"I Wish Somebody Would Have Told Me" Thread

[CNS]

If you go to the work of rehabing houses, just go get your GC license,  build your own house from scratch, pocket the "profit" from the loan, live in it a couple years, then sell it.  Seems like that wouldn't be much more work and would net you a bigger margin.
 You can do all that by just managing contractors as well.

[Tobias]

If you go to the work of rehabing houses, just go get your GC license,  build your own house from scratch, pocket the "profit" from the loan, live in it a couple years, then sell it.  Seems like that wouldn't be much more work and would net you a bigger margin.
 You can do all that by just managing contractors as well.

take it to asava's camping thread

[Dugout DickStone]

silver lining is that out boy KSUWILDCATS! is going to be a real treasure in the dating thread.

that would be must read message boarding

We would have to put it in premium, and then all retire on the $$ from new memberships (or buy broken down dumps and start flipping houses).

[puniraptor]

silver lining is that out boy KSUWILDCATS! is going to be a real treasure in the dating thread.

that would be must read message boarding

We would have to put it in premium, and then all retire on the $$ from new memberships (or buy broken down dumps and start flipping houses).

speems is giving a free trial!

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

what if your wife reads this list and realizes that you cant BOTH number nine?!??!?

it's over bro.

silver lining is that our boy KSUWILDCATS! is going to be a real treasure in the dating thread.

That's one mistake I didn't make. As for my wife, she didn't have the benefit of this thread.

[Benja]

K-S-U, did you realize that this is just a general advice thread but all 10 of your advices involved money?



Also, let me know if you need some help flipping houses, I've always wanted to do that. (My understanding is there are piles of money involved.)

[michigancat]

Since K-S-U actually gave real advice (even if it was somewhat LOL) instead of witty sayings, I'll give mine:

I wish someone had encouraged me to do something more than what was safe and easy. No one encouraged me to look at colleges outside of the state of Kansas, study abroad, look at a major outside of engineering, take art classes, get active in professional clubs or really pursue anything I was passionate about. I mean, no one discouraged me from doing any of things, but no one brought it up as if any of those things were a good idea. And I guess i just wish someone would have done that. I mean, it all worked out, but it took a bit longer to find a comfortable place than it possibly could have.

[kslim]

never to read the pit

[slobber]

Watch that show with the hot wife and good looking douchebag of a husband. It's a 30 minute how to video. PROFIT.

[Benja]

Since K-S-U actually gave real advice (even if it was somewhat LOL) instead of witty sayings, I'll give mine:

I wish someone had encouraged me to do something more than what was safe and easy. No one encouraged me to look at colleges outside of the state of Kansas, study abroad, look at a major outside of engineering, take art classes, get active in professional clubs or really pursue anything I was passionate about. I mean, no one discouraged me from doing any of things, but no one brought it up as if any of those things were a good idea. And I guess i just wish someone would have done that. I mean, it all worked out, but it took a bit longer to find a comfortable place than it possibly could have.

I know what you mean. The general idea when you are young is to follow a set progression of events (College, degree, career, and marriage in there somewhere). It's only as you get older that you realize there are a million different variables and possibilities in there. I'm just lucky I didn't have kids in college or shortly after, because once that happens your exploration days are pretty much over.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Watch that show with the hot wife and good looking douchebag of a husband. It's a 30 minute how to video. PROFIT.

Dr. 90210?

[steve dave]

I wish someone had encouraged me to do something more than what was safe and easy. No one encouraged me to look at colleges outside of the state of Kansas, study abroad, look at a major outside of engineering, take art classes, get active in professional clubs or really pursue anything I was passionate about. I mean, no one discouraged me from doing any of things, but no one brought it up as if any of those things were a good idea. And I guess i just wish someone would have done that. I mean, it all worked out, but it took a bit longer to find a comfortable place than it possibly could have.

yes to this

[michigancat]

I'm just lucky I didn't have kids in college or shortly after, because once that happens your exploration days are pretty much over.

This isn't true. It definitely becomes harder to try new things and explore new places, but kids don't end your exploration days unless you allow them to.

[Asteriskhead]

"do whatever you want"

[Benja]

I'm just lucky I didn't have kids in college or shortly after, because once that happens your exploration days are pretty much over.

This isn't true. It definitely becomes harder to try new things and explore new places, but kids don't end your exploration days unless you allow them to.

I knew a parent would get on me for that. I didn't mean you can't have a fun life and do things you want, just you can't take risks that may or may not have monetary consequences as much, because you need to feed your kids and stuff.

[slobber]

Watch that show with the hot wife and good looking douchebag of a husband. It's a 30 minute how to video. PROFIT.

Dr. 90210?

I have never seen Dr. 90210, but I'll bet that is funny!
Flip or Flop is what I was referring to.

[steve dave]

go to more cool indie weekday concerts before you have a kid. I wish someone would have told me that and more importantly forced me to do it.

[michigancat]

I'm just lucky I didn't have kids in college or shortly after, because once that happens your exploration days are pretty much over.

This isn't true. It definitely becomes harder to try new things and explore new places, but kids don't end your exploration days unless you allow them to.

I knew a parent would get on me for that. I didn't mean you can't have a fun life and do things you want, just you can't take risks that may or may not have monetary consequences as much, because you need to feed your kids and stuff.

Well yeah but that's not what you said.

[Cartierfor3]

I cringe at the suggestion that once you have kids you have to be white bread boring settle for whatever and not try anything new. That's not true at all.

[pissclams]

I cringe at the suggestion that once you have kids you have to be white bread boring settle for whatever and not try anything new. That's not true at all.

really?

[slobber]

I refuse to accept that "settle" is anything but a choice. It is never the only option.

[Cartierfor3]

I cringe at the suggestion that once you have kids you have to be white bread boring settle for whatever and not try anything new. That's not true at all.

really?

really.

[Benja]

I'm just lucky I didn't have kids in college or shortly after, because once that happens your exploration days are pretty much over.

This isn't true. It definitely becomes harder to try new things and explore new places, but kids don't end your exploration days unless you allow them to.

I knew a parent would get on me for that. I didn't mean you can't have a fun life and do things you want, just you can't take risks that may or may not have monetary consequences as much, because you need to feed your kids and stuff.

Well yeah but that's not what you said.

That's what I meant by exploration

[Dugout DickStone]

go to more cool indie weekday concerts before you have a kid. I wish someone would have told me that and more importantly forced me to do it.

there are some awful bands playing on a weeknight.  But some good ones also

[Branson Bound]

1. College is expensive and student loans suck. So avoid taking out loans for an undergrad education (work a part time job) and try to have a pretty good idea of what career you want by your sophomore year.

2. If you're not going to grad school, make sure you're getting a degree in something useful that will actually land you a good paying job.

3. Work to live. Don't live to work. It's ok to work a boring job as long as you make a lot of money doing it. Money doesn't buy happiness per se, but sure makes it easier.

4. Invest a lot, and early.

5. Travel a lot. Study abroad in college and do it in a foreign language country and don't waste all your time there hanging out with your American friends.

6. Don't buy a new car.

7. Don't build or buy a new house unless it's the dream home you plan to die in. The depreciation is even worse than buying a new car.

8. Don't buy lots of stupid crap or develop expensive habits like drinking, smoking, drugs, golf, etc.

9. Get married, and choose someone who's better than you (preferably wealthier too, but at least a better person).

10. Don't listen to all the dumbshit advice about using CCs to rack up points or cash back. You'll end up spending and wasting a lot more money than those points are worth. One major exception to this rule is if you travel for work and are being reimbursed - then use your CCs as much as possible to rack up those points.

I guess. Serious question are you a robot?