Chris
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Chris
@ChrisGoals
Inc 500 entrepreneur (2x), E-commerce, US Manufacturing, Real Estate
Florida, USA Katılım Eylül 2009
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I don’t regret any bravery I have shown in my life. Not that it all worked out. A lot of those brave decisions cost me dearly. But I don’t think of them very often.
I regret every single cowardly act though. Even when I benefited in some way.
I have a perfect ledger of every cowardly act etched in my memory and I review it frequently. But especially at night when I am laying in bed.
The ledger goes all of the way back to 2nd grade.
At this stage in life I just can’t afford to add much more to the list of stuff I am ashamed of.
I need my sleep!
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@yung_builder They are so basic, there is not much do them. The things you would need to customize are all going to be local to your location.
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@CryptoPicard Nice! How much upkeep do you think it's going to take to maintain it?
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Today I used Claude to build myself a better tool to keep track of almost 100 personal properties, rent payments, lease terms, insurance information, late notices, etc.
For over a decade, I have tracked it all in a huge, jumbled spreadsheet that was always messed up in some way or another.
I know there are plenty of software options already available that could have done this for me. However, for me, there is something that really resonates in being able to tweak the inputs and outputs exactly how I would want them.
It is a really great feeling to use AI to solve personal pain points. I recommend everyone try it!
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My companies close $20M/year on 30-minute Zoom calls.
I had an ex-McKinsey consultant reverse-engineer exactly how:
– Sales call recordings
– Sales scripts
– Lead gen systems
Reply with “GA” and I'll DM you the copy. Free.
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We bought a 24 acre property in rural Georgia
We split it up, and man did that piss off the neighbors.
They put up a hog farm sign.
What should we do next?
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The best advantage of selling building materials is that we get same margins or even better margins than contractors doing the work without doing the work, without pulling permits, without passing any inspection, without looking at any plan and without giving any sort of warranty.
It's wild.
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Just wrapped call w/ founder who wanted me to invest in his D2C business.
I gave him different advice and a potential solution that's way cheaper (at bottom)
Business owns him, not vice versa.
2025A: $17M rev, negative EBIT
2026F: $30M rev, <5% EBIT
Key stats:
- 21 day production lead times
- Terms: 30% deposit, 20% on delivery, rest NET 30
- CM2 70%
- High-cost debt (20%+ APR)
- 120+ SKUs, no sell-through or per-SKU interest allocation
- Factory solid (>30 mo relationship), unbeatable COGS-quality
- Shipped from China to the consumer globally
Recommendation:
- Give factory 10% equity
- Switch to consignment + EOD Friday payments for sold goods to remove cashflow constraints
- Visit factory quarterly (4×/yr)
I also shared how to prep 7 slides for supplier meeting. If post gets traction, I’ll recreate slides here as template. Just comment TRACTION. I need at least 100 lol
I think he’ll succeed. He's smart and he is clearly a winner. Website for his category was 10 out of 10.
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We do so well for pressure washing / gutter cleaning (via cold email) that I might just start and scale one to $50k/mo this year just to prove a point..
If you want my business plan, comment "Exterior" below and I will DM it to you.
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@SinaiLawFirm Most likely engagement farming. Who leaves their home address in the screen share? 🤣
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Sorry to be a party pooper and I love claude but this does not pass the smell test
You cannot be subject to both County and state rent control
Cal. Civ. Code 1947.12
(d)This section shall not apply to the following residential real properties:
(3)Housing subject to rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power consistent with Chapter 2.7
The addresses in the video and pictures don't exist. Impossible to know which allowable increases apply. The other findings also do not make any sense
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my landlord raised my rent by $400 so i fed my entire lease to claude it found a clause that means he owes me $6,200 in overcharges going back 18 months his lawyer confirmed it yesterday i wasn't even mad about the increase. i just wanted to see what claude would pull from 47 pages of legal text i never actually read pasted the full lease and said "find anything that violates california rent stabilization law" it came back in 90 seconds → flagged a habitability clause tied to maintenance obligations he never fulfilled → cross-referenced AB 1482 statewide caps + local RSO limits going back to 2023 → found he applied a 6.1% increase when AB 1482 capped it at 5% + CPI (4% max under LA County RSTPO for 2024) → calculated cumulative overcharges across 18 billing cycles → cited Civil Code §1947.12 (AB 1482 penalties up to 3x overcharge for willful violations) + local RSO municipal code tying habitability breaches to withheld increases → drafted a demand letter with line-by-line breakdowns ran the clause extraction through legal-bert and it hit 92% confidence on the payment term violations sent the demand letter to his property management company on a tuesday by the following thursday his lawyer called and said "the numbers check out" total cost: one prompt and a 47-page pdf i lived in that apartment for three years and never once read past page 4 my rent increase was $400, my refund check is $6,200 i'm keeping the apartment
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A couple weeks ago one of my 34-35 doctors suggested I not even exercise for a while. I nodded to whatever he said (he is awesome, as competitive as I am but runs marathons) and then I told myself I would lower the amount of work that I do in the gym for the next several weeks or months and see. So on Sunday I may have lowered the number of exercises I did and the weight on the bar BUT you can bet your booty that I sure as heck AM going to have some fun!
@joshstrength @TheDavidWeck @Superd3k @majeikstagram @dpolehn @TheGov74 @ajmahler @StrengthDebates @StrengthEwa @ryanhungateCTO @AllUKBall_2_HPS
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Fun Claude project: I created a family youtube channel. Then I have Claude comb through the 1000s of videos on my hard drive, name them according to what is happening and the date and load them. It's buggy but it's curating and surfacing memories we and far away family can enjoy
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One of the most annoying features of mental health is that you think that being more introspective is the solution, like "Oh, I just need to figure out exactly WHY I'm sad"
Except you don't, you usually just need to think less about yourself and avoid ruminating at all costs
𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯@atlanticesque
Remember: Introspection is a trap! You have no particular “interior” or anything, you are just how you are to the world. Obsessing over your inner life is just narcissism. There’s no “there” there. You are what you do. That’s all you are.
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I wonder what would happen if I copy and pasted all the names / emails / phone numbers / addresses of people who charged back on my brands for no reason at all
What if all of us banded together and made a database?
Friendly Fraud should honestly be met with massive shame.... or DEATH
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@MrLGroves Vevor brand for the win! I have a ton of their random stuff!
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#1 I don't think he did any inspection of the material before it was shipped. The inspector could have used magnets on the material, done weight checks based on size and even cut one of the plates in half. He could also have had the inspector mail out a sample that he inspected for testing at his own facility. You can also do a separate loading inspection to make sure that the materials that were inspected are the same ones being loaded into your container and then sealed up. He should also have let the company know that he would be doing an inspection when he placed the order.
#2 He should have paid through the Alibaba system using a credit card through Alibaba and charged it back if it came back fraudulent.
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Ok, for you guys who order large quantities of metal from China. What is your technique to not getting scammed out of 40k Euros?
I've never ordered a single thing in bulk from China, but how do you avoid something like this?
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@clint_turner Post detailed pictures of the job and what you want to the contractor Facebook groups in your area
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How do you find a landscaper that doesn’t charge 5x markup?
I live in a neighborhood where anytime a service co comes it’s auto 2-5x more expensive for everything.
Want to get landscaping done but everybody wants 20-30k for a pretty straight forward job.
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