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Do you constantly doubt yourself, questioning your abilities despite clear evidence of your accomplishments? Welcome back to the Mind Bully Podcast, a podcast focused on silencing your negative voice and overcoming impostor syndrome. Host Norense Odiase dives deep into his own recent experience confronting impostor syndrome while attending a content creator retreat in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.In this powerful, vulnerable episode, Norense explores:✅ What Impostor Syndrome Feels Like:Constantly questioning your skills and talentsFeeling unworthy despite your achievementsBelieving you have to be perfect in order to belong✅ Five Common Types of Impostor Syndrome:The Perfectionist: Always striving for flawless resultsThe Expert: Believing you must know everything before speaking upThe Soloist: Thinking you must accomplish everything aloneThe Superhuman: Assuming true competence means doing it all effortlesslyThe Great Mind: Judging yourself harshly if things don't come quickly and easily✅ Strategies to Combat Negative Self-Talk:Understanding your negative voice is NOT your identityChallenging self-doubt with biblical truth and affirmationPracticing gratitude and recognizing your God-given giftsTaking every negative thought captive and replacing it with empowering beliefs✅ Finding Confidence and Courage in Your Faith:Recognizing that God equips you for every opportunityWalking boldly in rooms knowing God placed you thereLearning to separate your experience from your identity in ChristListen to this transformative episode to learn how to break free from impostor syndrome, reclaim your confidence, and embrace the incredible purpose God has placed on your life.

This week on What The Frock?, Friar Rod joins in from Gatlinburg with tales of divine donuts and suspiciously foreign MAGA hats, while Rabbi Dave battles a 6mm kidney stone with nothing but prayer, pacing, and Costco water. The holy duo also weigh in on the upcoming Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson—can it live up to the deadpan glory of Leslie Nielsen, or is it best streamed under sedation? With spiritual snack sermons and sharp political jabs, this episode is glazed with humor and filled with the kind of wisdom only a rabbi and a friar can serve.

Welcome to Episode 96 of Laying in the Fairway, sponsored by Hammerhead Construction! Stu is back from Gatlinburg and has thoughts. Alex Ovechkin is creeping up on breaking Gretsky's goal record. March Madness is nearing it's end. Min Woo Lee wins the Houston Open. Our Valero Open Preview leaks into Masters talk but we still manage to make picks. Subscribe to our channels and share with your friends! #golf #podcast #pgatour Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mojo/rumble License code: CGRTBR1VBR65HMHZ

Will and Dawn In Osaka: Let's check in on Will and Dawn's trip to Osaka! We have some footage from Osaka Castle as well as Universal Japan! JAWS IS DOWN! Let's Look At Corey's Twitter: We do have to check back in on the Anti Jim and Them petition and Corey's Twitter. Daredevil Deb: We check in on our favorite, Daredevil Deb who is now doing stand up!? FUCK YOU WATCH THIS!, THE BEAR!, DAVE BLUNTS!, FIRST DAY OUT THE HOSPITAL!, HARD R!, REMOTE MIKE!, WOMEN'S MONTH!, WHITE BOYS!, NAPKINS OVER THEY DRINK!, THEME PARK!, VLOGGERS!, THEME PARK MAGIC!, YANKEE IN THE SOUTH!, WILL AND DAWN!, JAPAN!, OSAKA!, CASTLE!, COREY'S TWITTER!, GATLINBURG!, BREAKING!, OFFICE!, LAUGHING!, FRUSTRATED!, ANNOYED!, GALAXY GAS!, DRIVEL!, NOTHING!, SIERRA SISTER!, SCREAMING!, UNIVERSAL!, NO TICKETS!, ET!, JAWS IS DOWN!, WEATHER!, SNOWING!, COLD!, OUTSIDE!, SNOOPY!, PEANUTS!, HARRY POTTER!, PEANUTS!, BUTTERBEER!, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD!, UNDERGROUND LEVEL!, BUTCHERED!, GLITTER!, STRIP JOINTS!, REFERENCES!, SUBTLE!, TROLLING!, NEED ATTENTION!, LIKE WOMEN!, HDM!, HEATHER MAY!, CAN'T GET WOMEN!, HERBS!, ADDICTION!, ASHAMED!, GASLIGHTING!, BLOCK AND IGNORE!, DIVINE BING BING!, MONEY!, VIDEOS!, 5D BARS!, MUSIC!, 3D PRINTER!, WALK OFF A CLIFF!, ADRIEN SKYE!, DISS!, BHAD BHABIE!, DAREDEVIL DEB!, TIKTOK!, STUNTS!, OLD LADY!, STAND UP!, INSIDE BITS!, OPEN MIC!, ASIANS!  You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

National FFA President Thaddeus Bergschneider is in Gatlinburg this week for the 97th annual Tennessee FFA Convention. Bergschneider says Tennessee has something special and is doing a lot right in training up the next generation of agriculture.

Emma Grace Meadows of the North Green FFA Chapter is the 2025 State Star Greenhand. She was announced as the State Star Greenhand at the FFA Convention taking place in Gatlinburg this week. Meadows explains what it means to her to win this high honor, and talks about her love for agriculture and FFA.

