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blupony
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re: Orange Beach Condo Ownership
Posted by blupony on 10/16/19 at 8:56 am to Ramblin Wreck
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I’d recommend a one bedroom unit if it is mostly for investment.
I totally agree with this. Bought a 2BR and have since bought several studios. The cap rate on the studios are much higher than the 2BR. I wanted to sell the 2BR and get 2 more smaller ones, but the wife wants to keep the 2BR for family getaways. Which never seem to happen because they are always to busy to vacation with us, but often ask to stay at the studios (while we baby sit the grandkids, of course!)
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re: Tickets for Sunday -- Wow
Posted by blupony on 1/9/19 at 9:24 am to lsutigers1992
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But if you're selling $1000 tickets for $1500, you would have had more money not buying the tickets in the first place.
Cheapest right now on SeatGeek is $175/ea for Divisional.
The cost for both Div & CG for this seat is $179.
So (if it sells for this price) they could go to CG for $4 out of pocket per ticket.
I am sure there are tickets where you'd have to pay more than that for the CG, but a quick look at 142 shows $650/ea for a pair and the package costs $765. The net for CG would only be $115/ticket.
I am not saying there aren't tickets that cost $1000 that are only selling for $1500, but I couldn't find any.
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if you can't afford an nfc championship ticket at face value then you need to make better financial decisions than purchasing season tickets in the first place
Not everyone is as well off as you are. Some have a budget which may already be shot after Christmas, and if they can sell one game to be able to pay for both and attend the 2nd one, then great for them. But that's just my retarded logic.
Sold mine to buy Superbowl tickets.
Way I looked at it was if they win this weekend, there will be a second home game, which I will definitely go to.
If the lose, well, I'll have next season's tickets paid for.
If they were not a #1 seed, I would have gone to this game, no doubt.
Way I looked at it was if they win this weekend, there will be a second home game, which I will definitely go to.
If the lose, well, I'll have next season's tickets paid for.
If they were not a #1 seed, I would have gone to this game, no doubt.
re: Bunker Club
Posted by blupony on 12/28/18 at 6:30 pm to Lester Earl
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dont drink too much cause you'll have to stand up all game
I drink and stand up. What are you some kind of girl or something?
re: Bunker Club
Posted by blupony on 12/28/18 at 9:13 am to oneloudogg
Private entrance with no line to get in Dome.
Full service bars and more upscale food.
Free Crown Royal samples.
Little to no wait for bathrooms.
If we end up with the second game of the day you can sit and watch the first game in the club before going to your seat.
Ability to purchase alcohol after the 3rd quarter (not allowed to take it back to your seat).
Full service bars and more upscale food.
Free Crown Royal samples.
Little to no wait for bathrooms.
If we end up with the second game of the day you can sit and watch the first game in the club before going to your seat.
Ability to purchase alcohol after the 3rd quarter (not allowed to take it back to your seat).
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Mine are available on seat geek
Mine have yet to show up in SeatGeek so I am curious if you did the pay as we play or paid for the full package up front?
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I have T-Mobile and for some reason, maybe having 100,000 people on one block, it’s slow to pull up sometimes.
Screen shot them before you leave home. I do that and have had no problems. I then text to whoever goes with me so they can get in bunker club without taking me or my phone with them.
Mine are not available yet either. I had them listed on StubHub and received an email from them last night that the Saints had released the barcodes and that if I did not enter them in asap, the listings would expire.
re: Playoff Schedule question
Posted by blupony on 12/11/18 at 4:55 pm to lsutigersFTW
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They release the Wild Card schedule and the Divisional round host schedule all at once I’m pretty sure.
This is correct. Unless something changed from last year, the divisional round host date and times are announced with the wild card schedule Sunday evening of week 17.
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I hate to tell you this but the magic word is Celeron. You can put an SSD and increase RAM, but with a Celeron CPU, it isn't going to make that much difference. Don't put any more money into that dog, you made a mistake, we all do, move on.
Pretty much came in here to say this, almost word for word.
re: Anyone ever deviate from the traditional Thanksgiving meal?
Posted by blupony on 11/21/18 at 4:05 pm to momentoftruth87
When I was a teen and the only one still home for Thanksgiving my mom asked if I wanted something else instead of turkey. Ended up bbqing chicken and fixing baked beans and potato salad while watching NFL. Continued that for about 10 more years until i got married and wife wanted more traditional thanksgiving.
re: When you were a kid, what was your very first all time favorite movie?
Posted by blupony on 11/8/18 at 5:56 pm to Claymation213
Smokey and the Bandit
Watched it soooo many times.
Watched it soooo many times.
re: Home security alarm companies and what you pay
Posted by blupony on 9/27/18 at 10:41 am to Pepperidge
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local guy who charges $15 month through Acadian Monitoring Services. edit: using Landline
I used a local guy and it also went through Acadian. Mine was $18/ mo for cellular.
re: Listening to WWL this morning...
Posted by blupony on 9/11/18 at 4:03 pm to TigerFan4040
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The last time the browns won a game was December 13, 2015
They won a game on 12/24/16.
Double your money in less than 2 years. Not a bad idea.
We do too. We bought one in 2014 and it did so well we bought another in 2015. Both studios. Neither are beachfront. Have one a couple of doors down at HP that I have been trying to talk the wife into selling to get another at SB but special assessments scare her away from too many units in the same building. Although since we've been there we've only had one for like $700.
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Sugar Beach?
Yes
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Be prepared to have issues with the cleaning crew. Most suck
That was our biggest issue. Our old cleaning crew would blame everything on the guests, while the new one apologizes and makes it right, even when it's the guests fault and not theirs. Clean units = good reviews = more bookings.
