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Airbnb Investment
- Very fortunate- 1.4m Household TC until 2024, 2k/mo expenses. What should we do with money? Wife and I are both seniors SWE. I am at Airbnb, with a 900k TC until 2024. Wife is a senior at FAANG with 500k tc. No kids, own a small apartment. We cook our own food and have very few expenses, since our lifestyle hasn’t really changed in years. Both of us enjoy working and have no plans to retir
- Airbnb market in San Diego is insane I have an investment property in the Pacific Beach (party, bros, bars, beach) area. I think, because of the pandemic, everybody wants to move to San Diego and be by the beach and work remotely. I'm pulling $3000 x 2 (2br/2ba) monthly which more than covers mortgage, prop tax, and HOA. The crazy part
- Invest $150k in real estate or bonds + index funds? Hey Blind, I’m torn between buying a condo or investing in a mix of bonds and index funds. I live in the Bay Area but will be moving to Europe in 5 years for family reasons. If I buy, I could rent out the condo until I’m ready to sell in 15-20 years but I’d then assume risk by having to hire a pro
- Airbnb product management difficult to get into? I'm a product manager (20 months in role-business analyst beforehand) at a lending tech company, but on the side I invest in real estate and have 3 Airbnb listings that I own and operate (4 soon!). I'd love to work on Airbnb's product, particularly on the owner/listing management side. Does anyone
- FAANGMULA to unicorn startup TC What would be a reasonable TC to move from a public tech company to a unicorn startup? The startup has poor WLB and it's valuation is based on private investments. But it's rapidly growing and there are very strong people on the team that I want to work together. It has recruited talent from my com
- Swing traders where are you putting your money? I can't be the only one struggling to find plays now? Most of the plays happening are basically pump and dump lottos ever since GME. Most of big tech(FAAMNG) has been stuck in a range(microsoft jumped a little yes) growth tech is stuck (likes of ddog, cloudfare etc) Nio is stuck Even Tesla is taking
- Income Tax notice on and claiming tax exemption Under HRA. Due to work from home i am staying in a tier 2 city which is 200km from my work place. if am paying a rent of 30k per month to my father and submit HRA with pan card. can i still get tax exempt on HRA even though the house i am paying rent is 200km far from my office? will there be any problem of
- What will be next AAPL like stock in next 10 year In last 10 year AAPL grew almost 10X and in last 5 year it grew 6X. Given AAPL market cap is 2.45T, so it can not grow 5X etc again in next 5-10 year. So I want to find out next AAPL. Obviously TSLA grew 8X in 1 year, but TSLA was always risky investment. But with AAPL you would feel much more comf
- Airbnb/Vacation Home in Tahoe/Truckee region My wife and I love to ski. We end up spending thousands every year on accomodations in Tahoe (Airbnb's, hotels). Would love to gain some insight from folks who have a property in the Lake Tahoe region. I'm considering the purchase of a townhome in Truckee (~800k) and hope to spend a couple of month
- Getting into rental property / real estate investments Hello fellow investors, Any advice on how does one get into real estate rental property investments ? I am looking for remote property management with as little headache as possible, well established management companies/websites where I can just deposit money and get passive returns ? I have abou
- Let's list the industries of top-tier non-FAANG companies Seems like if you want to go to a company with legit TC (as in RSUs or will go public soon) and exciting work / good engineering culture, these are the most common ones: rideshare (Uber, Lyft) food delivery (Doordash, GrubHub, Postmates, Instacart) payments/personal finance (Stripe, Square, Chime
- Purchasing a Vacation Home Looking for some advice on purchasing a second home. Interest rates are low now and we have some cash in hand to invest, looking to diversify our portfolio. 1. We're doing our research too, but would love inputs on some good cities to consider for a vacation home. 2. We're on H1B and my understandi
- Which tech company offers mega backdoor Roth 401k? I come to realize how it can greatly impact retirement savings amount whether or not your 401k has support for mega backdoor Roth. More specifically, the plan needs to have the following feature: - After-tax contribution up to 57k per year. - In-service withdrawal to Roth IRA. Below is a list of c
- Tips for finding VC internships - AMA With everyone WFH, its actually a great time to start networking. Here are some general tips for people seeking a VC internship. 1. cold email junior staff in VCs for intro calls/coffee chats (ask intelligent questions and be genuinely curious about them/their firm) - (e.g. why they invested in a c
- Invest in new VC fund Pitch for all the new Airbnb + DoorDash millionaires: - Starting a VC fund that *only* invests alongside top early stage funds like Pear (seed stage DoorDash investor) and Floodgate (seed stage Lyft investor). - 10% of the fund carry is distributed across all the founders we back. Every founder who
- vote Massive income difference with partner advice I take home 1.75x what my partner does (after tax). I’m switching jobs & it’ll become 2x, not including public RSUs (current job is private) which will put me around a 3.3x multiple if the stock price doesn’t move up at all Partner wants to split things 50/50 bc they were raised to think that’s fai
- [India]Income tax notice for paying rent to parents and claiming HRA tax exemption. Due to work from home i am staying in a tier 2 city which is 200km from my work place. if am paying a rent of 30k per month to my father and submit HRA with pan card. can i still get tax exempt on HRA even though the house i am paying rent is 200km far from my office? will there be any problem o