Around seven thousand Tennessee FFA students are in Gatlinburg this week for the annual Tennessee FFA Convention. Tennessee FFA State President, T. Wayne Williams, explains what we can expect over the next three days.

In this episode we talk to Erik all about his magic theater that has moved from Gatlinburg to Sevierville. He has spent 3 months creating his new theater. A huge bonus for his new place is parking, which used to cost $20.00 alone just to see his show but is now free. We talked magic, Peppa Pig, book reviews and much more. wesiseli.com Patreon.com/wes_iseli

Sexual vitality isn't just about desire—it's about strength, awareness, and control. In this episode, Susan Morgan Taylor, MA, returns to dive deep into Pompoir—also known as vaginal gymnastics—and how this ancient practice can transform your intimate life, increase pleasure, and even improve overall well-being.With over 25 years of experience in somatic sex therapy, Susan is the creator of the Pleasure Keys Process, a framework that helps couples cultivate deep intimacy. She also hosts The Sex Talk Café Podcast and leads transformative couples retreats designed to help people reconnect in their relationships.What We Cover in This Episode:

Our National Park Service staff are under seige, as so many federal employees are, from trump and Elon Musk's unfair attacks on our federal government agencies with haphazard and frankly cruel mass firings of public servants (not truly based on inefficiency or poor performance) along with spending and hiring freezes that are traumatizing and debilitating park employees and surrounding communities, creating a culture of fear and demoralization (the rhetoric not only lacks appreciation but is insulting). What little we gain in $ savings are outweighed by the massive long-term costs for everyone. I turned to a career public servant with over 40 years in the National Park Service -- retired Supervisory Forester Kristine Johnson from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, still living and volunteering in Gatlinburg, TN-- to have her on the "In Tune to Nature" show to help us understand what is going on and how these firings and spending freezes are really affecting park employees and morale on the ground (kids and the broader Gatlinburg community included). In our 47-minute conversation, Kristine also shares the potential long-term harmful impacts on wild animal residents and park habitats, concerns about the government privatizing park jobs and prioritizing recreation over wildlife and scientific research, public and wild animal safety issues, and what we as citizens can do now to help support our parks in this crisis. Prior to the trump regime, our national parks were already overloaded with tourists who love them, while being chronically understaffed and underfunded. The parks can't afford to lose any more dedicated staff, so American citizens need to step up to defend them if we truly care. Do we have the power to get these hardworking and talented folks re-hired if we tell our U.S. Senators and Representative that's what we demand?! Let's find out. Organizations who are speaking out and can serve as resources for us are: PEER: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility The Coalition to Protect America's National Parks The National Park Conservation Association Indivisible.org "In Tune to Nature" is a weekly radio show airing Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern Time on 89.3FM-Atlanta radio and streaming worldwide on wrfg.org (Radio Free Georgia, a nonprofit indie station) hosted by me, Carrie Freeman, or Melody Paris. The show's website and action items can be found at https://wrfg.org/in-tune-to-nature/  Please support nonprofit indie media like our Radio Free Georgia station at https://wrfg.org/  Thank you! Take care of yourself and others, including the imperiled public servants in our federal agencies. Photo Credit: Supervisory Forester Kristine Johnson, by Joye Ardyn Durham, upon her retirement from GSMNP in 2021. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on In Tune to Nature do not necessarily reflect those of WRFG, its board, staff or volunteers. 

Yankee In The South: YITS are in Tokyo, so this has gotta be good. Will and Dawn spreading their intelligence worldwide. Topanga Vs. Rachel: There was drama on the Pod Meets World Boy Meets World podcast as Danielle Fishel and Maitland Ward go at it and let the beef cook. Trump Impersonator Vs. Alec Baldwin: Alec Baldwin is once again put the test in public.  FUCK YOU WATCH THIS!, THE BEAR!, CALIFORNIA!, WAX!, SPIKE JONZE!, BLACK HISTORY MONTH!, DISNEY!, THEME PARK VLOGGERS!, YANKEE IN THE SOUTH!, WILL!, DAWN!, GATLINBURG!, TOKYO!, JAPAN!, DUMB AMERICANS!, RETARDED!, PASSIVE AGRESSIVE!, 7/11!, FLATLINERS!, DEAD ZONE!, PET SEMETARY!, STRETCH!, INTRO!, SACKS OF SHIT!, CHICKEN!, SODA!, PLUM CHICKEN!, REACTION!, ELECTRONICS!, DOWNS!, SHIBUYA!, RUBIES!, ZELDA!, DOG BISCUIT!, POD MEETS WORLD!, WILL FRIEDLE!, DANIELLE FISHEL!, MAITLAND WARD!, FACEBOOK!, PASSIVE AGRESSIVE!, CATTY!, GIRL FIGHT!, 2014!, MAXIM!, BEN SAVAGE!, MICHAEL JACOBS!, CAREER!, NEGATIVE!, TMZ!, CLOUT!, ROCK THE STATS!, RATINGS!, TRIGGERED!, DONALD TRUMP IMPERSONATOR!, ALEC BALDWIN!, ATTENTION!, PRANK!, SHOT THAT WOMAN!, MURDERED!, COLD BLOOD!, BREAK YOUR NECK!, REALITY SHOW!, WEIRDO!, PIERS MORGAN!, DEAL WITH EACH OTHER!  You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

