Alexander Ron @captainnron_ Twitter profile

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1 year

@ArmandDoma This is like some weird variation of the prisoners dilemma

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Feeling so much love from my neighbor today 🥰🥰🥰

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just about 100% complete over here. our next-door neighbor has misled city inspectors to descend on us so many times that the most recent inspector requested a permanent block on all future inspection requests at our property.

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Feeling so much love from my neighbor today 🥰🥰🥰

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@PERSUASIONMGZN No - my existing garage apartment is < 900 SF; HCAD just has it incorrectly measured at 923 SF.

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No small project goes unpunished hahahaha

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@realEstateTrent Only solution is an elementary/middle school where ALL parents must pledge to withhold smartphones until high school (or some other arbitrary age). Without unanimous buy-in, it’s impossible to implement and not nice to leave your child isolated

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@GriffinRechter You know me well so you know the hardest part for me is not replying…

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@WxZachary are those the only two options or can we get perhaps a more moderate third option

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2 years

@Austen And also whether you divide (lunches made) or (lunches served) by the employee count — which is ironically his exact point

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2 years

@SophRossss Seriously? Maybe the first 4-5 tweets warranted a mention as they were definitely less than savory. But to make a scene — showcasing 16 tweets — about viewpoints that are marginally conservative?

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6 months

2 befores. 2 afters.

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@punished_cait That’s some high risk low reward behavior

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2 before / 2 after Part of a 250,000 RSF portfolio of creative workspace / flex we’ve been assembling

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2 months

In a different universe: -Romney wins 2012 -reelected in 2016 -carries us through first year of Covid -smoothly hands reins off to a younger moderate in 2021, who then gets reelected in 2024 -no volatility, no senility, no riots what could have been

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@ianbremmer Juror #2 will deliver a hung jury for the boys

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@punished_cait It is unhinged to put your face next to ants

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@gerad_t0d i wish; i don't think the city looks too fondly on it yet

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6 months

@nearcyan they also picked up a massive W with $ARM so this isn't exactly the full story

SoftBank nets $16 billion on Arm earnings pop, exceeding its total losses in WeWork

Chip design firm Arm reported strong earnings on Wednesday, giving Masayoshi Son's SoftBank a huge paper profit.

www.cnbc.com

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Beyond excited to support my friend Eric ( @iononrecourse ) in hosting Automatic at our newly redeveloped project: The Docks. We’ll get to hear from world class developers ( @SteveRadom , Triten, Asana, etc.) and legendary restaurants / breweries (Uchi, Heim BBQ, St. Arnold, etc.)

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@ArmandDoma Once the hostages are released???? I’d hope my country would seek my safe return with the same aggressiveness

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@rohindhar Benjamin Moore Simply White: slightest touch of warmth to an otherwise very clean looking white. Shimmers in the sunlight. Pairs great with brick

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4 months

No mention of surging property taxes or insurance is a huge miss

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2 years

@aussieflya I did a church to art studios / event center conversion. It was the worst decision of my life, but I got some sick pictures in the process

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@StockJabber $RIVN: burning $20M a day, no path to producing at scale, and if they somehow CAN figure out how to produce at scale, the demand / price per unit isn’t there for it to make sense for consumers. 2 years before they run out of money. Trading for a ~$4B premium over their cash

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today is a good day to own an under-leased walgreens

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5 months

Never Never in Nashville from this past weekend Rather than shy away from the active train tracks in the background, they made it a focal point of the bar. Sick.

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@jaybsauceda if not nancy's hustle, ninfa's on navigation

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10 months

@micsolana Do you mean “American Airlines” (the company) or “American airlines” as an industry — because it works both ways

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1 year

@HOUrbanist I spend like all of my time east of the stadium. Coolest part of the city.

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2 months

a day of races @ the rio jockey club

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@MorningBrew a sunny place for shady people not my actual belief but i love the phrase

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nothing brings out the patriotism quite like the great American roadtrip 🇺🇸

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3 months

Me: "Can I get a late checkout today?" Receptionist: "No; we are 100% sold out tonight" *Send my girlfriend to ask a different receptionist to check for consistency* Girlfriend: "Can I extend my room one more night?" Receptionist: "Absolutely!" weak @sohohouse

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2 years

@aussieflya The event center turned into a 24/7 rave lol. Totally lost control over the property and barely broke even on my exit

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1 year

@JohnJBlatchford Yeah but the picture is a little nicer than Zillow’s so at least the money went somewhere good

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2 months

I have seen several golf carts as a form of public transport in the east end and they look like the future of hyperlocal neighborhood travel. Nimble, quiet, slow enough to be safe, large enough to ride w several people Would love to see much, much more of this

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For context, Metro just authorized up to $1M for golf carts that provide about 2000 trips per month.

