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☆ I was the CEO of Arby's. I'm auctioning off my Texas mansion with a lowly $2.5 million starting bid because my wife and I are getting older and neither of us wants to live here alone.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Businessman Len Roberts, who served as CEO of Arby's and RadioShack, is auctioning his Texas estate. The 11,792-square-foot home in Fort Worth was built for hosting fundraisers and galas. Bidding starts on April 24 , with the starting bid at $2.5 million and a 10% buyer's premium. Even though the house is in Texas, it features traces of our early lives in ChicagoMy wife really built this home. Interluxe AuctionsWe orchestrated some of the biggest galas and charity events in Fort Worth, Texas, in this beautiful home.

☆ Analysis: Sweden faces recession as housing market troubles take toll on economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Simon Johnson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

But in Sweden, the structural problems rooted in its housing market are magnifying the effects. Banking group Nordea (NDAFI.HE) expects household consumption to fall around 2% in 2023, while the National Board of Housing expects housing starts to fall around 50% in the coming year compared with 2021. "However, in the last few months, the interest rate has almost tripled making it almost unaffordable to survive," Logan said. Sweden's banks are among the most strongly capitalised in Europe - partly as a result of worries about the housing market. But Sweden's economy is likely to remain a hostage to imbalances in the housing market while its structural problems go unresolved.

☆ Julia Fox gave a charming tour of her apartment on TikTok and revealed she lives with two roommates: her son and a mouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Julia Fox gave a tour of her NYC apartment, which fans found to be shockingly "normal." She also said her apartment has a mouse problem, although she joked about how they help clean up crumbs. @juliafox Come with me on a very underwhelming apartment tour! She ends the tour by saying she has a mouse problem, although she's completely unbothered by it. The comments are filled with fans in disbelief that her apartment wasn't as luxurious or ornate as they expected.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 25 (Reuters) - "Naatu Naatu", the standout song in the Indian period film "RRR," has won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, garnered hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and spawned a TikTok challenge. Keeravani, songwriter of ''Naatu Naatu'' from the movie ''RRR'', which is nominated for best original song at the Oscars, poses for a portrait at the Reuters office in Culver City, California, U.S. January 13, 2023. "Naatu Naatu" and Keeravani are competing with some big household names in the best song category, including Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick" and Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". In the action-Bollywood epic directed by S.S. Rajamouli, "Naatu Naatu" begins when the two leads, played by Ram Charan and N.T. Rahman won the Oscar for the Hindi song “Jai-Ho,” but that was for the U.S.-British production of “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was set in India.

☆ This woman lives debt-free in a tiny home village – and found a new type of family
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The owners of the community said about 70% of its residents are single women over 45. The home was designed by Incredible Tiny Homes, which made some adjustments to the property at Runyon's request. Runyon is one of several residents able to go largely debt-free by living in low-cost dwellings made by Incredible Tiny Homes. Incredible Tiny HomesRandy Jones, the owner of Incredible Tiny Homes, began building a tiny home community which has grown into a thriving village of more than 170 people. He now makes hundreds of tiny homes a year.

☆ Meet Eclipse Cottages, the developer of green tiny-home communities that plans to help people buy houses for $99 a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Eclipse Cottages builds spacious, energy-efficient tiny homes in South Carolina. He chose Eclipse Cottages to build a 600-square-foot abode in Travelers Rest, South Carolina, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Wells' tiny home in one of Eclipse Cottages' communities. Luxury tiny homes, like the ones Eclipse offers, are still far below the typical single-home price of $425,000, according to Realtor.com. With interest rates soaring this year, younger people are struggling to afford even tiny homes, Draplin said.

☆ Send Sam Bankman-Fried to prison, Elon Musk suggests, while Binance's boss calls him a 'master manipulator'. 8 top figures weigh in on the disgraced FTX founder.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is racking up critics after the implosion of his crypto exchange. Here's what top voices like Elon Musk, Bill Ackman and Binance boss CZ have said, in 8 top quotes. Now the crypto CEO is under fire from all sides, from Elon Musk and Bill Ackman to "Shark Tank" investor Mark Cuban. Given that, the crypto exchange boss said he feels like the mainstream media has given Bankman-Fried softball interviews. The crypto bull believes Bankman-Fried will probably end up in jail, but doesn't think he was acting alone.

☆ Elon Musk suggests Sam Bankman-Fried should go to prison, saying he needs an 'adult timeout in the big house'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk has suggested FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried should go to prison. Musk said of the crypto boss: "Let's just give him an adult timeout in the big house & move on." This isn't the first time Musk has taken a swipe at Bankman-Fried following FTX's collapse. In a Twitter Space discussion last month, Musk said he felt there was "something wrong" when he met Bankman-Fried on an unknown date. Representatives for FTX and Musk did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours.

☆ I spent $30,000 on a 'Hobbit'-style house and now live mortgage-free in a tiny home village
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

☆ Satellite phones, a safe house in the mountains, and cash reserves: How one Ukrainian tech company's extensive war-prep plan enabled it to grow amid the Russian invasion and even aid the fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-31 | by ( Sage Lazzaro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Petruk said his prep enabled the company to continue growing amid the war and even aid the fight. Anticipating the invasion, Petruk had spent several months stocking resources and readying backup communication systems for his team. He also recommended employees start working from the western part of Ukraine, where the company stocked food and reserved cash. Some members of the WeSoftYou team pose with their new Starlink internet-service equipment. Some Ukrainian companies lost all their clients upon the invasion, Petruk said.

☆ Jerrod Carmichael Was Scared of Coming Out. He Still Is.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-11 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Jerrod Carmichael Was Scared of Coming Out. Anything other than “I’m gay” was me dodging. Everything was actually “I’m gay.” But it’s still dodged. The working title of “Rothaniel” was “I’m Gay.” There are certain phrases that have no substitute. Like “I’m gay” or telling someone “I’m sorry.” But people can live in cognitive dissonance.

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This inspired them to build a tiny house in the spectacular scenery of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. The Tailored Tiny Co.Tranter said she'd been a fan of tiny houses for years. The Tailored Tiny Co."But then I convinced him to build a tiny house instead of the container house," she said. The Tailored Tiny Co.Tranter said banks and local authorities also often make it difficult for people interested in building tiny houses. The couple spent a total of 90,000 Australian dollars, or about $62,000, on their tiny house.

☆ I moved my family from California to Austin, Texas, and regretted it. Here are 10 things to consider before making an expensive mistake.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Brett Alder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Brett Alder moved to Austin, Texas, for work and regrets the choice. A lot of people, including myself, move from California to Austin because of the hype and the perception that California and Austin are reasonably comparable in lifestyle. Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.

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Instead of scrambling to time the market, it's smarter to focus on the things you can control, writes financial planner Eric Roberge in an article published by Kiplinger. Which is a shame, considering it's so easy to avoid: Stay in your seat," Roberge writes. Cut down your expenses"If you're truly scared of a recession, pull out your budget and start trimming costs now," Roberge writes. Pay off your high-interest debtIf you do have high-interest debt, now is the perfect time to "start attacking it aggressively," Roberge writes. It's a good time to focus on developing job-related skills and polishing your résumé to make sure you're prepared for whatever comes your way, Roberge writes.

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