Joey is still upset that he broke the microphone. We are all confused about the Mardi Gras king cake with a baby in it. Nancy has been asked to give a commencement speech, and she doesn’t even know what school it’s for. Hot Tea: Condolences are pouring in for Dolly after the passing of her husband. A new professional rodeo is coming to Nashville. A dad went viral for doing research to prepare for an Ella Langley concert with his daughter. A group of 200 high schoolers broke into a house, threw a party, and caused $100K worth of damage. What stupid thing did you do that cost your parents money? Lucky 7 Joey is getting a brand-new lawn mower because of a recall. There are multiple wildfires in East Tn. We talked to a coworker whose parent house is 0.3 miles from one of the fires. Today is Ash Wednesday. We tell what we wish our coworkers would give up for a month. A couple went to Gatlinburg and posted a TikTok complaining that their cabin in the mountain’s driveway was too “slopey.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey is still upset that he broke the microphone. We are all confused about the Mardi Gras king cake with a baby in it. Nancy has been asked to give a commencement speech, and she doesn’t even know what school it’s for. Hot Tea: Condolences are pouring in for Dolly after the passing of her husband. A new professional rodeo is coming to Nashville. A dad went viral for doing research to prepare for an Ella Langley concert with his daughter. A group of 200 high schoolers broke into a house, threw a party, and caused $100K worth of damage. What stupid thing did you do that cost your parents money? Lucky 7 Joey is getting a brand-new lawn mower because of a recall. There are multiple wildfires in East Tn. We talked to a coworker whose parent house is 0.3 miles from one of the fires. Today is Ash Wednesday. We tell what we wish our coworkers would give up for a month. A couple went to Gatlinburg and posted a TikTok complaining that their cabin in the mountain’s driveway was too “slopey.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Safety Course - https://breezeway.learnworlds.com/ SnapPower Lights - !NEW 2025! - https://a.co/d/cm8Okzj Rescue Ready Ladder - https://berescueready.com/ In this episode of Bill Faeth Unfiltered, Bill welcomes Justin Ford from Breezeway to discuss the critical subject of safety in short-term rentals. The two share their common interests in skiing and snowboard, but the conversation quickly focuses on aspects of property safety, fueled by Ford's expertise. Ford is noted for his dedication to improving safety standards in the short-term rental industry and recounts their first significant interaction during one of Bill's mastermind meetings where Ford conducted a detailed safety inspection of a newly-built 12-bedroom property. This inspection revealed numerous missed safety issues, including fire hazards and the improper placement of safety equipment, emphasizing the often-overlooked aspect of urgency in getting properties ready for guests. As the episode progresses, Ford discusses the disturbing reality that most properties are not adequately prepared for emergencies, mentioning that only 2 percent of markets have stringent safety regulations. The episode highlights common mistakes made by hosts, such as the misplacement of fire extinguishers, lack of smoke alarms, inadequate lighting, and the dangers posed by improperly set up grills. Ford also explains the concept of 'vacation brain,' noting that guests often neglect safety precautions while on vacation, leading to an increased risk of accidents. The conversation covers practical solutions, such as installing fire extinguishers in visible locations, ensuring proper lighting, and using child safety locks. Ford also shares insights from his time in the U.S. Coast Guard and as a firefighter, underscoring the importance of proactive safety measures. He stresses the use of escape ladders and the newly available safety products like battery-operated outlet covers with motion sensors. Additionally, the episode touches on the financial implications of ignoring safety regulations, citing examples from Gatlinburg where property owners face costly upgrades due to new safety laws. Ford reveals that safety can serve as a vital marketing tool, and it is significantly underutilized in the industry. Overall, the episode is a comprehensive guide on enhancing the safety of short-term rental properties, offering hosts actionable advice and insights from an industry expert. It concludes with an invitation for listeners to attend Ford's upcoming session at the STR Wealth Conference and to follow him for more safety tips. 00:00 Justin Ford Introduction 00:34 Mastermind Meeting and Property Safety 02:11 The Importance of Safety in Short-Term Rentals 04:12 Justin Ford's Background and Safety Course 13:12 Vacation Brain and Setting Up Safe Properties 18:11 Real-Life Safety Stories 18:40 Marketing Safety in Short-Term Rentals 21:17 Safety Regulations and Challenges 24:57 Grill Safety Tips 28:13 Lighting and Safety Features 33:14 Final Thoughts and Upcoming Events ➡️ Connect with us: • Join Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284886002732508  • Check Out Our website: https://buildstrwealth.com/  • Bill's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billfaeth73 • Brea's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breafaeth/  • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bfaeth  On Bill Faeth Unfiltered, Bill Faeth breaks down the ins and outs of short-term rental hosting, giving listeners actionable advice that they can use to take their businesses to the next level. Subscribe/Follow so you never miss an episode! #BFUnfiltered #BillFaeth #STR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready for a jam packed episode full of KNOWLEDGE!  By the end of this episode you'll be ready to hit the real estate market.  So get comfortable and get ready!   Listeners, please welcome guest Avery Carl. Avery is an unstoppable and amazing individual! She is the CEO and founder of The Short-Term Shop, the largest eXp brokerage by volume worldwide. Avery is known as the queen of short-term rentals and a wealth-building machine who's been in the game long enough to drop some serious wisdom for you all today. From being a broke newlywed (many of us can relate to this) in Nashville to owning over 250 properties, specializing in short-term and vacation rentals. She's teaching us how to cash in on vacation properties, why location is everything, and how you can use short-term rentals as your gateway into building long-term WEALTH. CHECK IT OUT:  Avery will even be sharing insider hacks on how to maximize tax benefits through short-term rentals—even if you're not a real estate professional! This episode is packed with actionable advice for anyone looking to level up and get out of the rat race, whether you're a real estate rookie or a seasoned investor. So STOP SLEEPING on the vacation rental market and let Avery's insights WAKE YOU UP! What You'll Learn: Why short-term rentals outperform traditional rentals in cash flow.   