landedgentry

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   by landedgentry 3y ago

   It's death by a thousand paper cuts. A lot of things simply cannot be depended on to work in the U.S., and you have to spend a lot of time chasing them down. More examples: budgeting flexible spending accounts, choosing health insuranc
2. 32.▲
   by landedgentry 3y ago

   Reminds me of that scene in The Big Short where the price stayed constant and was not marked down, even though the world was collapsing around them. Heh.
3. 33.▲
   by landedgentry 3y ago

   My landlord uses RealPage and the property manager told me they (my building) target a 50% churn rate. If fewer than 50% of households move out at the end of their lease, they know they're not increasing rents fast enough.
4. 34.▲
   by landedgentry 3y ago

   I desperately need a personal assistant because it has become impossible to get anything done now that companies have automated everything and made mistakes and edge cases impossible to resolve. I hope this new wave of automation won't
5. 35.▲
   by landedgentry 3y ago

   I am not really convinced of Patrick's framing of the supposedly inevitable trade-offs. I've lived in other countries with credit cards and discount brokerages, and in my opinion, the U.S. is uniquely bad at servicing customers.