John Lovell

@Photogbrett @usvc_ Support wasn’t very helpful only stating that it should be resolved by Monday.

@JohnLovell @usvc_ Was this resolved?

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@skylarromines Besides me…yes

Do you ever look around & realize nobody has any idea what’s going on

@MidwestGolfJake 1. Pinehurst #2 2. Victoria National 3. Prairie Dunes 4. Wolf Creek ( Kansas City) 5. Whistling Straits: Irish Course

Yesterday there was a question about "hardest" golf courses. Got me thinking...here are my 5 "hardest' golf courses. 1) Blackwolf Run - River 2) Hazeltine National 3) The Harvester 4) Omaha Country Club 5) Bluetop Ridge at Riverside What's on your list?

Just sat through a sales pitch for a Furnace and A/C combo replacement. It’s remarkable how complicated this is when deciding what features are ‘worth’ the expense. HVAC folks help me out.

@DietCoke82 @RE_INVSTOR Sign me up for this one. What size lot do I need?

@RE_INVSTOR Here this might explain the retaining wall more. Still crazy!

A common conversation we have with clients is you must choose if exterior architecture will be the constraint or the floor plan. You cannot have both. There is a happy middle ground but one must give to the other in certain architectural styles. Which option do you like below?

@DallasAptGP @skylarromines My lord Barrett…who is your broker and why don’t you have cyber insurance?

@skylarromines What type of insurance is it? We may have it and I just don't realize it

A vendor just emailed us an invoice. Right logo. Right project. Right invoice number. New bank account. If we had paid it, $50K is gone. No recovery. No insurance. Just gone. We got an email a few days later that the vendors email had been hacked. This is happening to businesses every single day. And it's about to get much worse. AI is an incredible tool when it's used for good. But it is also a weapon. The same technology helping us underwrite deals and manage portfolios is helping criminals build perfect fraud at zero cost and infinite scale. The "Nigerian Prince" is dead. He's been replaced by AI that sits inside your vendor's email for months. It watches your payment cycles. It learns your controller's name. It waits for the perfect moment to swap banking info on a real invoice. It requires vigilance and good processes to not get fooled. Here are a few basic things we do: 1. Banking info changes = full stop. No exceptions. We stop and we call. 2. Never call the number on the new email. That's the hacker's number. We dig up the old contact info and call someone we already know. 3. Hold payment if there is a bank change. Every updated account gets a mandatory hold and a voice callback to the vendor. Two-minute phone call costs you nothing. One bad ACH is an expensive mistake. What else should we be doing?

@TheOtherKav Licensing FSD from Tesla is the difference maker

@JohnLovell They made a F-150 EV, it was not that popular it seems.

Work out a licensing agreement with Tesla for FSD. Make Bronco & F-150 EV’s. Make a Trillion Dollars

@molzer Pretty good action!

Being good at golf will make you so much money over your life

@kenashley More roundabouts solves this

When will they finally use AI to run traffic lights? Currently one of the most frustrating and time wasting devices in society.

@ryanspalding @don10190878 @tim_fenneresler Most contractors are having to submit third party audited and certified financials.

Lots of bad advice out there. Im not a surety expert by any means but Im smart enough in it to understand this. The proper response to the P&L request would have been to ask what it was needed for. Then the broker could have explained it, which they probably should have done in the request to begin with, then the buyer could fully understand why it could be useful for them. Instead of just pushing back on a request, try to understand it, you'll probably leave the interaction more sophisticated.

This is terrible advice for 99% of people that need surety bonds. As @tim_fenneresler said in the comments, they most likely pulled credit from somewhere else or historical financials were enough. Its also possible the bond limit was miniscule. You need the Surety underwriter more than they need you. This is especially true during tough economic times. Provide people the data they need to do their job. Maybe providing the data would have resulted in a more favorable rate. Instead, you just got a rate. The largest GCs I know realize how important their surety is, it helps them scale their operations.

@realEstateTrent Online bloodwork programs driving exponential growth in lab work.

Lots of blood draw clinics looking at strip mall spaces all over the place. What’s going on?

@molzer @sweatystartup Nick it’s time I take you to the woodshed like I did @DanStorage. Make it happen.

@JohnLovell @sweatystartup Just did actually! Planning a trip in June there. Let’s play some time!

Did the moon landing actually happen?

@TuckerMax And none of them have an Absinthe Donut Story to show for it.

A huge number of fancy people who used to call me things like "an immoral, awful human" are all over the Epstein Files. Funny how this all works...

@sweatystartup @Brady_H While we’re piling on…what’s up with his arm sleeve tattoo. Odd for a doctor to get ink imo. Screams vanity, ego and narcissism.

@Brady_H The situation is bad. But the people piling on as if these guys were doing these crimes themselves has been crazy.

I've lost an incredible amount of respect for dozens of people in the health space over the last few days. Using someone's downfall as an opportunity for personal gain, content generation, and "clout" is repulsive behavior. Healthy introspection is in short supply.

In case there’s confusion, I didn’t write this article but I did write one on humility.

@SawyerMerritt ts.la/john60125

I’m now maxed out on referrals for the rest of the year. Time to help you guys get some Tesla referrals! Drop your referral links below and I’ll send people asking for a code to the comment section to select one. Won’t be able to help everyone, but will do what I can. For those curious, here's what people ordered using my code: • Model Ys: 6 • Cybertrucks: 3 • Model 3: 1

@GuyDealership Is there a site that is specifically driven by private party to private party sales?

@JohnLovell Why not just go to wherever you get most money for your car?

@GuyDealership is there any platform for private parties to sell cars that isn’t completely driven by dealers making trade in value offers? I have it listed on Auto Trader and Cars. Btw, Carvana has offered considerably more than any other dealer.