Highlights: Short-Term vs. Long-Term Rentals Key Markets for Vacation Rentals The Short-Term Rental Loophole Lifestyle Freedom Trends in the Real Estate Market Scaling with Systems Advice for Aspiring Investors Building Wealth Through Real Estate Resources Mentioned:  https://theshorttermshop.com/  You can follow today's guest at: https://www.instagram.com/theaverycarl/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mi738WbdXCVg8BuNZdZQ    Watch the full video episode on Brad's Rumble here: https://rumble.com/c/c-2544182 Watch the full video episode on Brad's Youtube here: https://bradlea.tv  

On this episode, we are joined by Nedra McDaniel from Adventure Mom, who is passionate about having attainable adventures at every stage of life. We are sharing some of our favorite places to go for Spring Break in the USA. You can follow Nedra on her blog, and on social media as @adventuremom on Instagram, Facebook, and others. Expedia recently shared some travel trends for 2024 showing that March is the most expensive month to fly, so if your spring break is in March, you may want to consider a road trip! If you are looking for a cheap airfare, use Google Flights from your airport and put "anywhere" as the destination so that you can sort by price. Spring Break Destinations Florida Keys - is not oppressively hot and humid like it is in the summer. Hawk's Cay in Duck Key is a great location for families. You can take a day trip to Key West and enjoy a wide variety of water sports. Plan a Florida Keys road trip: https://we3travel.com/florida-keys-roadtrip/ Daytona Beach / New Smyrna, Florida - "You have grown up and Daytona Beach has too", it is no longer a party spring break destination but very family friendly. You can go pedal kayaking, climb the Ponce Inlet lighthouse, eco boat tours, see manatees, Daytona racetrack tour, and you can drive on the beach. See more things to do at Daytona Beach: https://adventuremomblog.com/things-to-do-daytona-beach-and-ponce-inlet-fl/ and some of the themed attractions in Daytona: https://adventuremomblog.com/racing-themed-attractions-in-daytona-beach-fl/ Caribbean Cruises - some leave from Florida and some visit Florida ports of call. Just keep in mind that the cruise ships, especially the pools and kids clubs, will be crowded during prime spring break weeks. Read about Kim's spring break onboard Holland America last year: https://stuffedsuitcase.com/review-caribbean-cruise-on-holland-america-nieuw-statendam/ Washington D.C. - Spring break is often Cherry Blossom season and a popular time to visit. For some museums you can arrange timed-entry tickets and many of the Smithsonian Museums are free. D.C. has a great metro system so that you can stay further out to save money and use the Metro to get around. See Tamara's Washington D.C. itinerary: https://we3travel.com/washington-dc-itinerary/ Gatlinburg, TN - Smoky Mountains National Park is free and offers plenty of hiking, be sure to drive or bike Cades Cove Loop, there are also quirky adventures like zorbing, alpine slides, mountain coasters, treetop adventure courses, and Hillbilly Golf. Plus there are so many themed restaurants and shows, along with Dollywood theme park. See Nedra's suggestions for unique adventures in the Smoky Mountains: https://adventuremomblog.com/unique-adventures-try-smoky-mountains/ Phoenix / Scottsdale - spring break is also spring training for Major League Baseball and you can get great ticket prices to watch games in the Cactus League. There are also world-class spas, great brunch spots, and hiking. In the spring the desert is in bloom and beautiful. Scottsdale getaway: https://stuffedsuitcase.com/scottsdale-girls-weekend-itinerary/ Las Vegas - you can use Las Vegas as a base and then explore some of the national parks in the area. It is especially good if you can do Bryce, Zion, and the Grand Canyon midweek and explore the city on the weekends. The Pinball Museum and the Neon Sign Museum are fun and for older teens, try a food tour. See tips for hiking the Narrows: https://adventuremomblog.com/hike-the-narrows-for-an-incredible-adventure-at-zion-national-park/. See more unique adventures in Vegas: https://adventuremomblog.com/7-unique-bucket-list-adventures-in-las-vegas/. And ways to explore from Flagstaff: https://adventuremomblog.com/grand-canyon-beyond-from-the-flagstaff-koa-holiday/ Little St. Simons Island, GA - for families looking for a unique all-inclusive here in the US, Little St. Simons Island is a private island and nature reserve off the coast of Georgia and it is perfect for nature lovers. See Tamara's review: https://we3travel.com/little-st-simons-island-all-inclusive-resort/ Southern California - the weather is great and there is so much to do. Huntington Beach is great if you want to learn to surf. San Diego has the zoo and museums. Plus there are the theme parks. It is also a good season for whale and dolphin watching. See Kim's Southern California itinerary: https://stuffedsuitcase.com/one-week-southern-california-itinerary-disneyland/ Destin, Florida - you can go online and find adventure packs with moms who can consult with you on things to do. You can bike on 30A, go paddle boarding, or go indoors at the underwater-themed bowling alley. Learn more about the adventure packs: https://adventuremomblog.com/why-families-love-destin-fort-walton-beach-adventure-packs/. See more things to do in Destin: https://adventuremomblog.com/things-to-do-destin-florida/ Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama - also on the Gulf of Mexico not too far from Destin, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach has that same gorgeous white sand, blue-green water, and calm surf. There are tons of fun activities, great food, and cool, family-friendly beach bars. See more things to do in Orange Beach: https://we3travel.com/things-to-do-in-orange-beach-and-gulf-shores-alabama/   Related Episodes Kim's Holland America spring break cruise Southwest Grand Circle road trip Kim and Tamara's trip to Oceanside, California Kim and Tamara's Florida Keys trip Las Vegas with kids Kim and Tamara's trip to Scottsdale, Arizona

