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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: InParadise   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
Date: 04/11/25 6:13 PM
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What kind of tent did you buy? When I bought a house in 1983 it cost 5 times my annual salary. When I sold it 30 years later, it cost 5 times my last annual salary before I retired.

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It very much depends where you live.


And what kind of offer you make. I love investing in real estate because it is not always an efficient market. Different sellers have different motivations, some Realtors are better at assessing value than others, and these days properties with minimal need for cosmetic only improvements go without buyers, so if you recognize these advantages, you can make them work for you. The house we are selling now, (perfect timing!,) was priced as not waterfront. We snapped it up and it is now on the market for almost twice what we paid in 2019, with mostly sweat equity poured into it.

IP,
whose next property may be in Canada, or Malta...
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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
BRK: Why Not XOM? · 62 recs · 2024
Second quarter comments · 60 recs · 2023
Berkshire's Profit Contributors · 57 recs · 2023
Summary of 2Q 2026 · 54 recs · 2026
3Q Summary · 53 recs · 2024
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