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Owner Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson recently explained why the beloved burger chain has zero plans to embrace automation. ktla.com/news/nationwor…

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I ran the numbers on renting and investing the difference vs. buying a home...
The results are shocking.
The setup:
- Median U.S. home sale price: $398,000 (NAR, 2026)
- Average U.S. rent: $2,000/mo (Zillow, 2026)
- Mortgage rate: 6.51% (30yr fixed, 10% down)
All in monthly cost of owning that home:
- P&I: $2,266
- Property tax: $332
- Insurance: $215
- Maintenance: $332
- PMI: $149
- Total: $3,294/mo
Renting cost:
- Rent: $2,000
- Renters insurance: $14
- Total: $2,014/mo
The renter saves $1,280/mo. Plus the $51,740 in down payment and closing costs never leaves their pocket. All of it goes into $VOO.
Using the long term S&P 500 avg return of 10% and home appreciation of 3.4%/yr (the avg since 1891):
After 10 years:
- Renter portfolio: $334K
- Home equity (net of selling costs): $219K
- Renter wins by $115K
After 20 years:
- Renter portfolio: $927K
- Home equity: $531K
- Renter wins by $397K
After 30 years:
- Renter portfolio: $2.41M
- Home equity: $1.02M
- Renter wins by $1.39M
Even if you give the home 5% annual appreciation, the renter still wins at every single checkpoint.
At $VOO's actual historical return of 13.99%, the renter's portfolio hits $6.38M after 30 years. The home equity is still $1.02M.
The part nobody talks about: after 30 years your rent is $5,614/mo. Sounds scary. But your portfolio is generating $20K+/mo at a 10% return. You could pay that rent 3x over and never touch the principal.
A home is a place to live. $VOO and the stock market is a wealth building machine.
Not financial advice. There are lots of variables I may be missing. Run your own numbers.
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@boltthrower @txbbqmt @LaInaMinute Could easily do it again, if anyone really cared. It’s not a one time thing
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@stoolpresidente @JeffDLowe Chicken parmigiana and rigatoni just doesn’t seem right to me 🤷🏻♂️
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If I ever become @JeffDLowe and go to a great Italian restaurant and can’t eat my chicken parm because I’m on one of these high falutin weight loss drugs please punch me in the penis.

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@StillTexasMade @WattMells @Jerrythekid21 @Biefsports I do agree that Hurtados is great, haven’t tried the others that you mentioned
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@txbbqmt @WattMells @Jerrythekid21 @Biefsports Hurtados, Goldie’s, Daynes alll better and all in the DFW area
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Somebody please tell this fool my mother was a high school typing teacher and it’s grammatically correct to use 2 spaces. Take a seat clown
Strypes@FXStrypes
@stoolpresidente You know youre only supposed to use 1 space between sentences?
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@WattMells @Jerrythekid21 @Biefsports Which bbq place is better? I would like to add it to my list of places to try.
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🇺🇸 Dozens of U.S. military tankers are crossing Europe toward the Middle East.
Whatever Trump says about timelines, the logistics tell a different story.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇱🇧🇮🇱 Israel pressured towns in southern Lebanon to expel Shiite refugees or risk being targeted. So the people who already lost their homes are now being kicked out of their shelters too. Sanaa Saad, 58, has been living in a school since fleeing Khiam and now fears even that will be taken from her. "Where will we go then? Will we sleep on the street, praying for the war to end?" Source: NYT
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20 hotels in California used for Birthright Citizenship Fraud
“Federal agents swooping in to raid what they are calling maternity tourism rings. The ring helps pregnant women, most of them in this area from China illegally travel to the U.S to give birth to American babies”
“Investigators say this building and at least 20 other locations, they raided in LA, Orange County and San Bernardino counties double as maternity hotels. People who come from China to the United States for the sole purpose of giving birth”
‘Chinese clients are charging $15,000–$80,000+ per package for housing, visa coaching (to conceal pregnancies), transportation, and post-birth service’
We have to ban birthright citizenship
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A mother earning $60K says she can’t afford her daughter’s medical care—but would qualify for assistance if she earned less.
She says the system punishes those trying to stay afloat.
x.com/StandUpForTrmp…
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@LaInaMinute Shooting up and smoking crack in front of Ralph’s is fine but don’t drive over the speed limit
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