WEBVTT - BA Q&A: To Sell Your Home or Not?

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<v Speaker 1>So yes, ma'am, we've got our first question. Manjie, you

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<v Speaker 1>want out, go ahead and read it.

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to. So this listener wants to remain anonymous.

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<v Speaker 2>She says, Hey, ladies, I love your show and anything

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<v Speaker 2>and everything you do. My husband and I purchased our

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<v Speaker 2>first house a little over a year ago. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>older home and it's in good condition, but it could

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<v Speaker 2>use some updating. We're thinking of buying a new construction

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<v Speaker 2>home and selling the house through a site like Zillo

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<v Speaker 2>or open Door. Through both of these sites, we have

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<v Speaker 2>an offer over one hundred thousand dollars more than what

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<v Speaker 2>we bought our home for. It's exciting for us, and

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<v Speaker 2>we have thirty thousand dollars in savings. We want to

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<v Speaker 2>buy a new home, but want to know if we should.

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<v Speaker 2>We have both changed jobs and have almost double their

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<v Speaker 2>income since the purchase of our current home. The push

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<v Speaker 2>to move sooner than later is our aging parents and

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<v Speaker 2>the need and the desire to have a main level

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<v Speaker 2>bedroom so they don't have to use the stairs. Is

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<v Speaker 2>it a good move or should we wait it out?

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<v Speaker 1>Eh? Well, first of all, anonymous, congratulations, these are like

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<v Speaker 1>good problems to have so anonymous in hobby. So one

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like aside from you know whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>you should sell your house. If you're going to sell

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<v Speaker 1>your house, I although one hundred thousand dollars more than

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<v Speaker 1>what you bought it force sounds awesome, sauce, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the current market, that's actually not so crazy. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean literally, I've been seeing homes go for like one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty two hundred thousand dollars more in my

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<v Speaker 1>neighbor of the hoods, right. But what I would caution

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<v Speaker 1>before you jump into a Zillow or open door is

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<v Speaker 1>to actually speak with the realtor to see because you

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<v Speaker 1>might be able to get more in the open market.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's my understanding, and I got this directly from

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<v Speaker 1>the founder of Zillo himself because I watched listen to

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast called How I Built This and he was

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<v Speaker 1>on and he specifically said that in exchange for making

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<v Speaker 1>like the buying selling process simple, they take anywhere from

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<v Speaker 1>five to seven percent. That is significantly more than what

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<v Speaker 1>a realtori take, because Mandy Riltor's take at most I've

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<v Speaker 1>heard is three percent and sometimes as low as like

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<v Speaker 1>one percent. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Having edited like a jillion mortgage articles, we would usually

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<v Speaker 2>say between two.

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<v Speaker 1>And five percent, okay, two and five percent, yeah, two

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<v Speaker 1>to five So you know, so I would just caution,

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<v Speaker 1>one can you get more? And two can you pay less?

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<v Speaker 1>Because you, as the seller, that money is going to

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<v Speaker 1>come off of like the money that you've made for

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<v Speaker 1>your house, you know. So I would just say that

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<v Speaker 1>for that component of your question, if you are going

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<v Speaker 1>to sell it, at least talk to a relter to

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<v Speaker 1>get like some numbers. Okay, And then I think buying

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<v Speaker 1>a home with your aging parents in mind. Honestly, that's smart.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know because especially while you have the money,

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<v Speaker 1>because I've been considering the same. I know my husband

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<v Speaker 1>and I have lived in our house now for two years.

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<v Speaker 1>We totally renovated it. But I know that the second

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<v Speaker 1>house that we get, I definitely want to get like

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<v Speaker 1>a mother in law suit. My dad is in his

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<v Speaker 1>eighties and my mom is you know, she would kill me,

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<v Speaker 1>so she's younger. I'll just say that papaliches in his eighties.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know that. I know, he's like eighty one

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<v Speaker 1>and my mom's like seventy. But and so yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>I totally am like, they live in a big house now,

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<v Speaker 1>just the two of them, But I'm like, how long

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<v Speaker 1>how much longer I would want? You know, I would

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<v Speaker 1>love for them to stay with me, but I would

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<v Speaker 1>want them to have their own space. So but just

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<v Speaker 1>know this, that's Here's the thing is that just like

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<v Speaker 1>your house is worth more because of the market, so

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<v Speaker 1>will other houses that you are looking to purchase. So

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<v Speaker 1>that one hundred thousand dollars jump is across the board

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<v Speaker 1>depending on where you're looking to move to. So know

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<v Speaker 1>that you're going to also be paying more. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if they're like, is the rush that

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<v Speaker 1>are your parents going to move in with you in