- vote Why should I join FAANG if I’m already maintaining a great standard of living? I live and work in Arizona. I live with my parents and pay $800 in rent. I make $70,000 as an Associate Product Manager no stock, 6% 401k match. I see online that a Google APM makes $138,000. But cost of living calculators online indicate that to maintain my standard of living of a $70,000 salary i
- Realistically what are the odds of getting into a good tech company? I know when you are on Blind, it seems everyone works for FAANG and makes 500k TC but in my personal circle, I’m the only one that works in tech. It’s like, of course everyone seems to be an investment banker if you frequent a Wall St forum. Realistically, what are the chances of working for a goo
- Anyone do Airbnb Short term Renting as Host? Some info about me to get better advice from y’all 25 Nw like 580-600 Tc - 350-400 Yoe little over 3 In the NJ/NY area right now & supporting parents and helping pay their mortgage/support. So right now I live at home - probably until end of year. I was considering buying my own place in Jers
- vote Offer Evaluations - Which to Take? Edit: accepted Anduril Have a few offers on the table. Would appreciate any insights on making a decision. Companies: Anduril AirBNB Databricks Boston Dynamics Optimizing for: Career growth Ownership Working on new and exciting problems Dynamic / fast paced work environment Developing leaders
- Referrals for Fall 2022 Internships Hey everyone! I am currently a CS junior at a nyc school (not columbia, the other one) and currently interning at a investment bank as a SWE and will do the same for summer as well. I have done 120+ LC and currently doing algoexpert and started doing system design as well and plan on grinding LC mor
- I am trying to sell bay area (san ramon) home without RE agent Any investors out there looking to buy in the bay area (San Ramon)?? I have a 2200 sq feet house in San Ramon (Top school district) and voted one of the best towns to live in the country. Many tech employers nearby (Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Amazon, Zeiss, etc) House is currently rented for ~4k on a
- Long term prospects of ATL? Microsoft announced a couple of weeks ago that they are expanding in Atlanta (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2021/02/11/investing-to-grow-in-and-with-atlanta/), and this week Airbnb also announced some tech presence in Atlanta (https://news.airbnb.com/airbnb-announces-plans-to-open-atlanta-technic
- Joining pre-ipo companies a pure gamble? I am stuck with severe FOMO. I did not move to US until 10 years into career. I did not start working at a hyper stock growth company pre-covid. I did not invest in market on march either, though i had 40k cash. Started buying only after tech stocks hit the plateau. I could not afford a sfh with
- vote Switching to hedge fund, better now or later I'm still early in my career, so want to take opportunity to explore more, various domains. I would like to experience the other top tier tech companies (OTTTC) like Airbnb, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest. At the same time, I'm very curious & excited about hedge funds and NYC culture. I'm in bay ar
- Help me leave a tough industry - MLE/DS Referrals Hey all - it's been a rough year for my industry, so I'm looking for a new job. I have 9 years of experience, and I've made it thru the phone screen at 2 companies. I'm primarily looking at ML focused roles either as a Data Scientist or SWE/MLE (and any help understanding the difference among these
- Wharton MBA Alum Seeking Career Switch into Software Engineering Hello All, I have had roughly 10 years of experience in the business field with various roles in Investment Banking, Corporate Development/Strategy, and Brand Management. As someone who minored in Computer Science, I have recently decided to pursue this college passion and switch into software engi
- Buying home right now in bayarea Hi all This is age old question but want to get some expert and experienced opinion on buying house right now. What are your thoughts on buying a house right now and I am looking at 1M something near east bay. I am on H1B so is most of us:) My concerns right now are - market is inflated and it might
- Anyone have experience getting a cabin built on a piece of land in California/El dorado county? I just graduated from uni a couple years ago, I dont really spend much money outside my rent (that Im getting a good deal on) and Im making more money than I know what to do with. Right now Income is $250k a year based on my current RSU price (210k was the offer). From Salary alone I invest around
- Buy vs rent maths : Did some analysis on buy vs rent for a 2M house. The goal is to put forward an alternative view where instead of buying we stick to renting and investing the money saved. The thought was to get a clear idea as to who is a winner atleast for Bay Area. Let's say I am looking to buy a 2M house with 20
- Would like to buy a 2+ acres to build a cabin for myself I am curious to know what does Blind community think about this and see if there are any strong No-Nos to this approach. As the title says, I like having a Cabin house for myself and hopefully near some National Park to rent it out as Airbnb. I know all this sounds like a stretch but, a good locat
- Why are so many of you hindsight warriors? You regret not joining snowflake, doordash, airbnb. You should also regret not bitcoin mining in pre-2015, not buying enough amd,tsla, nvda, etc tech stocks, along with not buying TESLA OTM leaps 2 years ago which each would have profited 300k-500k each from only a few hundred dollars or missing the