In the early part of 2016, tonight's guest, Carey, had her first Sasquatch sighting near Gatlinburg, Tennessee and since then, the flood gates have opened. In fact, she's had so many interactions with them, she's moved 4 times. Unfortunately, every time she's moved, the Sasquatch followed her to her new home. It's not all bad, though. At least the Sasquatch seem to be keeping the Dogmen that also followed her away. We hope you'll listen to tonight's show, so you can hear Carey chronicle some of the things she's been through over the years, since she had that first sighting, in 2016. Due to how many experiences she's had, though, tonight's show is just part one of a two-part show.If you've had a Bigfoot sighting and would like to be a guest, on the show, please go to https://MyBigfootSighting.com and let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Premium memberships are now available! If you'd like to be able to listen to the show without ads and have full access to premium content, please go to https://MyBigfootSighting.com to find out how to become a premium member.If you'd like to help support the show by buying your own My Bigfoot Sighting T-shirt, sweatshirt, or tank top, please visit the My Bigfoot Sighting Show Store Page, by going to...https://dogman-encounters.myshopify.com/collections/mens-my-bigfoot-sighting-collectionShow's theme song, "Banjo Music," courtesy Nathan BrumleyI produce 3 other shows that are available on your favorite podcast app. If you haven't checked them out, here are links to all 3 channels on the Spreaker App...Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio https://www.spreaker.com/show/bigfoot-eyewitness-radio_1 Dogman Encounters https://www.spreaker.com/show/dogman-encounters-radio_2 My Paranormal Experience https://www.spreaker.com/show/my-paranormal-experience Thanks for listening!

Keith answers listener questions about getting started in real estate investing with limited funds and how to determine the true appreciation of a property against inflation. He also discusses: The impact of the LA wildfires on housing needs and some landlords raising rents excessively. Economic and housing challenges facing Canada, including high inflation and unaffordable home prices. And highlights the views of likely future Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre on addressing these issues. GRE Free Investment Coaching:GREmarketplace.com/Coach For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com Show Notes: GetRichEducation.com/538 Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Automatically Transcribed With Otter.ai    Keith Weinhold  0:01   welcome to GRE. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, I answer three of your listener questions, then learn why LA area landlords got a bad name during this month's awful Southern California wildfires. Finally, why Canadians cannot buy houses anymore, and what lessons you can learn from Canada's real estate mistakes and the abject lunacy there today on get rich education.   Unknown Speaker  0:30   Since 2014 the powerful get rich education podcast has created more passive income for people than nearly any other show in the world. This show teaches you how to earn strong returns from passive real estate investing in the best markets without losing your time being the flipper or landlord. Show Host Keith Weinhold writes for both Forbes and Rich Dad advisors and delivers a new show every week since 2014 there's been millions of listener downloads of 188 world nations. He has a list show guests and key top selling personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki, get rich education can be heard on every podcast platform, plus it has its own dedicated Apple and Android listener phone apps build wealth on the go with the get rich education podcast. Sign up now for the get rich education podcast or visit get rich education.com   Unknown Speaker  1:16   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold  1:32   Welcome to GRE from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold, and you are inside this week's installment of the program known as get rich education, I'm grateful that you're here, but you're not here for me. You are here for you. So let's talk about you and some of the listener questions that you wrote into the show about and as usual, whenever I have a batch of listener questions, I answer the beginner level questions first and then move on to more advanced questions. The first one comes from Jeanette in Seaford, Delaware. Jeanette asks, I only have a little money to invest in real estate. How do I get started with just a small amount of money. All right, Jeanette, well, first I would talk to a lender. You have to talk to a mortgage specialist or a loan officer to find out what you qualify for. You're basically getting them to punch holes into your financial picture. And then that way, Jeanette, you will know what holes to go, mend, so your loan officer is essentially giving you a free troubleshooting session. Now, our investment coaches here at GRE help you with some of that, but GRE doesn't originate loans, so you want to get with someone like a ridge lending group for help. And now, what are some of the holes that a mortgage lender might poke into your finances? Jeanette, well, getting your credit score up and they'll help you with that strategy. Or you simply need more dollars in savings, in what your mortgage loan underwriter calls reserves, or you might need to establish a two year job history, or you have to say, Pay off your car loan in order to get your debt to income ratio lower, or whatever it is. And since at GRE marketplace, the least expensive income property is probably about $120,000right now, a number that keeps going up with inflation. But