BowTiedBroke
@BowTiedBroke
Went to college at UF for Entomology. Now I build homes in NC/TN. Former pest control executive, RE since ‘00, Boom to Bust to Boom again, Smoky Mtn Aficionado
I think I just got retweeted by a President 🤔
After my divorce, started dating again in my 40’s. Went out with a girl that I really liked. Once, she showed up at my house at 11PM unannounced. Wanted to know why I didn’t respond to her texts that day(had my kids). Told a friend & he said “Don’t make the red flags pink. RUN!”
Ohio teacher starts panicking and crying in court after being sentenced to a week in jail for stalking her ex-boyfriend. 27-year-old Hannah Freeman was accused of following her ex-boyfriend to work at least 33 times in a single month. She was also accused of breaking into…
Found out I may need to do some dynamite blasting for this new retreat center I’m building on my mountain land. The only thing I find myself doing now is watching blast videos while hoping and praying this comes true.
Do you know what’s happening? This is playbook corporate America. On many occasions during my corporate years, I saw employees who 100% should have been fired, but the company knew litigation may occur, (discrimination suit, wrongful term, etc). But, the workaround I would often…
I have formally referred Jerome Powell to the DOJ for criminal investigation. Chairman Powell knowingly misled both Congress and executive branch officials about the true nature of a taxpayer-funded project. Lying under oath is a serious offense— especially from someone tasked…
My little brother has his bachelors in accounting & his MBA. After he grad college I got him a job at the Big O. He stayed about 8 yrs, got his licensing & then started his own pest company 3 yrs ago from scratch. Will do $1 million in rev this yr, 35% margins. I told him once…
Should I start an exterminator business? Guy sprays my house twice a month for $300. Bout 15 minutes of work each time. Seems like a gold mine
One of the most horrific things I experienced in the bug business was having to ride with a tech to service a nudist RV park in Fort Pierce, FL. I was around 30. I thought “This is gonna be so cool!” It wasn’t. It was one of the most traumatizing things I’ve ever encountered.
We had to put my MIL in an assisted living place near us. We visited her today & got the weekly nursing home gossip. Married couple live there. The wife moved to onsite memory care (dementia). Within 3 wks, old man already had a girlfriend. The craziest part of the story is…the…
Most people don’t know..but The Villages (the huge retirement community in Central Florida) is “rumored” to have one of the highest STD rates in the entire country.
And moving to the Villages. But beware of the loofas.
Online dating app profile picture vs what the person actually looks like when they show up for that first date with you.
My kid got me Rayban Meta shades for bday. Forget facial recognition cameras. Literally every aspect of our lives is going on video in future. Walk outside of house in any city & someone will be wearing glasses that are recording & you won’t even know it. No obnoxious phone being…
Forced early retirement. With the amount of attention they’ve received, Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot are NEVER going to find employment again.
If I got stuck in traffic and had to watch this I wouldn’t be mad.
I remember in late 2021 seeing people on here talking about taking loans against their houses in order to buy crypto. When does that part happen again? I’d like to reduce my holdings around that time.
Gutter guards are one of the worst purchases you can make. Trust me. We installed thousands. Pain to install, ladders end up damaging customers gutters more often than not, leaves just start to pile up ON TOP of gutter guards after a year & disrupts water flow. Waste of money.
I had a roof inspector come out. The only thing he noted was some gutter guards would be helpful. The roof had a few more years. I asked for a quote for gutter guards. Never got one back. No margin in gutter guards, not worth the time to even make a quote.
As I’ve mentioned, I worked for $ROL for 20 yrs. Most of the time at the Big O. From the inside, let me explain the purpose of the “full home inspection”: Around ‘06 we moved from basic termite/pest work, to a multi-faceted home service company, testing insulation programs,…
I call two electricians to get quotes on installing some new ceiling lights 1st is a prototypical good ol boy, big chungus physiognomy, Been working for 35 years, runs his business from his personal cell, has one apprentice Doesn't talk much, looks at everything "Be $550"…
I will say this about crypto. At 50 yrs old, it is amazing to see how many friends my age don’t even know what I’m talking about when I bring it up. Forget the boomers, that train left the station. They’ll never adopt (or have time to). But much of Gen X is just as far behind.
Imagine, you own this Airbnb, it collapses once in ‘18. You renovate the collapse, jack it back up, add an extra story on top & it collapses again. Now you’re getting sued by the neighbors for millions. My big question, why were there FIVE mini split AC systems in the place?
Some builder gettin SUED. Driving around Panama City Beach admiring ocean front homes and this caught my eye.
More to the story it seems. This house already fell over once in ‘18. Adjacent one’s did not. Tells me crappy construction. Insurance prob kicked in & they got it back up, BUT added an entire new level to the top. If the foundation wasn’t reinforced & engineered properly to…
Some builder gettin SUED. Driving around Panama City Beach admiring ocean front homes and this caught my eye.
Some builder gettin SUED. Driving around Panama City Beach admiring ocean front homes and this caught my eye.