Maintenance not as much of an issue. We do get a lot of minor things, but you get friendly with the onsite building maintenance, take him to dinner when in town, and they will be more than happy to help you out. Just had one replace a tube light in the kitchen and then unclog a toilet (at a complex he doesn't work for) and charged me nothing.
I think we have units in the same complex, and if so, our maintenance manager just moved to Gatlinburg and we have yet to meet the new guy.
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I'm not sure you are understanding what hurts your rankings properly. VRBO ranks you on your conversions. So the more inquiries through VRBO you receive and convert to reservations, the better your ranking.
I realize they don't hurt rankings to block off dates. What I meant was if everyone contacted you and asked to book outside and you did, it would lower your rankings because you would have 0 bookings through them.
Blocking off a few for friends, family, and return guests wouldn't affect it that much if at all. All else being equal, I book 50 reservations through them and you book 40 plus 10 outside their system, we both have the sAme total to us but I'll end up with higher ranking due to more reservations through them....or atleast that is what I was explained when I was asking how to get higher rankings. Who knows exactly what their algorithm is for rankings.
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Get all your guests emails, and we email them the day of their departure and let them know if they are interested in booking again in the future to contact you directly to save money.
The problem with that is the way VRBO uses their metrics to rank properties. You rent outside of their system, it lowers your total reservations through them and you drop in their rankings. Don't care about rankings? Then, sure, book all you want outside of them. Not worth it for the hassle to us. Of those few times we get asked we end up booking through VRBO anyway...sometimes from the same people who asked us to book outside.
We thought about switching to or dual listing on airbnb when they added that fee but realized we werent losing any reservations with it so didn't bother.
re: Speeding Ticket in Jefferson Parish - Fight it?
Posted by blupony on 6/27/18 at 1:18 pm to AllsGroovn
Several years ago I got a ticket for 31 in a 20 on Lake Ave.
Went to court. DA called everyone in one at a time.
Asked me if I had ever gotten a speeding ticket before.
Told him "No, Sir"
He replied "That's what I like to hear" and dismissed it.
Went to court. DA called everyone in one at a time.
Asked me if I had ever gotten a speeding ticket before.
Told him "No, Sir"
He replied "That's what I like to hear" and dismissed it.
re: Dome sued over wheelchair accessibility
Posted by blupony on 6/16/18 at 6:47 pm to tibebecolston
Front row plaza on 40 yard line "I can't see over the players"
Last row of plaza "I can't see when the guy in front of me stands up"
Front row of terrace "the guard rail is blocking my view"
Dude just wants a free suite.
Last row of plaza "I can't see when the guy in front of me stands up"
Front row of terrace "the guard rail is blocking my view"
Dude just wants a free suite.
Brother Marquis
You got the Brother Marquis, come on!
You got the Brother Marquis, come on!
re: Will a Beach condo pay for itself by renting it ?
Posted by blupony on 5/15/18 at 12:23 pm to bobaftt1212
Beach Condo MLS
I use this site. They used to list the solds with asking and sold price along with days on market, by complex. They stopped doing that recently.
Also, she is not my agent, so I am not endorsing her. I just like the way her website is setup.
I use this site. They used to list the solds with asking and sold price along with days on market, by complex. They stopped doing that recently.
Also, she is not my agent, so I am not endorsing her. I just like the way her website is setup.
Not much at all. Relocated and put in a bigger TV, replaced the sofa bed mattress, added a memory foam topper to the main bed, added knobs to kitchen cabinets, put in a wicker dresser, new sheets & pillows. Decorated it with pictures & art we took out of other condos.
This wasn't at Sugar Beach; however Unit 100 is for sale there for under $100k, but it doesn't have a balcony, dishwasher, oven, or W/D hookups.
This wasn't at Sugar Beach; however Unit 100 is for sale there for under $100k, but it doesn't have a balcony, dishwasher, oven, or W/D hookups.
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I have a hard time believing you are finding $80-100k 'beach' condos that rent for $20k a year right now. Are you buying them retail or getting great deals somehow? Why is the price so low? Hard to believe someone wouldn't be buying them all up at that price point. My main concern is the price point, almost anyone can afford those?
I agree. I bought the ones mentioned back in 2014 & 2015. Prices on the same units now are going for $150k-$170k.
Income potential is there, but ROI would be less.
I paid $112k for one last week, but estimate the income to be closer to $15k-$17k than $20k.
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So, you are considering all of your costs associated with purchasing the property, interest, condo fees, etc and are already making a profit in year 1? You do have some benefit of not having costs during the slower early months, but seems very hard to believe.
Not counting the purchase price but including HOA, property tax, business license, insurance and rental listing fee. Not sure if I am forgetting anything.
True that I bought right at start of peak season but the only fee I have in slow months is $285 HOA fee. So even for the January and February, if they sat empty It would be less than $600 expenses.
re: Will a Beach condo pay for itself by renting it ?
Posted by blupony on 5/13/18 at 6:14 pm to notiger1997
Wow. Didn't think it affected rentals that much. Went to Orange Beach, Pensacola, and Panama Coty during those years for my sons travel baseball and everything seems pretty packed.
So was the main reason that a lot couldn't afford vacation after losing their home or the fact that there were so many rentals selling for pennies on the dollar that they were able to undercut the competition with lower rates and force them to have to sell...for pennies on the dollar?
So was the main reason that a lot couldn't afford vacation after losing their home or the fact that there were so many rentals selling for pennies on the dollar that they were able to undercut the competition with lower rates and force them to have to sell...for pennies on the dollar?
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