Rudy Russo

@nvpkp “I am not an alcoholic” go work in a restaurant

@drgurner @preston_holland This is woefully uninformed. You are to pay (way) more to fly on either service on a per hour basis & with Netjets you need fractional ownership or to purchase flight hours in blocks of 25hrs. Your best by far is chartering as needed. Cheaper per hour and less commitment.

@preston_holland If you're just going to go private a few times a year, you could use NetJets, WheelsUp, etc. Far less expensive than a periodic charter.

Don’t own the jet just fly on it: Have a lot of requests about private jet charters. This is a preview of next week’s deep dive for my newsletter subscribers. A common question: “I want to fly 2-4 times per year where do I go?” Here’s the reality… At that infrequent flying, you will want to book one off charters (also referred to as ad-hoc). There’s apps (Jetly, JetASAP, etc), there’s brokers (a ton of these) and then there’s individual charter operators. You’re going to pay retail prices on a per hour basis. It’s not cheap. There is really no such thing as a “discounted charter.” You might get super lucky on an empty leg (more on that later) but don’t expect it to be as economic as commercial. The biggest price determining factors are: passengers, distance, speed, and preference. Passengers: how many people do I want to fly with? Some jets hold 4, some 6, some 8, some 12, some 16, even some 24. Unless you’re ready to pay big bucks, stay under 12. Distance: planes can only go so far. For instance, a light jet can’t make it coast to coast nonstop. But, if traveling regionally, you can make some trade offs. Speed: if the difference between 2 hours and 2:35 minutes is valuable to you, you can pay up. It’s not a perfect science, but if you want to go faster you’re probably going to pay more. Preference: maybe you don’t like narrow light jets. Maybe you want to be able to stand up and stretch on the trip. Maybe you want a couch. You’ll learn as you go what you like and don’t like. Where do you book one? So the cheapest way to book is usually by going directly to an operator. These are the people that manage planes on a charter certificate. The problem is these websites are from 2003 and they’re really hard to find. Insert: the apps. All these apps have access to the exact same supply. There’s a finite amount of operators and most of them are tapped in to a “load board” of sorts. There may be some fringe differences but at the core it’s all the same. Problematically, I don’t think anyone has “won” this game yet. So I don’t have a “yeah go to this app it’s the best.” You just have to try it out, unfortunately. I’ll work on vetting them and gathering feedback from our little community here on X (if you’ve made it this far, you’re a part of the community too!) Charter Brokers So they sometimes get a knock because they’re taking a fee for placing you in an airplane. But a good broker can be worth its weight in gold. Airplanes break, and when they do, the broker is going to find you a new one (and fast). They can also help arrange catering, car service, etc. Even more importantly, they can get you options depending on what you’re looking for, and help advise you on your trip. Empty Legs: they’re kinda like a unicorn The newsletter will get a deeper dive on this, but the empty leg is the repositioning flight for an airplane. Sometimes you can hop on for cheap. You need to be super flexible to leave on short notice, and the plane has to be flying from where you are to where you’re going. There’s a few apps I’ll mention in the deep dive that seem legit. In conclusion: There’s a lot of con artists and bad players out there in private aviation. You can get ripped off. Be sure to vet your providers! One off charters are the most expensive way to fly per-hour but is perfect for 1-4 times a year. Did you like this? Reply and tell me what you want on a deep dive next.

There's like a total of 4 career paths that actually require a degree. For everyone else, college is looking more and more like a waste of time

@gas_biz Can you walk us through an example? Perhaps a deal of yours?

Buy a property with the business. Sell the business keep the property and lease it out. Works with all industries This is like the easiest way in the world to fund deals without using your own capital. Why haven’t any of you thought of this before I’ve literally been doing this for three decades

@GuyDealership You seem unfamiliar with the KBB ICO #beatdowns that happen day in & day out at dealers across the country. Online appraisal $25k but only $21.6k after the used car manager walks around the car singing his well rehearsed justifications. Used car mngrs could make great actors?

Lesson from experience: Car shopping when it's snowing outside is a double-edged sword. Sloppy dealerships will over-appraise your trade-in and pay you too much — but similarly, you will under-inspect the car you're buying and wake up to surprises.

@pslohmann No, it used to be a laundrymat!

Scare a property manager in 5 words or less.

@0dteKyle The only way to live. O

@gas_biz How much time do you spend teeeting a day? Seriously?

Quit working yourself to death trying to leave generational wealth. When your parents go will you want more time with them or their money? If your doing it right, This is exactly what your children will want from you. Your time, not your possessions.

Logan Paul banged his little brother’s girlfriend then made a music video rapping, dissing him about it. But I’m the one who took it far.

@shaig It should ask you if you’d like a tip

@markbdelaney Dealership GM

A very close friend (mid-30s) just took a corporate role where his cash compensation will be $1,000,000+ in 3 years. - About 8 years of corporate life after 4 years in the army - Not anything in finance - Not a business in the F500 - Got an online MBA in the last year, mostly to check the box Entrepreneurs on X love to rag on the 9-5, but this is a heckuva pay package that comes with expense accounts, executive perks, and onramps him onto another level. Things he doesn't have to deal with: - Personal guarantees - Loans - Paying back investors And he can leave whenever he wants. This is great for him and his personality. It wouldn't be for me. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't make great money keeping a W-2.

Istanbul, 1905. In the then capital of the Ottoman Empire, this colorized video shows the Galata Tower, pedestrians circling both sides of the Golden Horn and its boats carrying goods to the city [📹 Burak Pehlivan]

@WhaleWire Starting to like him now 😂

@0dteKyle Once you close out take a week off and hit sauna hard. Hydrate meditate workout don’t think about markets at all. Renewed POV changes everything.

Unsure if I should sell these 453 calls for a massive loss or just hope to get lucky Fucked this one up royally Damn im doing poorly lately

@thesamparr They found the best pain point to get people to give up their biometric data. The consequences are wild

Clear, the company that lets you jump in line at the airport, seems like a pretty huge success. How on earth did they make that happen? Seems like a monopoly and super hard to make happen. Anyone have the inside story?

@texasrunnerDFW AirbnFees

From New York City to Kansas City The Airbnb Apocalypse is spreading

@GuyDealership Yes

Funny. been thinking about this. Should I start doing 2 shows per week?

@bethanyjbabcock Tell me you don’t know a single elevator tech without telling me you don’t know a single elevator tech. Alcoholism rampant and it’s incredibly hard on your body. Also very isolating. The sh** people tweet for exposure lol.

Want your kids to make a guaranteed high six figures with great hours and benefits, low stress and no college debt? Elevator repair. They can literally make more than some physicians.

@GuyDealership @CDG_Podcast Tactical Fleet…? More like Tactical Repo Sorry I couldn’t help myself 🚗💨

Just recorded a @CDG_Podcast with America's largest exotic used car dealer: — His average sale is $243K — Age of buyers is skewing younger than ever — More people now *financing* their purchases as opposed to paying all cash (this rly surprised me) Fascinating conversation.

@0dteKyle LFG

FYI guys the Wall Street journal interview me for this article That’s me That’s us right More to come with them I think I’m an idiot tho remember not an amateur Gets in the Wall Street journal before I get monetized on twitter smh