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@natehoodstp Fwiw I live in Houston and RARELY leave the red

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@jasonkimvc didnt chamath go to waterloo lol

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@realEstateTrent Idk if this concept exists but I would seek this out if I were a parent

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8 months

If anyone is wondering what “fuck you” money looks like: Taking on the entirety of academia. historical.

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8 months

My wife, @NeriOxman , was just contacted by Business Insider claiming that they have identified other plagiarism in her work including 15 examples in her dissertation where she did not cite Wikipedia as a source. Business Insider told us that they are publishing their story

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@shaunmmaguire its the korea of the Caribbean

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1 year

@hanslorei unless its a rainy day and they keep the umbrellas closed (2 days ago)

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1 year

Cool new art at the office; cute new lamp at the house

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2 years

@zachweinberg I’m convinced: net population of wealthy (or children of wealthy) is increasing. Just an increase of buying power per capita

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2 months

Simple inspiration: barebones, letting the buildings speak for themselves Very easy to replicate in the types of buildings we redevelop

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3 months

@Austen The peak was the real golden age of travel

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5 months

@johnxbuilds This unit specifically is going to be an event center. The property’s comprised of 13 units (71,500 RSF) exactly like this one, all now 100% leased for a variety of uses.

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9 months

@HunkyDoryTX saw an identical one in Houston 2 nights ago.

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1 year

The whole city of Copenhagen looks like a college campus w/ too much money in the endowment

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Alexander Ron

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2 years

fantastic presentation from @Austen , @bloomtech team on their path forward with end-to-end integration. a lot of skin in the game, betting heavily on the success of their students. aligned incentives, truly scalable, and in the early innings. going to be so cool to watch.

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1 year

More life changing than the growth is going from illiquid to liquid net worth

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Going from $1M to $5M net worth is far more life changing than going from $50M to $100M

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3 months

@MagEGordon Understand the sentiment but what operating expenses do libraries have? $50M is a lot of money

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8 months

This is some of the most effective leadership coming out of Europe; absolutely changed my life for the better

European Parliament

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8 months

From 28 December 2024 all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will be equipped with a standard USB Type-C charging port, making it easier for you and better for the environment. Read more 👉

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2 months

i was cleaning out my closet and found my best adaptive reuse project ever (featuring the culprit)

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2 years

@brian_armstrong Can you release it tonight so those of us that celebrate Yom Kippur have something to do tomorrow

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@DonovanBuilds Agree completely. Have never charged a late fee before. If tenant is communicative, I never mind. When tenants ignore, we move to terminate lease immediately

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@ThinkAppraiser Does that estimated monthly mortgage include the HOA fee? Trying to see if I can make the numbers work

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8 months

This is more shocking than finding out Recycling is a myth.

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🤦🏻‍♂️

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2 months

i will buy any commercial deal in any city listed by a residential agent with an @ gmail do not listen to this man. keep doing commercial deals.

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Residential agents who use an @ gmail. com address for business, Do us all a favor and DON'T do commercial deals. Refer it out to a pro

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I have never been this excited for a movie to come out

Christopher Nolan Art & Updates

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1 year

Christopher Nolan on the difference between the black-and-white and colour scenes in 'OPPENHEIMER': “I wrote the script in the first person, which I'd never done before. I don't know if anyone has ever done that, or if that's a thing people do or not… The film is objective and

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@DavidSacks Idk man nothing feels all that calm right now

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1 year

I swear we live in a post ironic world; nothing is serious anymore

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1 year

Greta Thunberg met Zelenskiy to talk environmental consequences of Russian invasion, per Bloomberg.

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2 years

@sohohouse in chicago: one of the better redevelopments I’ve seen. Hard to do warm and rich tones in an industrial redevelopment. They crushed it. Doesn’t feel stark at all.

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7 months

@SteveRadom @aryal1994 A very sobering chaser. But my guess is we have similar fundamentals in Texas. Best capitalized class A developers (Hines, etc.) take the cake and the most creative developers (adaptive reuse, boutique) pick up the crumbs. Those two aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive

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2 years

@david_perell Agree with your ideas but worth considering: All of the brands are owned by either LVMH or Kering; economies of scale via shared branding departments, etc

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Alexander Ron

@captainnron_

2 years

this is very important for all of the real estate twitter community to read @REconveneLA

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2 years

“open plan office noise increased negative mood by 25 percent and sweat response by 34 percent…people who work in open-plan offices had 62 percent more days of sickness absence.”

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@iononrecourse

When Baking and Real Estate Collide

Tartine, a beloved San Francisco bakery, wanted to grow. Partnering with a developer was one way to rise.

www.newyorker.com

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@hussain_nathoo I’m gonna call your 4pm / 100 degrees and raise you an 8:30 pm / literal thunderstorm + hail

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1 year

@rohindhar All jokes aside: you think Airbnb could host some type of brokerage component where STR owners could view listings / see Airbnb-audited revenues?