what you would need is 23 to 25% of that between your down payment and closing costs, all right? Jeanette, so then about 28 to 30k that is the minimum lump of cash that you'll need to buy a property that is already fixed up and ready for a tenant, and that is a great way to start in real estate investing if you want to maintain your standard of living, okay, that is therefore the lowest entry point that you can do that. But if you're temporarily willing to let your quality of life slide for a couple years and maybe live communally. You can put as little as 3% down on a primary residence and then rent out the other rooms. Okay, that's the house hacking model, but depending on your setup, you know, maybe you're sharing a kitchen with roommates or suitemates, and therefore that temporary loss in quality of life. Maybe you can even Airbnb at a short term rental, in which case you will be buying the furniture. However, now with a 3% down payment on an owner occupied house, hack like that, you're probably going to have to pay a PMI premium, a private mortgage insurance premium of a few $100 per month. But still, this does get you in with very little money, since that's what you're asking about Jeanette. And finally, the third thing I'll bring up here is that you can get a combination of maintaining your standard of living and putting a small down payment on a property by using an FHA loan and three and a half percent down. And you can do that with a single family home, duplex, triplex or four Plex, living in one unit and renting out the others. So yes, you get both this way, but I will not go into the details on the FHA, because I have described that in detail on other episodes since it's how I started out myself. But there are a number of options right there for you to inquire about Jeanette, all starting with an investment centric mortgage lender like Ridgelendinggroup.com.     The next question comes from Jared in Pocatello, Idaho. Jared asks Keith, in the past year, my duplex in Pocatello went up in value 5% from 400k to 420k. How do I know how much of that 5% is true appreciation, and what portion of the 5% is from inflation? Oh, that is such a devastatingly cool question Jared, and that's exactly what I thought when I saw that question come in. Okay, so basically, Jared is asking, say, in this 5% price increase is 3% from inflation and 2% from appreciation, for example, or like, what is the breakout of those two components of the price change? And a lot of people don't understand the difference, and even know enough to ask a question this good. So props to you there. Jared. One thing you cannot do is just look at CPI inflation over the last year for the US, which is 2.9% and then say, Oh, well, then I guess the other 2.1% must be appreciation. Therefore, no, you can't really do that. There's more to it than that, for a lot of reasons. I mean consumer price inflation, like on a pound of ground beef at the supermarket, that is different from asset price inflation, and there are a lot of other reasons too. Appreciation is distinctly different from inflation, because the value of your property increasing 5% that has to do with the attractiveness of your property to the marketplace. Now there are attributes with appreciation, like proximity to high paying jobs, proximity to highways and shopping in desirable schools, which are basically those axiomatic Location, location, location qualities. Now I'm going to assume that you did not make an improvement or a renovation to the property Jared, because obviously that would hike up the value. Now other appreciation attributes that are distinctly different from inflation are things like population growth and wage growth in your area, what can really pump up appreciation is if the remaining availability of developable land starts shrinking and shriveling up in a desirable location. Contrary to popular belief, mortgage rates have little to do with appreciation. We can leave that out of this discussion. Now, how this is different from inflation is that inflation is not about the intrinsic value. Rather, inflation is the price of the home increasing because the currency is worth less. Now I hope that you find that explanation satisfying Jared, but what is dissatisfying is that it's actually hard to pin down a number and say, was this two and a half percent appreciation and two and a half percent inflation, or any other combination? And that's because inflation itself is practically impossible to accurately measure, and a lot of that has to do with an inflationary basket of goods that is just exceedingly difficult to adjust for attributes like quality and utility and substitution So Jerry did is likely that your duplexes 5% value increase is an amalgamation of both appreciation and inflation, that part I can confirm, but the exact breakdown for each is virtually incalculable, super insightful question there Jared.     The third and final of our three listener questions to get the show started today, and then I'll get into landlords in the LA wildfires and Canada versus us real estate. The final question today is from Jeter in Roseville, California. I know where Roseville is. It's just northeast of Sacramento, and I'm not sure if Jeter j, e t, e r is your first name or your last name, like former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, but only one name came in here. Jeter asks, Keith, I am a true believer in GRE principles. I'm looking to pounce on some property this year and get leverage and other people's money working for me, instead of only getting my money to work for me in my company's 401 k. Let me just interject here. You really get it. You really get it. Jeter, um, continuing on with your question, with mortgage rates around 7% I'd love to know where you think interest rates are headed next, and what is going to make rates move. Thanks, Jeter. Well, I've got to tell you, Jeter, not only do I avoid predicting future interest rates, but I don't know of anyone in the world that can predict interest rates with high reliability, especially over the medium to long term. James Grant, He's