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Cake day: July 25th, 2023

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  • If you feel comfortable doing so, you could ask for insight into why your application wasn’t considered. You can try to phrase it around making it a learning moment for you: Can you explain to me why my application wasn’t considered so that I can be better prepared the next time an opportunity arises? The person being asked the question will be less likely to see it was an attack and more of a humble question from a person who values their insight.








  • Mortgage rates coming down is not the answer. It’ll only drive up demand while supply stays the same. There is a major need for more supply. People will reply with the number of vacant units, but vacancy is a broad measure that ignores things like a house currently being sold and going through the closing process.

    The country, as a whole, needs something like 6.5 million more housing units to meet demand at which point prices would come down.

    It’s unfortunately not going to happen without government (local or federal) intervention.

    This Freakonomics episode focuses more on rentals but the basic concepts are the same:

    https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-rent-control-doesnt-work/