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1 year

@aussieflya no one has said this for like 18 months

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1 year

Article is great and all but no mention of how these two math guys came up with the coldest hedge fund name of all time?? ⁦ @GZuckerman ⁩

WSJ News Exclusive | This Hedge Fund’s Two Feuding Founders Are Under Pressure to Make Peace

Questions from regulators and investors, plus one founder’s divorce, are forcing Two Sigma to address the rift.

www.wsj.com

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Resurfacing this in light of today's Rivian / Volkswagen news. it was only a matter of time before someone "bought" $RIVN @fahdananta

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@fahdananta My thoughts on Rivian: -it’s hard to produce at scale. They’re losing a lot of money per car -not enough demand (maybe r3 will change this) -$9B on hand, little debt -I would be short but I think they’re an acquisition candidate; never thought of Apple before, would be insane

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@Western_Trad A very simple calculation called return on cost

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1 year

A very fun transition; on the final leg of this redevelopment @tanwithdan

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Alexander Ron

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2 years

@fahdananta 3 books that made me feel more charismatic as I read them: 1. The Third Door by @AlexBanayan 2. The Gambler by @WilliamRempel 3. When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub I will sponsor anyone reading these books with the promise that the books get finished

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@DonovanBuilds herman miller desk + hiroshima chair. high design (i don't like swivels); comfortable

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@Akston_Capital @KellyCNBC Every single person on this app is praying you’re right lol

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huge congrats @cartdotcom ; excited to have our first unicorn :)

Cart.com has $1.2B valuation after $60M Series C | TechCrunch

The company said the valuation was nearly 50% higher with this round than its Series B extension funding raised in February 2022.

techcrunch.com

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Alexander Ron

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2 years

A story in two parts: two headlines from the WSJ today (I know one is likely air traffic’s fault)

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@fahdananta my brother @tanwithdan and I are doing a deep dive on the best cities in the world to live. fed up with our current city's lack of law enforcement. any data points you find necessary to include after time in toronto?

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Coffee

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revolutionary startup idea: costar except they're not allowed to call you (ever)

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@DailyREITBeat PSP?

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@housleyd @DonovanBuilds @realrookieceo @baldridgecpa @ZeroBasis i'll host @ my office if you want

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@buysellmhrv I feel like this is a function of where you’re buying / based. We frequently pull title within 3-4 days and surveys delivered within 1-2 weeks. Closing < 30 days all the time assuming clean Phase 1

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My take is that unions were necessary in the US while we were a quickly industrializing country with nonexistent, unenforced labor laws / excessively dangerous working conditions but have become totally unnecessary, detrimental to progress since the enforcement of those very laws

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Joe Biden is the most pro-union president in history. And unions will save this country. That's the bottom line

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@theKloppEnd_ i find this to be the most strategic red card of all time. he made a great strategy call, got the punishment he deserved for it, and ghana couldn't capitalize on the opportunity. masterclass strategy

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@MagEGordon Go left on Coyle, right on Milby, and right on Polk :) That gets you around it via the Polk underpass :)

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@moseskagan @iononrecourse @jeffreyrasco @baldridgecpa @fortworthchris @Keith_Wasserman my accountants kill me anytime i mention the word 1031; i don't think accepting other people's funds would go over well lol

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@realEstateTrent Don’t ask me why I know this, but this is Rick Owens’ favorite pen:

Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens, Medium Point (0.7mm), Black, 4 Count

Boost your writing fun-factor with Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens! With a rainbow of vivid colors to choose from and smear-resistant ink that won’t bleed through the page, Flair pens make writing a...

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@hussain_nathoo @michaelbrom @mhprvpmvp @TyronMcDaniel @DonovanBuilds @Amitlala81 @CREgir1 @RetailBrokerHTX @CoyDavidsonCRE @stangeorge @nahomtesfa @apurva212 @daveseeburger @ZeroBasis @JackHHLin @baldridgecpa @evan7257 Bags of Amaya coffee ?

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Alexander Ron

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2 years

@zachweinberg And speaking from 1st hand observation: I know a lot of people my age (mid 20s) who are renting nice 1BR and studios, happy to pay $4k+ monthly subsidized by parents. A very not-insignificant percentage of the people my age I know in the city

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@Levijameshere Did you just invent “adjusted vacancy” lol

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@anthonybrown @StockJabber And don’t forget that it BARELY worked out for Tesla. Lightning doesn’t strike the same spot twice.

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@SullyBusiness don't even know why this is controversial

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@TeamHerrold Not so subtly…

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@KeithLovesMango sometimes the wall isn't even enough to stop the crime. i built an 8ft tall fence (pretty well fortified) around my house and garage, and i still have people break-in. a few weeks ago i woke to a homeless guy sleeping inside my truck (which i used to leave unlocked at night)

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2 years

@Levijameshere Raise until bitcoin is < $10k

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2 years

@DallasAptGP DM me — will give you a tour of our projects; some very similar to yours