Learning
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On ‘velocity banking’ (2) This is my attempt at an explainer, from 2020. Explain velocity banking, since there’s quite a bit of sales pitches out there, and non-explanations. First, does it work? It depends. Does it do …
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On ‘velocity banking’ I recently answered this question. Is anyone doing this? Has anyone gotten into the mathematical weeds on this? If you’re not familiar with velocity banking here’s a video that explains it, more or …
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Introduction There is a proverb making rounds on the Internet: “if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” Despite its dubious origins, there is something to be said about the ability to go …
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Things that happened Go into short term rentals, they said… Here’s an inventory of things that happened recently, say in the last month or so: Dryer dead Guest’s phone charger fried Microwave falls apart Thermostat loses …
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Residential transactions (1 to 4 units) are usually written on form contracts, which consist of boilerplate text and fields to fill out. Here’s a handy form that I started using to make sure that all relevant offer …
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This is a short Google Colab note about how interest works in lending.
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This is a short Google Colab note about optimal pricing for vacation rentals. It is work in progress. If I get new ideas, I will write them up.
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Way back when at the beginning of the pandemic, I gave a presentation called “Real Estate for Absolute Beginners” for colleagues at work. You can now access the slides to the presentation here.
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This article is a set of notes that my colleague Sundar made when we discussed our past short term rental experiences. Thank you, Sundar, for making the notes this detailed! It reads like I’m much smarter with answers …
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IMPORTANT UPDATE 2023-11-17: It turns out that anonymity that you get by building an LLC corporate structure is extremely brittle. I have recently learned that I should not consider any LLC structure as fulfilling …