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All, WTW3 Current Events

What to Watch Must Watch: Amazon HQ2

Must Watch! Rob Morris, More Freedom Foundation, Amazon HQ2 Is A Scam, Feb 2018

Also: Beware the Tech Utopians

Click here for The Big Five, my post comparing the sizes of Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to size the size of the US government.
  • $142.57 billion = Amazon’s annual revenue, ~ 2.7x the annual revenue of the city of New York.
  • $53.0 billion = city of New York’s annual tax revenue. (from NYC.gov)

Amazon’s latest post regarding the “competition.”

All Nate TV, click here.

All, WTW3 Current Events, WTW4 Historical Context, WTW9 Reflection / Best Of

What to Watch 10: Reflection and Rob Morris’ More Freedom Foundation

Nielsen Survey, Reflection on Television
The Ultimate Commuter Bike
To Blog or not to Blog

Rob Morris’ More Freedom Foundation, selected videos

3 Reasons Saudi Arabia Is More Dangerous Than Iran, Oct 2017

How the Reformation Started the Modern World, Jun 2017

9/11: The Shocking Truth, Apr 2017

3 More Reasons Putin Will Never Touch Estonia, Mar 2017

 

All, Real Estate

Real Estate Summary, March 2018

Average Sale Price

  • $210,791, Feb 2018, 10.6% increase 1-yr, 34.7% increase 10-yr
  • $190,659, Feb 2017
  • $156,497, Feb 2008

The average sale price for Feb 2018 has increased 10.6% over Feb 2017. That is the highest percentage increase for February since Feb 2010 vs. Feb 2009, which was an increase of 11.9%.

Source: http://www.columbusrealtors.com/stats/archives.aspx

Months Supply of Inventory

  • 1.2 months, Feb 2018
  • 12.4 months, Feb 2009 – highest for February in last 10 years.
  • 1.6 months, Feb 2017 – last year’s hot market

How much of a seller’s market is it now? 1.2 months is the lowest inventory since Columbus Realtors® started keeping the statistic in Apr 2008. Last year, 2017, the inventory started at 1.6 in January, then peaked at 2.1 in May 2017.

Source: http://www.columbusrealtors.com/stats/archives.aspx

Interest Rate, 30 Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage

  • 4.44%, 29 March 2018, most recent
  • 4.53%, Jan 2014
  • 4.58%, Aug 2013
  • 6.04%, 20 Nov 2008, the last time it was over 6%

We are hearing about them! That is how much they’ve gone up. Check out this interactive chart from Freddie Mac:

http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/

What To Do, Investors

  1. Do: Improve / develop what you already own, and get it performing.
  2. Do: take opportunity to start as a wholesaler / real estate agent / manager.
  3. Don’t: buy on a variable rate loan.

Source: Nate’s decision making model for real estate.

Click here for all real estate posts on this site.

All, Brazil, Gallery, Nate TV, Travel

Rio 2017 Made by Hand

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Full Length, 48 Minutes

Watch this video on YouTube

By Artist

1. Intro

2. Marcos Ariel, Jazz Pianist and Carioca

  • Ernesto Nazareth – Odeon
  • Interview with Marcos
  • Thelonius Monk – Blue Monk
  • Marcos Ariel – Rhapsody in Rio
Marcos Ariel’s Facebook page with upcoming shows

3. Lucas Freitas, 18-Year-Old Pianist with Tomás Improta

See more of Lucas’ work at his page on this site.

4. Gilmar, Eliseu, Cavari, Claudimar, Street Jugglers with their Favorite Music by Projota – Muleque de Vila

5. Luzia Lima, Pianist in Santa Teresa

6. Mike Ryan’s Triboz, The Massa Trio Plays Triboz with Photos

Triboz Rio Website
Mike Ryan’s Rio Art Orquestra Facebook Page

7. Glauco Brasil, Leather Maps, and they invite you to stay with them in Cabo Frio!

8. Closing

More Brazilian music, there is a radio show based in Chicago, Connect Brazil, click here.