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<v Speaker 1>the next five years? You might want to wait? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it the next two years? And certainly you can go

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<v Speaker 1>out and look. My only concern is housing prices have

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<v Speaker 1>gone up so much. My concern are these sustainable or

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<v Speaker 1>will there be a market correction in the house that

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<v Speaker 1>you buy now might not be worth what you paid for.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's my hesitancy because even myself and my husband

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<v Speaker 1>and I we're actually taking a pause on purchasing a

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<v Speaker 1>house at least for a couple of years because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to pay extra for a house only for

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<v Speaker 1>it to be worth less later. What about Umanda, what

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<v Speaker 1>you say?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a tricky one because it's unless you have

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<v Speaker 2>a unless you're a fortune teller, there's really no way

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<v Speaker 2>to give a short answer here. I think at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day. What I like to say is

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<v Speaker 2>you make the decision that feels right based on all

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<v Speaker 2>the information you have today, and then you kind of

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<v Speaker 2>have to let it go after that. And it was

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<v Speaker 2>I remember how stressed I was when we got our

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<v Speaker 2>house in twenty eighteen. Now it looks like I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>genius four years later because our home values increased so much.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I tell you the number of sleepless nights

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<v Speaker 2>and today, it sounds like we got the house at

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<v Speaker 2>a bargain price, you know, but that that's not how

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<v Speaker 2>it is in the moment. And I think, you know

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<v Speaker 2>it worked out for us now and you know, we're

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<v Speaker 2>still in a house, and who knows what could happen.

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<v Speaker 2>We just got flooded really bad by Hurricane Iida. No

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<v Speaker 2>one said we were in a flood zone in my neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>So you make the best decision with the information that

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<v Speaker 2>you have, and then you, you know, let it go.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think if you guys feel ready and you

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<v Speaker 2>want to and you want to move into a new house,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can afford that new house, and it all

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<v Speaker 2>works out and you feel like that's the right decision

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<v Speaker 2>for you and your family, then I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>go for it. But if there's if there's a voice

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<v Speaker 2>in your head, or there's you know, anxiety, or you

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<v Speaker 2>feel like you are being pushed into a decision because

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<v Speaker 2>it sounds like the right thing to do because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what the Internet says, or that's what it seems like

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<v Speaker 2>people on social media are doing. That's when I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, make sure it really aligns with you and

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<v Speaker 2>your family goals and your values, you know, before you

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<v Speaker 2>take that step. I think there's a good case to

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<v Speaker 2>being made for you know, waiting a little bit longer

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<v Speaker 2>like Tiffany is, or just going for.

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<v Speaker 1>It if you guys really want to m hm, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a case to be made because ultimately what's good for

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<v Speaker 1>your family might not your parents. You might be like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>they need to move in with us sooner rather than later.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you might be like, you know what, we can

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<v Speaker 1>actually wait because we're not in this huge rush. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>see what the market going do. But either way, I

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<v Speaker 1>for sure would not just jump into bed with Zillow

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<v Speaker 1>or open Door without at least like sitting down with

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<v Speaker 1>a realtor to compare and contrast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I means' there are also like information out

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<v Speaker 2>there about how bad zestimates are anyway, So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if I would trust the algorithms to decide the

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<v Speaker 2>value of my, excuse me, my home. Well, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for your question though, and good luck. I hope that

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<v Speaker 2>you guys follow up let us know what you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>end up doing. Yeah, because I think that's a I'm

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<v Speaker 2>excited for someone to make decisions because I'm I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just going to hang out here for another few

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<v Speaker 2>years and see what happens. But prices are so expensive here,

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<v Speaker 2>I would not want to turn around and buy something,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just because my house is worth more today.

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<v Speaker 2>She just feel like I'd be overpaying, all right. Number three,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to read this in a British accent because yeah, babes,

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<v Speaker 2>I watch a lot of Love Island now. It's my

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<v Speaker 2>guilty pleasure between ten and eleven pm at night. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is from a listener from the UK who says

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<v Speaker 2>I won't read it in a British accent. I could,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to.

