Kevin Slater

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Bragging rights. Kevin Slater

You might put like one charge a year on that backup card just to keep it open and in good standing. Kevin Slater

You can purchase in any amount, so you could also split between the two periods. Also, I seem to think that you have a couple days to react between the announcement and it taking effect. I may be wrong. Kevin Slater

Tariffs exist. Tax policy is under change. The stock market is distressed. Taking those as a given and discussing how to invest accordingly should be fine. Ascribing political motivation is not. Kevin Slater

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Always exciting when your Fidelity account drops six figures at the open. Kevin Slater

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This is by far the exception and not the rule. Most condos and co-ops own the land the building sits on. Kevin Slater

Unfortunately, that has to be done for each individual bond; you can't simply do it at the account level. Edit: Turns out that's easily done. You can modify up to 50 at a time on the site. Took me 10 minutes to do all mine. Thanks for suggesting it. Kevin Slater

working fine for me. Kevin Slater

I just converted mine. Took less than four weeks, and now they're all held in my Treasury Direct account. Kevin Slater

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Without having read the previous posts, I gotta say I love my rentals. Passive income while you sleep is a great thing. Plus, you depreciate the thing on a 27.5 year schedule. All part of a well balanced portfolio. Kevin Slater

DeepSeek is still based on Nvidia chips, although (reportedly) far fewer than other models. One could make the argument that a more level playing field wherein many more entrants, not just the megacaps, could build AI models would be good for Nvidia-- fewer gold pans per miner, but way more miners. Kevin Slater

Changing your number doesn't really work for guys who have to advertise their number. Kevin Slater

I think your response needs to be one extreme or the other: get a lawyer and/or the police involved, or don't respond at all. Engaging with him at any level just encourages him. Hopefully ignoring him will cause him to move onto the next bright shiny distraction. Kevin Slater

One way to economize somewhat is to stagger the participants (four guys scheduled for 9:00, four more for 10:00...). Sometimes they're having so much fun the original crew sticks around off-the-clock. A sling is a really good idea for group play. In any case, I'd be happy to coordinate if you're interested. My twitter (linked in my signature) has examples of some groups I've arranged in the past. Kevin Slater

Another thought is to befriend some guys who are already in the biz. Sometimes a clients asks his escort to bring in a second (or a third or fourth...) and in that instance you may get included with no advertising at all. The general contractor may be glad to bring in subcontractors who aren't publicly available, a win win. I do it frequently. Granted it wouldn't be all the time, but maybe a way to get your feet wet. Kevin Slater

Which makes it the perfect app for anyone wanting to troll the escort by texting him all day long, asking for more pics and jack off material, setting things up, then never showing. Not saying you do, but saying why some providers would never meet or even engage you off said app. Kevin Slater

Because I want to hear a voice on the phone. There are so many text/spam/phishing/stalker/jackers-off/whatever games being thrown at us that I would spend all day interacting with these encrypted messages while one phone call can cut thru that shit. Kevin Slater

My Fidelity Visa gives me 2% back on every purchase, so I'm ok with fees as long as they're not over that. I put a ~10k charge four times a year to pay property taxes for which the city charges me 2%, so it's a breakeven. (Or technically slightly in my favor as I get 2% of that 2%-- a whopping $4!-- refunded to me.). Also, as this is a business expense (rental properties), I believe I'm correct in that I get to deduct the processing fee yet don't have to claim the cashback. (Hey, I don't write the rules.) Kevin Slater