- vote Single family vs multifamily housing in Boston area Hi all, I’m currently working remotely from Boston and am considering buying a house in Boston area. I’m wondering whether I should go with single family or multifamily housing. I live alone. Single family: Considering around 750K for a 3bd house. Pros: I’m a first-time buyer so I can get lower ra
- 3 YOE | Referral required for Financial roles | USA Hey Blind, My wife is a highly motivated finance and capital market enthusiast, looking for a job in the Financial Services sector. She got her US work authorization a few weeks back and does not need visa sponsorship for the job. She has overall three years of corporate experience. She has two ye
- Any Engineering Manager roles in Tech Companies India Hi there, I am a 13+ experienced guy with most of the experience in Investment Banks and WITCH companies. Worked mostly on niche techs in the BPM domain. Currently looking out if I can fit into an Engineering Manager role at good Tech Companies which are good in terms of learning curve and WLB. Ca
- Critique my early retirement plan Hey, I'm only 31, but I've recently put together a plan for early retirement that I finally feel good about. Inspired by another thread on Blind I decideed to post it here. It's a humblebrag only to some extent - I'm genuinly looking for feedback on whether I'm missing sth from the folks who tried
- Recession tips from old timers Hey all, having spent some time on blind the last couple of weeks, it's becoming super clear that most of the website skews relatively young and y'all haven't lived through a recession as a member of the workforce. As a sort of an old timer who worked through 2008, I have some thoughts. Others who
- Targetting High Paying Companies Jolted down high paying companies in below categories: By stable I meant company has no crazy hire/fire policy, growth potential and huge cash to survive the competition. Risky but pays well: Dropbox (Don't see any upside here, google/amazon drive may eat consumer business. Onedrive and box hold
- Buying a house and moving to another state I put in my request to WFH and move to southern California. I find house hunting a little challenging with kids. Few things: - since I'm not commuting to office my search space is very wide. Finding good schools limits my search space but still quite large. - moving and renting for a while is not r
- Digital Nomad in US - Living in different state every 4 months Feeling burned out and thinking of going remote and living in a different city every 3-4 months, visiting friends, and having a more flexible life for 1-1.5 years . I would love to take some time off to relax, work on side businesses, open source, writing, fitness, etc. My girlfriend is also remote
- SWE TC across companies, how much NW and growth to beat the TC? TC Display: Top Tier: Pinterest: 450k~600k Stripe: 450k~600k LinkedIn: 450k~600k Facebook: 400k~600k Airbnb: 400k~580k Snapchat: 400k~550k Netflix: 450k+ 1st tier: Uber: 380k~600k Lyft: 380k~480k Slack: 370k~500k Dropbox: 350k~600k Twitter: 350k~550k Google: 350k~500k Apple: 350k~450k Splunk: 350k
- How do I stop feeling like a failure? Warning - edge post. Im working on an Amazon internal ML team in Seattle after I graduate from a low tier state school. Everybody I know makes more than me with better benefits and more prestige at FB, Airbnb, Google, and prop trading companies including the people I interned with last summer all i
- Buy an apartment in LIC or Brooklyn, NY? Hi Blind team, I know that buying a 1BR apartment in NY sounds crazy, but I am just wondering if anyone has specific thoughts about buying in Long Island City or Brooklyn at this time. Non-city prices are extremely tempting, but I am from the suburbs and I know I don’t want to live there, at least
- link 3 YOE - 5 Offers - Seattle I’ll lead with this: I’m a straight white guy with a neutral-American accent and US citizenship, so I have a lot of unfair advantages in life that not everyone is lucky enough to get. Blind was a big part of what inspired me to seek out higher compensation and gave me confidence in my negotiation,
- Dream role or dream company? I have three offers, 2 for Product Manager roles and 1 for Manager, Tech Support. let's say salary part is similar for all three(+-5K) but all three companies are totally different from one another. let's call them company A B C, each from different verticals (A-recruiting, B-data automation & C-aer
- Should I continue job search for SWE roles or simply manage my 5M? I’m a female in my late 20s. Single. I was doing okay in my previous job but I didn’t like it much and earning potential was limited. My income was similar to a new grad google SWE, 120k-150k depending on bonuses. I’ve heard a lot of glamorous stories of being SWE from college friends; I graduated
- be grateful! If you have a job & your company is still operating, be very grateful WHY? 1. Victoria's Secret declared bankruptcy. 2. Zara closed 1,200 stores. 3. La Chapelle withdrew 4391 stores. 4. Chanel is discontinued. 5. Hermes is discontinued. 6. Patek Philippe discontinued production. 7. Rolex discontin
- Buying in Mexico City? Posting here to see if someone is from Mexico City and can provide opinions. TL;DR: want to have an apartment in Mexico City that allows me to have more flexibility in the way I conduct my personal life but idk if it is a wise decision or I should be using my money elsewhere. TC: transitioning to
- Offers from Google, Airbnb, Amazon Hi Blind fam, Just wanted to share how I prepared for a slew of interviews recently. Offers: Google Airbnb Amazon Startup Reject: Facebook Prep: 7 months of daily leetcode problem. (i.e. that means I was spending about 30 minutes per day) Honestly, not 100% sure if I overdid it here, but whatev