Unbelievable. If ever you needed a metaphor.”

Sewer Vent Through Middle of Standing Seam (sh.itjust.works)

Recently had a new standing seam metal roof installed. Roofers could talk the talk but I was not impressed with the quality of work overall. My main complaint is that they installed the roof so that most of the sewer vents go right through the middle of a seam. The boots are clearly not designed to accommodate this and they’ve...

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That is the right boot for that job. That said, the install is not the most attractive I’ve seen.

If you want to put another boot on top of that, look for “ag panel roof boot” on Google. There are some larger boots that could sit on top of that thing.

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I’d probably start by looking

For something like this, if probably hit up YouTube and search metal roof + roof boot or pipe flashing

Two potential options.

Option 1. More caulk. It’s possible that the roofer did put caulk under the boot. Perhaps they only put calk on the perimeter. youtu.be/eidzG74VT5U

Option 2, put another panel on top of it and create a big ass shingle. youtu.be/mwOdoaX0ZXw

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6ae1b772-3bac-4e75-b050-38f786a93553.jpeg

And that said, when I’ve had problems with flashing and my roof, the best thing to do is to get into the attic while someone pours water in specific areas. That’s the fastest way to know what specifically needs to be fixed.

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The sealant is supposed to be that way. You’re supposed to bend the aluminum to the match the roof, put a bead of caulk under the boot, put screws at the major fold lines, and put a bead of caulk around the edge for extra protection.

I don’t know if the installer put the first bead on, but the screws are basically in the right places and the that finishing bead is there.

The problem might be because the installer installed this at a 45 degree angle. That’s not something I normally see. That forces the big bend to be on a corner.

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Yes, but this article and the sources only say this is impacting their watches.

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Bad headline. They’re sunsetting Tizen for watches, but not other products.

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They also didn’t treat devs very well. A lot of folks pulled their apps or let them die on the vine instead of having to majorly replatform to support the latest versions of their mobile OS.

This made their App Store go from mediocre to downright anemic.

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IMHO, he wasn’t great, but I feel like the their software has really gone downhill since he left. All they do is shuffle chairs, reorg - not ship.

That said, Ballmer didn’t do a great job with the early days of digital music and mobile. He mocked a lot of that stuff, then was forced to get into those games way too late.

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For the curious.

The boots have two layers. This boot is the inner layer.

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People seem to forget about Obama cracking down on the border when crossings got high during his term.

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‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)

The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....

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Apparently saying that they’re doing something differently shitty means I’m “sticking up” for them.

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