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I'm a researcher at a large university specializing in biological (dental) anthropology.

Accountant for a medical company.

Currently a student (taking social work), working as a youth mentor.
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Winemaker.
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That one episode of TNG where Geordi gets enslaved by the Pakleds to fix their "computer things". My job is almost exactly like that, just with less advanced computers.
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a staff in supply chain/logistics department in some small company
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Software specialist implementing and supporting my employer's attendance tracking software.

Self employed martial arts teacher.

registered nurse
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Assemble/repair/teardown transmissions for Chrysler.
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Overnight Maintenance worker til I'm done with school.
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Second-tier specialty technical support in a call center.
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Data Center Engineer.
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Cleaner
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Working hard so I can play harder.
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Software engineer at a fiber optic cable manufacturing plant.

Basically I design and make programs for them.
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I'm a Blue Mage, the best of all mage classes.
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1. Financial Analyst for a large well known Fortune 500 healthcare company
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Kineth posted...

I'm a Blue Mage, the best of all mage classes.

Honestly, what the heck do you do? I meant to ask you when I saw you. Or did I ask you and forget?
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lol, I don't want to put it on the interwebs or at least this forum. I don't think we asked each other.
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I drive a floor scrubber around a warehouse.
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Management
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i'm a rocket scientist working on interceptor propulsion systems and threat debris production at a university-affiliated research center


MellyBell posted...

I'm a researcher at a large university specializing in biological (dental) anthropology.

tenure track?
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Pastry worker.
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Sell industrial LED lights and wind turbines.

Kineth posted...

lol, I don't want to put it on the interwebs or at least this forum. I don't think we asked each other.

Fair enough, I understand.
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Pool construction. Love this kind of work, only have to be actively employed during the warmer months.
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company slut
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rent trucks to bands going on tour in europe
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Asst branch manager of a bank.
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first level manager without any employees working for me at a big company, working on a special project to implement SAP and some factory automation software and robots
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KILBOTz posted...

first level manager without any employees working for me at a big company, working on a special project to implement SAP and some factory automation software and robots

Been meaning to ask you, do you plan to buy more rental properties? That is my plan, to get as many multifamily units as I possibly can under my belt.
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Prostitute
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Web design
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health care policy analyst for a state-level nonprofit
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Twin3Turbo posted...

KILBOTz posted...

first level manager without any employees working for me at a big company, working on a special project to implement SAP and some factory automation software and robots

Been meaning to ask you, do you plan to buy more rental properties? That is my plan, to get as many multifamily units as I possibly can under my belt.

Yes but I may have missed being able to buy in Seattle again. Even with a 5% annual rent increase I would be losing money for at least 5 years for most of the stuff I am seeing now let alone hitting my 8% ROI threshold I target.

I had an offer in on an 8-plex last year at $720k but that building sold for like $850k after a bidding war. If it was selling this year it would probably go for $1M.

My first property I bought was from a co-worker retiring that was moving to AZ and I got a slightly below market price on that without agent fees (had lawyers draw up the papers). I probably need to focus on private sales if I can find another place, I think.
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Primary school teacher. Grade 1 and 2.
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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist managing anticoagulation for patients following total hip/knee replacement surgeries.
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I do precision guesswork based on unreliable data from people of questionable knowledge.
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I watch TV and sometimes fix IT things.
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KILBOTz posted...

Twin3Turbo posted...

KILBOTz posted...

first level manager without any employees working for me at a big company, working on a special project to implement SAP and some factory automation software and robots

Been meaning to ask you, do you plan to buy more rental properties? That is my plan, to get as many multifamily units as I possibly can under my belt.

Yes but I may have missed being able to buy in Seattle again. Even with a 5% annual rent increase I would be losing money for at least 5 years for most of the stuff I am seeing now let alone hitting my 8% ROI threshold I target.

I had an offer in on an 8-plex last year at $720k but that building sold for like $850k after a bidding war. If it was selling this year it would probably go for $1M.

My first property I bought was from a co-worker retiring that was moving to AZ and I got a slightly below market price on that without agent fees (had lawyers draw up the papers). I probably need to focus on private sales if I can find another place, I think.

I understand the pain. I live in Dallas and overall, the cap rates are too low and many of the deals that I've seen are simply not good deals. That's why I'm looking at places outside of the area, the midwest tends to have a good bang for your buck, however, property values don't rise much in those areas in general. Great cashflow though.

And yeah, unfortunately most of the good deals are not online. Those are usually the picked over deals. The good ones you need to do some marketing for and/or get on the investor list for some brokers
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IT stuff, writing software. What I wrote really has no competitors in this branch of the construction industry so that's neat.

I do my own property management and a decent amount of the maintenance to keep my overhead low, so I was really wanting to keep it local. Although I may have to change that. I could probably stay in Washington, just change where I am looking, I could probably get something decent in Spokane or maybe Olympia and pay the 8-10% in property management fees and make off better than Seattle now.

But increasing value is a big appeal, my quad plex I bought for $500k back in 2012 and it could probably sell for about $800k now. A place in Spokane that was $500k in 2012 would probably only be like $550-600k now as comparison.
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Cop

assistant editor for a TV production company
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KILBOTz posted...

I do my own property management and a decent amount of the maintenance to keep my overhead low, so I was really wanting to keep it local. Although I may have to change that. I could probably stay in Washington, just change where I am looking, I could probably get something decent in Spokane or maybe Olympia and pay the 8-10% in property management fees and make off better than Seattle now.

Yeah I understand that at first but the way I see it, it's a business. I'd prefer the property management team do what they are good at and I manage them rather than me managing tenants. The property management team lets me focus on whats going to get me more $$$ which is finding good deals, etc. Especially once you start getting lots of units, it just becomes impossible to self manage.

KILBOTz posted...

But increasing value is a big appeal, my quad plex I bought for $500k back in 2012 and it could probably sell for about $800k now. A place in Spokane that was $500k in 2012 would probably only be like $550-600k now as comparison.

Yep, increasing the NOI is a huge plus and helps increase the sell price of the property. Do you plan on selling it any time soon?
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OB/Gyn first year resident.
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World class soccer player in europe
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