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Ben Bear

@BenBear

Cofounder, CEO @_TurboHome + @BuildCasa. Tweets abt housing, policy, and startups. Prev CEO @ Spin (acquired by @Ford) + VP @ Vungle (acquired by @Blackstone).

Oakland, CA شامل ہوئے Aralık 2009
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Ben Bear
Ben Bear@BenBear·
Charlie Munger has a famous quote: "Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome." Both political parties have made homeownership a key priority while decrying the rise of build to rent communities funded by Wall Street. One big driver is that the tax code is nearly twice as favorable if new homes are sold to investors vs. homeowners. Today in the @washingtonpost I argue that by creating tax parity, we can incentivize developers to build hundreds of thousands of starter homes without the need for subsidies, creating 2-3 new good paying construction jobs for every home built.
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foley (follard)@follard·
Hey friends, please meet my friend /the Duplex King of Houston / Duplex Donny / Donovan Adesoro. He has an incredible story. Never met someone who is so widely respected by his peers. While sub-institutional development is full of bad actors and cowboys, D is the real deal! Let's build! 🛠️
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Shawn Gorham
Shawn Gorham@shawngorham·
4 weeks and 1 day from close to back on the market My 3rd condo ever to flip. 1. I bought at the right price 2. End unit 3. 2 car attached garage 4. Nobody in front of me (views) 5. 3 bedrooms and over 1700 sq feet 6. Far less than you can buy a SF house for in the area
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YIMBYism has existed for long enough that we're now seeing success stories from cities that adopted pro-housing policy. After legalizing middle housing, Portland is seeing new construction (2024-now) townhomes & 2-6-plex units selling for $300-$400k. The starter home is back!
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Kim-Mai Cutler
Kim-Mai Cutler@kimmaicutler·
None of the billionaire tax coverage about Sergey Brin in Bloomberg or the NYTimes reports the most important structural detail of why he opposes it so much more than Jensen. It taxes voting shares as ownership. It taxes Page and Brin as if they own 50+% or >$2 trillion of Google rather than 3% each. Jensen does not have super voting shares so he is just taxed like his actual ownership of Nvidia. Imagine if you were taxed like you earned 10 times as much as you actually did last year. @bizcarson @teddyschleifer
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
For top end work, the perplexity modal agnostic bet seems great. If you compare to ad networks, having a mediation layer is a big benefit in terms of always getting the best model for a given task. The downside is you lose out on the subsidization the foundation model companies provide.
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Sheel Mohnot
Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi·
5.5 is pretty good the gap between the top models for normal users feels smaller than ever.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@pitdesi Sfizio in rockridge for pasta, sirene is good too for light bite/dinner, hike in Oakland hills at Skyline Gate, movie at grand lake theater.
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Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi·
We are doing a staycation in Oakland this weekend Staying Uptown, near Lake Merritt. Idea is to spend time exploring somewhere we don’t spend enough time in What should we do?
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@sweatystartup I was just chatting with someone today about this. Other than Times Square NYE, seems like the worst possible large event to attend. Even if you love your team there’s literally only 30 seconds that’s relevant. I’m from Pittsburgh and know literally nobody who is planning to go.
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Nick Huber
Nick Huber@sweatystartup·
What do you think the average IQ is of people who travel to the NFL draft?
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@silviascandar The more people know Matt, the more they like him. Californians are craving a pragmatic leader who focuses on outcomes vs ideology.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@rohindhar Any appraisal issues with these types of deals?
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Rohin Dhar
Rohin Dhar@rohindhar·
San Francisco condo sale in the central Richmond district at $1 MM+ over asking price
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Donovan@DonovanBuilds·
This was $11 in Manhattan
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@bobbyfijan He’s so good. And the no profile pic is legendary. 100% ball.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@heykayadams I would just get Pamela’s pancakes instead if you want a sweet treat. As a Pittsburgh native, it’s one of the only local joints that lives up to the hype. Obama likes the pancakes so much he had them come to the WH to do a state event.
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Kay Adams
Kay Adams@heykayadams·
Where can I find the best cinnamon roll in Pittsburgh?
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@pitdesi Undoubtedly the best corporate venture fund ever if held to maturity?
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
Not flexing, just explaining the dynamics. There’s enough anti-realtor sentiment that it might be a better narrative if they were replaced entirely or we used lawyers, but it would make for a worse experience that the vast majority of consumers don’t want based on what we’ve learned in market.
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JBC Trader
JBC Trader@JbcTrader·
@BenBear @mkobach @_TurboHome Realtors provide access to tours that they gatekeep isn't the flex you think it is
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Matthew Kobach
Matthew Kobach@mkobach·
I can’t believe that everyone knows realtors are a scam, but there’s nothing we can do about it because the National Association of Realtors lobby is too powerful and they control the MLS. Their commissions inflate housing prices by ~5%.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
It’s part of it but not the whole story. To get access to live data feeds on comps + standard contracts + easy access for tours you do need to be a realtor. The other driver is that since our agents only focus on negotiation/closing they add value vs extracting. 90%+ of properties listed are repped by an agent so if you come in without one using a non-standard contract you have virtually zero chance of winning if the property is competitive.
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Ben Bear@BenBear·
@mnolangray Tbh it is shocking how badly the promenade/santa monica place are doing compared to the grove or abbott kinney.
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