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New House, New Life! (And New Career Plans?)

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I can’t remember if I posted about it, but late last year my partner and I decided to do something crazy and buy a house. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the wild housing market was just getting started, and we got pretty lucky to snag the place we did: a 3 bedroom, 2 bath Cape Cod style home that was severely outdated and needed quite a bit of work.

So far we’re about 1/3 finished with the renovations. There’ve been a few hold-ups, but we’re finally getting things done. And while that’s been happening, I’ve been getting used to living on my own entirely alone with my partner and our dog. Though to be fair, it’s been pretty easy. Living at home was nice and all, but I really enjoy having my own actual space where I can truly feel like an adult. Plus, our setup is super cool.

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Time For a Job Change

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I’ve got a lot of other things that I should be doing, so I’m gonna keep this short and sweet — it’s time that I start looking for a new job.

The job I have offers security and all, and it’s not like the pay isn’t decent either. However, dealing with customers? A nightmare. I’m tired of customer service, and the longer I stay running around on this wheel, the harder it’s going to be for me to get off.

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Jumping the Gun — and Buying a House

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I know my original plan was to wait until I had, like, 10-12k saved up before delving into the world of investment real estate, but I’ve kinda sorta thrown that whole idea out the metaphorical window…

…of the house I literally just put an offer in on, like, ten minutes ago.

…also I may or may not have taken out a personal loan in the amount of $19,000 to buy it.

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Finally Got a Cash Account!

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Jeez, it feels like it’s been forever since I updated this blog. Well, I don’t have much to say in terms of news, except for the fact that I finally took the plunge and converted my Robinhood Instant account to a Cash account!

Unfortunately it took forever–a few days for some trades to settle, and another 3-4 days for the actual conversion to be complete. But the good news is that now I can day trade as much as I want!

(Well, obviously that’s not true since I have to abide by the T+3 rule and I have a very limited bankroll to play with… but you get the idea.)

Anyway, I’m only playing with profits that I’d earned from that DCTH spike last month, so about $750.  Honestly, that’s peanuts. But for now it’ll have to do, since I don’t have any source of income to really funnel into my RH account. Although I am looking for jobs at the moment. I really need at least a good $2500 to start making any real notable profits, preferably $5000. All in due time.

I don’t have anything else to really add, so I guess I’ll post another update maybe next week with a summary of my day trades through the week! However I will let it be known that I managed to make a ~1.3% return on my bankroll during my first full day of day trading yesterday. That comes out to like, a whopping $10.68 or something, lmao. Like I said–peanuts! But hey, any profit is good profit! If I were playing with $2500 rather than $750, that 1.3% could have been $32.50 instead of $10.68 😛

Look, it’s not a lot but it’s a lot more than I’m making now! Hahaha.

AKS