All Forum Posts by: Caleb Christopher
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Post: BP Episode 409 Language? Not cool

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Originally posted by @Kevin Leahy:
We also included a language advisory in the intro... and marked the episode as "Explicit" to give our listeners fair warning.
I appreciate that there was some effort made. I must have missed the early verbal warning. I do tend to fast-forward to get into the content.
@Josh Dorkin & @Brandon Turner, call me a Karen for making a stink if you want, but I feel this tears down some of what you guys have spent 400 episodes to establish. You regularly discussed family values, faith, spirituality, and now introduce content directly antithetical to what's been built.
If another podcast regularly contained offensive content, I would simply stop listening. Warning people doesn't make the actual content more acceptable. I like BP because it's generally clean and safe. Maybe the unrestricted "weekend" content could be segregated to an "unrated" playlist if it's that important to make swearing a core component of BP episodes.
For context: Here's how I consume your content: I use Google Podcasts, set to automatically download episodes of subscribed podcasts so I can listen whenever. I listen at 2.5-3x speed, episodes back to back. So I never look at descriptions, I just hit Play.
@Kevin Leahy Nevertheless, here's a screenshot from Google Podcasts that shows zero visual warning for offensive content:

Post: BP Episode 409 Language? Not cool

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@BP, what happened with Episode 409? That dude had SO much language. You guys used to at least TRY to edit out most foul language, but you didn't even try on this one.
I'm disappointed.
Not disappointed from a "moral high ground" but from the perspective that I'd like to be comfortable sharing the podcast with others and be able to listen to it with/around family.

Post: Insurance is killing my rentals

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Thank you all for this thread. I didn't realize there were better rates. I searched a couple of times, but you've given me more sources to check.
Post: Kansas City neighborhood recommendations

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I've been looking in Leavenworth for a while. From what I'm seeing it's not an appreciation market, and the type of tenant may vary on a street by street basis. And you need to know the tenants you're shopping for. There are 2 large prisons in the area (federal pen and state pen) and a college and a hospital and a military base, which means there are plenty of steady jobs, but if you're expecting one of those workers for a tenant and you pick a street that prisoners' family members live on, you're likely in for some disappointment.
I'm shopping C and D class right now, bit I still don't see it as an appreciation market.
While the market is low on inventory, there are several turn-key properties for sale in Leavenworth, but I'm hesitant to pursue any of those because they're mostly priced right for owner-occupied, ROI is tight, and I feel the market is currently kind of at a peak, and it will be hard to recover from a high purchase price in a non-appreciating market.
There are also quite a few historic homes here, but the renovations and maintenance are out of my financial range.
Hope this helps. It sure helps me to have to write it all out clearly.
(don't be afraid to upvote on posts!)
Post: [Calc] Am I not pulling all my cash back? (BRRRR)

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@Craig Anderson
Not quite what I was looking for.
A lot of times the cash flow is affected by the loan amount. So I don't always look for 70/30 if I only need 65/35 to meet my initial cash flow #s
Post: Window in Shower. What would you do?

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I removed the bathtub window during new siding, then tiled the whole wall inside.
Post: Rental property in Kansas City area

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Just amend your leases to include a new fee/surcharge: "Healthy Homes Rental Inspection Program: $3/mo"
That pays for your time to go handle it every year
Post: [Calc] Am I not pulling all my cash back? (BRRRR)

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*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.
I need some help understanding my total cash outlay vs my refinance loan. The calc says $33,300 total cash needed... so isn't that the number I'd like to refinance out of the deal? But even when I cash-out $35,000 it shows a 9.2 CoC ROI.
What numbers do I need to be looking at to clearly understand my target refinance number. I don't HAVE to get all my money back out, but I feel like I'm missing something here, or the CoC ROI would be "inf%", right?
Post: What do I do?!?! - Tenants installed kitchen in basement!!

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Charge them rent for the 2nd kitchen.
Post: New rental regulations in Raytown, MO - Kansas City

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I don't know actually, but I wonder the reason IF...
Would a city push something like this in attempt to drive up ownership by raising the barrier of entry/operations for noon owner-occupieds?