based in New York City. He puts out a publication called Grant's Interest Rate Observer that might just give you a better than 5050, shot of where they're headed next. He's a well regarded source. In fact, I saw James Grant speak in person a couple months ago, but I wouldn't put too much credence in any interest rate predictor out there. Now, just 11 days ago, I sent our newsletter subscribers a graphic of just how bad. I mean, really awful that recent interest rate predictions have been. I've never seen a chart like this. This chart looked like a centipede. Okay, the Bold Line was the actual federal funds rate that was like the centipedes body and all the hundreds of legs coming off this line were predictions that others had made, all deviating from the true line, the centipede body, which is what the rate really was. I mean, prominent experts rate predictions have a track record that's more abysmal than everyone saying we'd surely have a man on Mars, by now, terrible. Jeter. When you look at interest rate predictions, you're looking at a waste of your time. They're about as reliable as a weather app in a tornado a year ago, the collective brain trusts of all the economic wizards believed with devotion and alacrity that mortgage rates would be sub six now, instead, they are still about seven, which might correspond to a three or three and a half percent federal funds rate. They all thought the federal funds rate would be near three by now, but it's more like four and a half today. And what's hilarious is that, in more recent years, the Fed even tells us what they plan to do next. They even tell us it's little like having the answers to the test, and yet you still fail the test. You've got the cheat sheet and you still aren't doing any better? How can this possibly be? Well, the reason that I don't make interest rate predictions is because it is a surefire way to look foolish. Jeter, to answer the second part of your question, what moves interest rates around? The answer is, well, it's really broad economic forces and political forces, that is why it's tough, and this includes jobs reports, supply and demand of credit, inflation, a pandemic, a surprise new war in the Middle East, tariffs, GDP reports, surprise election outcomes, a massive change in tax policy and more. I mean, it is total entropy. Now, one thing we know is that persistently higher inflation will soon result in higher rates, just like we saw in 2022 I mean, rates rise in a bullish, robust and optimistic economy. And another thing that we do know is that sustained fear causes rates to fall. That's why, when you look at a chart, you see interest rates of all kinds plunge like a cliff diver during the 2001 dot com recession, the 2008 GFC and the 2020 COVID pandemic. The reason that rates fall during fearful times just like those, is because the economy needs the help and a little pro tip for you here, Jeter, when a recession begins, it's more likely than not that rates will fall. But see, it can be hard to predict a recession, as we've all found out recently, we just came off three fed interest rate cuts late last year, and that was a little weird, because the economy does not need the help that is sort of like offering Gatorade to someone that's not even sweating. Okay, and when rates scrape the ocean bottom floor at zero, from 2009 to 2016 and then again from 2020, to 2022,that's unhealthy. Natural market forces would mean that there's a cost to receive a service like borrowing money. Well, with zero rates, it feels like no one wants to save and everyone wants to borrow and spend. Zero rates, it is time to all out. Ball out. My two time GRE podcast guest here on the show, and super smart guy, Dr Chris Martinson, he thinks that rates are generally going to go higher from here. But you don't have to look far. You can find other wise guys that say they're going lower. At the last Fed meeting last year, they disappointed markets by signaling plans to only cut rates twice this year, instead of the four cuts that were previously expected. And now that's even changed since then, a lot of people question if those two cuts are even going to happen this year, given things like a hot jobs report that came flying in and still too high inflation. So this is kind of like expecting a decadent dessert of rate cuts, and instead you get, like, one Biscoff cookie, like they give you an economy on the plane. So Jeter, that's why I don't forecast rates. I don't think anyone can, but now, at least you have a couple resources, and you also know what factors move rates around.    Now if you want a fun, real time pulse on the market. Check out poly market. You might have heard of it by now. It's a site where you can place bets on various outcomes, a lot of non sports bets. You can see people put their money where their mouth is. You don't have to make a wager yourself. You can just see what people are wagering on. There are wagers on fed interest rate decisions. There at Poly market, you can even place a bet on if Jerome Powell says Good afternoon at his next press conference over there on Poly market, I'm not kidding right now, the odds of him saying Good afternoon at his next press conference are 96% so remember this, the market has always felt confident about where rates are headed, and the market has always been wrong. Interest rates don't drive property values. Their intrinsic worth is based on the timeless stuff, location, amenities, income, occupancy, size, density, business case, exit options and operating costs. Those are the things that drive property values. The bottom line with interest rates is that nobody knows the future interest rates direction is a pinball game of black swans and policy pivots. So instead, focus on the big things that you can control, like how many dollars you have, leveraging properties and keeping your operations on those properties efficient. So Jeter waiting to buy property generally harms an investor more than it helps them, because it's dollars on the sidelines that are paying the opportunity cost of not leveraging other people's money. Of course, if you buy your property at whatever interest rate today, and rates soon fall like a knife, well, then you can refinance at the lower rate, all while leverage keeps compounding and building your wealth. Thanks for the question,  Jeter.    