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<v Speaker 1>Spare you guys. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>She says, I work in tech and make pretty reasonable

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<v Speaker 2>money in my profession. My current salary is made of

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<v Speaker 2>basic pay bonus and restricted stock units. I was recently

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<v Speaker 2>approached by two of the biggest tech companies in Silicon Valley,

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<v Speaker 2>but they cannot match my pay for my RSUs. Would

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<v Speaker 2>it be super crazy to ask them for a sign

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<v Speaker 2>on bonus and actually pay on my bonus to make

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<v Speaker 2>up for the RSUs I will be leaving behind in

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<v Speaker 2>my own job. Thank you so much. I love the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been a faithful listener for two years now, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can't see myself stopping. Oh, thank you for saying

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<v Speaker 2>that I was worried. Please don't get well.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, man, it can we get clear what

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<v Speaker 1>is an RSU?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's one of my favorite wealth building tools ever. So,

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<v Speaker 2>a restricted stock unit is a way that companies give

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<v Speaker 2>employees actual stock in their company. And the reason it's

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<v Speaker 2>called restricted is because they do give you a batch

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<v Speaker 2>of stock, but it is not going to be available

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<v Speaker 2>to you right away, so typically there's a vesting schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's say, and this happened to me. I actually

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<v Speaker 2>went back to my first job offer where I got

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<v Speaker 2>restricted stock units, and they gave me it was twelve

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<v Speaker 2>hundred shares of Yahoo okay, which is not even a stock.

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<v Speaker 2>You can get anymore. But it was twelve hundred shares

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<v Speaker 2>and those vested over three years, which meant after one

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<v Speaker 2>year of staying with the company, they would release one

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<v Speaker 2>third of those shares to me. So what's one third

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<v Speaker 2>of twelve hundred four hundred chairs Okay? And then after

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<v Speaker 2>another two years, another year working with them, my second year,

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<v Speaker 2>I get the other four hundred shares, and then after

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<v Speaker 2>the third year, I get the other the last and

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<v Speaker 2>final four hundred shares. And the reason that's an incentive

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<v Speaker 2>is I would want to stick around, especially the stock

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<v Speaker 2>is doing well, because that is a nice little windfall.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was those early windfalls from those stock grants

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<v Speaker 2>that I was given that really helped me start to

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<v Speaker 2>build the foundation of my brokerage accounts and all of that.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm a big old fan of that. So the

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<v Speaker 2>question she has if I can go back to it

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<v Speaker 2>is yeah. So she's negotiating, she's looking for at opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>with two big tech companies, and they can't match her

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<v Speaker 2>pay like they wouldn't factor her RSUs into her base salary,

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<v Speaker 2>it sounds like. So she wants to know is it

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<v Speaker 2>crazy to ask them to give her a sign on

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<v Speaker 2>bonus like a bonus to make up for the rs

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<v Speaker 2>you should be leaving on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>Girl. You know me, and many gonna say you better

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<v Speaker 1>ask for your money.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, one hundred thousand percent, And I think this goes

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<v Speaker 2>for there's other money you can leave on a table too, unvested.

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<v Speaker 2>Four to one K matching sometimes, like companies will say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we will match your four one K, will

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<v Speaker 2>match your contributions, but it's gonna vest And that word

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<v Speaker 2>vesting is what it means, like here's when you'll actually

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<v Speaker 2>get your hands on the money, and it may not

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<v Speaker 2>be for a few years with the company. So yes,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred percent, and I've done this. They may ask

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<v Speaker 2>you for proof. I was looking at a job offer

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<v Speaker 2>that I negotiated last year and they asked for a

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<v Speaker 2>screenshot of my equity grant just to prove that I

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<v Speaker 2>had as much as I was saying, And hell yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they gave that to me in a cash sign on bonus.

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<v Speaker 2>And same thing with those Yahoo shares. Because I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>stay the full three years at Yahoo. I ended up

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<v Speaker 2>leaving early and I was like, and I think I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta sign on. Yeah, I gotta sign on bonus for

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<v Speaker 2>the value you can only expect to get the value

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<v Speaker 2>of the stock at the time that you're joining the company. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you know like they won't. They may not. So let's

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<v Speaker 2>say that the shares that you are leaving on the

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<v Speaker 2>tables worth ten thousand dollars today when you're negotiating. Sure,

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<v Speaker 2>if you stayed with the company until they fully vest

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<v Speaker 2>a year from now, maybe their stock will increase and

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<v Speaker 2>it'll be worth fifteen thousand shares. But the company that

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<v Speaker 2>you're trying to work for now, they're just gonna say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>your shares are worth ten k. Would give you a

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<v Speaker 2>ten k sign on bonus.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's the thing. You only ever lose out on

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<v Speaker 1>the things you don't ask for, you know, like cause

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, these are you said two big tech

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<v Speaker 1>companies says they got the coin. That's why two you're

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<v Speaker 1>the bag. I was just on a board meeting and

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<v Speaker 1>I won't say what board, so that way i'll be

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<v Speaker 1>you know, telling all the business. But one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things we were talking about, because we were talking about

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<v Speaker 1>like a hire and we were like, yo, low key,

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<v Speaker 1>high key whatever she asked, well, we got to give

