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That is highly dependent on the quality of renter and quality of your property. One of the key values of having multiple rental is the economies of scale, for example: * Property advertisement - Preparing material and advertising for 1 prop
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The idea looks good on paper, it will be important to keep an eye on the underlying actions that are made to ensure it is not used for nefarious reasons. This part is specially difficult when transparency is lacking.
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I will leave you this quote from History of the New World by Girolamo Benzoni: Egg of Columbus "Columbus being at a party with many noble Spaniards, where, as was customary, the subject of conversation was the Indies: one of them under
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It is worth adding that the margin out of an app tends to be A LOT higher than shopping centers, airport, etc while the initial capital tends to be a fraction of it. There are also different ways in which you can use the data to help you cr
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It is pretty clear that you lack empathy towards something you don't fully grasp or doesn't conform with the way you see, that is unfortunate but understandable. Places like GoFundMe have morphed into a multi-tool for different gr
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GoFundMe is a way for people he knows to come together and donate without having to figure out where/how to wire the money directly to him. That includes auntie Jane, the one you haven't spoken to for 3 years but still cares about
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The example you have given seems to be targeted to close friends and acquaintances he may have or individuals that connect to his cause like others that had similar issues before. A place like GoFundMe allows this community to come together
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It seems that a lot of people fail to realize some key aspects that lead to the pressure and outcomes you see on this paper: * As customers, (1) when the washroom of a diner is dirty, the first reaction is not "Hey, maybe the cleaner w
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I would argue that recycling itself is not a lie, it just so happen that at some point people discovered it was cheaper to ship their problem to someone else. I would argue that the 'recycling' teachings serves as a way to teach k
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What exactly is not the case? Most humans have been dependent on animals for their diet. Even with rich narrative traditions, they would still have to limit their connection to the food, otherwise they would not eat it (similar to some peop
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For most of human history, eating animals was a large portion of the diet, therefore, people were required to limit their empathy or try to rationalize their way towards eating animals (do or die). Today's environment is an abnormality
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It is entirely possible that animals have different degrees to what we call emotion/consciousness in a similar manner to what we see in humans. What may make us 'special' is the spectrum to which humans are able to move withi
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This tool would probably be useful in conjunction with other tools or in specific conditions: * A tool that can clear the noise from the hard disk, allowing a glimpse at some parts of the conversation * When the computer is turned-off (assu
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This is probably the way the business found to ask the same question as a date of birth while requiring an extra step from the user, which then: * Decreases the number of bots able to get into your account * Make it harder for a foreign age
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It is not as simple as it looks. Some degree of globalization already existed for tens of thousands of years, whether through colonialism, Asia-MiddleEast-Europe trade and many more. Even though there are ups and downs in the cycle of regio
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One of the perceived risks of breaking up the tech giants is that they will be at a competitive disadvantage to their foreign peers. The degree of competitive risk at the time of Boeing's split was perceived as lower. As long as Americ
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I don't think anything is bad with Toronto per say (maybe housing prices), he explicitly said states, maybe life just pulled him to the EU
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I don't think Airbnb (Netflix) marketplace necessarily covers for some of the benefits a set of clients look for in Hotels (BlockBuster). However, going along with your analogy, I think this move is 2 fold: data driven & marketplac
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I think that since most lower priced groceries are not located in premium retail spots, they can partially use the business as a warehouse, cutting down on cost while allowing them to be more competitive. The purchase of Whole Foods seems t
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I don't think he is saying to have nothing at all (refer to credit report freeze), it just means that he picked different fights than the ones you have. Similar to your close family members
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There are too many factors to account for before blaming someone for laying 32x the original budget. 1. Were there scope changes throughout the process? This is quite common and costs firms and govs a lot of money yearly. 2. Did the Gov kno
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I think that the real answer is that we do not know the answer yet. It is likely that both aspects are correct to some degree, I'll explain my take as of now: There is a real cost to sleeping less or sleeping too much and that some wil
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It feels that a majority of the issues you have listed is mainly due to resources. > Not enough resource to reach out to a wide number of sources, especially when you know some stories will not pan out. > If something goes against a j
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Due to the revenue structure that exists in the journalism industry, the pull method is becoming less often used or only used in cases where the directors feel they have a solid footing. I would argue that this is a society issue since peop
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1. You are forgetting that with today's globalized society and its MNCs, sometimes 75%+ of the profit comes from elsewhere (whether a different country or city or state). A automobile factory won't be selling most of their cars to
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I am asking to what point is society willing to bend justice for it's long term goals. It has happened to all societies in history to some degree. Nothing is black and white, we try to label as such to facilitate our internal processes
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I think you have raised some great moral points, now lets exemplify some of the real implications of applying justice to a company in this case: LaLa corporation is a major employer and economic multiplier in Monty City. Now that LaLa corp
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These are all points that society has to think about, I am playing the devil's advocate to ensure people don't jump on their soap box without considering some of the real impacts it can have to you and your society in the long run
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My points are not related to cases where the results are cut and dry. Besides, you may have done a lot of things that are considered illegal or borderline, however, they are not reinforced as strictly for a variety of reasons. Think of it t
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I think India's issue can be attributed to whether large pollutants are closer or within larger cities [citation needed] and the fact that biomass is usually burnt by its population in large scale.
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