mmmmm...beer

Initial plan is for me to hang out here and try to get as much stuff established as I can help with and head back to the States at the end of May. I'll fly back in to PDX... grab my rig and work gear and drive down to Colorado to hang out with our son until thr end of Sept/beginning of October. Then head back to Japan for the rest of the initial 3 year tour. Exciting stuff! Aaannnnd jetlagged as heil right now. 14 houe time difference.

Update.... today is the first full day in Japan. Initial thoughts... pretty humid. Like Puerto Rico or Cancun humid. Also way more industrial around Tokyo than I'd have imagined. Like huge abandoned factories and giant scrap yard industrial. Only been tooling around the base thus far. Excited to get off base and see some stuff this weekend.

I'm in... just been really busy the last 6 weeks. 2nd day in Japan rinnow.

Rollover

Congrats Neckbeard!

That's pretty cool. Last regular season game. Divisional # 1 & 2... a win by 4077 clinches the division by record alone. If the Sweatermeats snag the win regular season record is a tie and the total points will go to the Meats. Good job on the upset Peaces! How exciting!

This... seriously. Time has excellerated.

Ohh yeah we have the same birthday... 49 for me.

Boat sailed on weed a few years ago. Now it's cut throat...

Yeah good post. Most of the business/rental stuff will be when we return in 3 years. I'll be retired so want an income just tooling around.

Nope... the mainland, like 40 mins SW of Tokoyo

Wife applied and got a job that will move us there to an Army base, she's a fed civ employee. I can retire next year when I turn 50. Win win...

Yeah my Old man is a rentals guy... 14 plexes several 6 plexes etc. That being said... feels like we're waaaay over valued right now. Don't want to go the way of the Jerry.... You're exactly right @Whitewonder w'll see what it looks like in 3 years. Maybe we crash and there's shiz to buy.

I already have one and have talked about it a few times in here. Discover Bank Savings account. I started it in July and I currently have about $13k in there. I've been saving for a gap fund between retirement and pension kicking in. It has a current rate of 4.35%.

Current mortgage is $2300. Say we could rent it for $3500. $3500 - 2300 = $1200 - 8% management fee = $1,104 x 12 months = $13,248 a year (not counting any maintenance ie appliances/furnace going out) or paying taxes on that $13K as well. For that little... $300k × 4.3% savings account interest = $12,900/yr not even compounded. With zero risk.