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<v Speaker 1>it to her because they're they're very It's so hard

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<v Speaker 1>to find talented individuals. So if she pushed back, we say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So so the fact is, I mean, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you're in tech, you know, or you know, because

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<v Speaker 1>you might be an HR or whatever. But the fact

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<v Speaker 1>is the fact that two big tech companies reached out

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<v Speaker 1>to you means that you have a specific skill set

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<v Speaker 1>that is attractive to the marketplace. They looked to find you.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can push and ask for whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they might say no whatever, that's fine, but you

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<v Speaker 1>know you've got two places to make that happen. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's what's so awesome about times like this is that

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<v Speaker 1>when you start to really put the work in on

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<v Speaker 1>your professional self, you know, you might not be able

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<v Speaker 1>to do this at twenty one, but certainly as time

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<v Speaker 1>goes on, you know, you become very valuable. A friend

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<v Speaker 1>of ours, you know that manny, you and I know,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to put all her business out there.

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<v Speaker 1>But she shared how she got like equity in the company,

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<v Speaker 1>how she was like I want to she's got a

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<v Speaker 1>little one. I want to be home, you know, twice

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<v Speaker 1>a week. She was able to make a whole list

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<v Speaker 1>of demands and she was like, I'm only going to

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<v Speaker 1>be here for this many years, and they were like, fine, fine, yes, okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because she's a whole snack and they're hungry, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a whole dandium well exactly. So as for what you

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<v Speaker 1>want and you are, you know, you're more likely to

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<v Speaker 1>get it than if you don't say anything at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't let people think like, you know, you're not groveling

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<v Speaker 1>for jobs. Two people want you. You know, you're the

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<v Speaker 1>cutest girl in the cafeteria. It's I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>And if they try to play like they don't have,

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<v Speaker 2>like they don't typically do that, that's just silly sauce.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm like, they're in Silicon Valley, that is the

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<v Speaker 2>land of the RSU, and there's no way that they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't had other people ask for what you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be asking for when you tell them that, they that

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<v Speaker 2>you need them to make you whole on what you're

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<v Speaker 2>leaving behind. And on top of that, they should be

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<v Speaker 2>giving you an equity grant independent of that cash sign

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<v Speaker 2>on bonus. So if they're giving you a bonus to

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<v Speaker 2>make up for the RSUs you're leaving on the table

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<v Speaker 2>from your old job, I think fully they should be

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<v Speaker 2>giving you an additional batch of RSUs and their company

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<v Speaker 2>stock to incentivize you to stick around. And I think

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<v Speaker 2>that that's something that is just very common at major

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<v Speaker 2>tech firms these days, and it would be a big

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<v Speaker 2>miss if you were to accept an offer that didn't

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<v Speaker 2>include r s US. I might even say, just wait

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<v Speaker 2>till the next big tech firm comes with a juicier

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<v Speaker 2>offer for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but you know me, and if you get it,

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<v Speaker 1>you owe me and Mandy dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the UK for some dinner. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>listening from the UK, though.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, yes absolutely, And you could be featured on

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<v Speaker 1>I think, well, I usually if I'm going to leave

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<v Speaker 1>good work around.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, if you have a Mac and you have an

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<v Speaker 1>Look because honestly, we're to be low key hikey, low

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<v Speaker 1>key hikey. We're kind of like the OG's in the space.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you know, but black and brown

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<v Speaker 1>podcasts sometimes they just don't have to support they need

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<v Speaker 1>There's rules to this anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a little biggie no.

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<v Speaker 1>But honestly, like, we've been in this game for some

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<v Speaker 1>time and we have been consistent. You know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>That's literally it literally, Especially if you have an episode

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<v Speaker 1>us so we can continue to be here for another

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<v Speaker 1>six Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, absolutely, I actually listened to our show most weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>do you know, just to because I enjoy it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>all because I forget what we say.

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<v Speaker 1>I love when people come up to me and they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, such I'm like, I did not tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that. I told my own Mandy on this show. Bro, Mandy,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't forget because we're friends in real life. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, oh, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't just like nice your taser?

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<v Speaker 1>Who told you about that? If you don't know the

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<v Speaker 1>taser joke, that means you were not listening to our

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<v Speaker 1>prior episode. Go listen to it.

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<v Speaker 2>The taser. Yes, go to the last previous episode to

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<v Speaker 2>find out why Tiffany, what Tiffany's taser looks like, and

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<v Speaker 2>who she used to do. That's a good uh, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>A little teaser, a little tasy tea. Oh, I manage it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been real. That's pretty huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Then real. We'll see you guys next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Have a grace day by