Do you mind sharing some details on what kind of real estate investments these are?
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For those inclined to do financial planning: Recently a colleague of mine retired. He mentioned that he plans on waiting for a while before he will start taking social security payments. His logic was that if he were to live longer, this decision would turn out to be a very good decision. This may not be a great decision in case he dies early, but then he won't be there to regret it. I liked the way he phrased it. Of course, his financial situation also allows him to live now without touching his social security. For those not in such good financial state, the decision might be lot more complex.
10 years ago was 2014. If I look back, most of the world seems similar. I would like to understand what drastic changes occurred in the last decade.
Do you mind sharing any references
A slight misunderstanding, or an inconsiderate person may use it for victim blaming, but that's not what lays down. It gives guidelines that our actions have consequences, good or bad even if they are not immediately visible to us. On HN, people talk about the role luck plays in the success of startups. Two different people working hard, with brilliant ideas: one of them gets to build a billion $ company, while the other may go bankrupt. What we call luck, or randomness here is explained as karma (good, or bad deeds accumulated from earlier lives). Used with right understanding, and compassion, this provides good guidance for those who seek it.
We are seeing this kind of crime on a regular basis in our neighborhood. The cops have pretty much given up. They also mentioned that even if they make an arrest, the bail is set so low, these guys would be out quickly. Overall, my impression is there is zero deterrence for these kind of crimes here (a pretty affluent neighborhood in one of the tech cities in the west coast)