If you have a listener question or comment or feedback of any type for us, as always, you can visit us at get rich education.com/contactfor either written or voice communication there, like I said earlier, that amazingly interesting centipede like chart of just how dreadful interest rate predictions have really been that was in our recent newsletter. Now it's too late for you to get that issue, but to get more like them, you can get our don't Quit your Daydream. Newsletter, completely free, just text GRE to 66866 that's text GRE to 66866.   now, when it comes to this month's historically bad, devastating LA area wildfires, I heard from a friend in that area last week. She lives just south of LA and her house was spared, fortunately, but she's been busy helping friends in the LA area who have lost their homes and businesses. It is truly tragic. And you know, what she told me, is the biggest, most compelling need right now, and I put some credence in this, since it's an independent on the ground report. This is outside of major media, displaced residents. Number one need is not food, it's not water, it's not clothing, it's not heat, it's not even community with 1000s of families without homes, the urgent need is for housing. You might not find that surprising. That's what she shared with me. I mean, it is a need so dire that even a family of six would consider a small mobile home or an RV rental to help with temporary housing. And a lot of these displaced families were you know, you got to consider the fact that before the fire, they were living in above average homes, even luxury homes. Now, as far as LA area, landlords that have housing to rent out, a lot of those landlords have jacked up the rent price. California's anti price gouging. Laws make it illegal for landlords to raise rent by more than 10% in the first month to six months after a disaster is declared. Now the BBC reported that one resident who lost their home in the historic California wildfires found a rental property that was previously priced at $13,000 per month, they offered $20,000 per month, and the landlord countered with 23k that is a 75% price hike. And it's not the only example. A Bel Air home located in an evacuation warning zone was listed on Zillow recently at 29,500bucks a month. That is an 86% hike from its September of last year price. That's according to the outlet called La est, another realtor raised in Encino, California, listing from 9k per month at the beginning of this month to 11 and a half K after the fires started. That's according to the LA Times. The realtor then backpedaled to abide by the 10% rule, which she said that she did not know about. And for a little context there, yes, those rent prices sound high, and La rent was already high. It averaged $2,820 a month. That's compared to $1,983a month nationally. Those figures are per Zillow. Now I don't know what percentage of La landlords are engaging in. I guess what I'll call extortionate behavior, but even if it's the vast minority of landlords you know that gives them a bad name, to have the word landlord in headlines like this. And is this behavior extortionate? In some cases, it probably is, I suspect, just a guess here that some landlords might think they have a chance of insurance paying some or all of the higher rent for their tenant that was displaced from their original home. But let's keep things in perspective here. What this does to good landlords reputations. You know, that's not the story here. The story and the effort should be in helping the displaced people. And of course, there are so many angles to the devastating la wildfires. One of them is that many believe zoning laws pushed homes out into fire prone areas. I recently shared that reason.com article with you in our free newsletter. So again, to get our Don't quit your Daydream newsletter, completely free, which I write every word of myself. Text GRE to 6866 you can do it now, while it's on your mind, hit pause and text GRE to 66866 the abject lunacy in Canada's real estate market, in what US residents and others can learn from all this, that's next. I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to get rich education.   Hey, you. Can get your mortgage loans at the same place where I get mine at Ridge lending group NMLS, 42056, they provided our listeners with more loans than any provider in the entire nation because they specialize in income properties. They help you build a long term plan for growing your real estate empire with leverage. You can start your pre qualification and chat with President Caeli Ridge personally. 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Text family to 66866   Naresh Vissa  26:41   this is GRE real estate investment coach. Naresh Vissa don't live below your means, grow your needs. Listen to get rich education with Keith Weinhold.   Keith Weinhold  26:57   Welcome back to get rich Education. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, let's discuss the Canadian economy and Canadian real estate. Because even if you live in the US or Central America or Europe or one of the other 187 nations that were heard in outside the US, you know there are lessons here for you, and there are lessons here for me as well. There is some just jaw dropping material that I'm about to share with you, and I won't discuss the politics of it, because that's not GRE 's lane. Instead, it is the policy. Earlier this month, Canada's equivalent of the President, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will be resigning soon. And Trudeau has been under a lot of criticism. At last check, his approval rating was a miserable 22% now, most people think that the next and future Prime Minister of Canada will be a man named Pierre Poilievre. In fact, the wagering site poly market has polyev with an over 80% chance of being Canada's next prime minister, and you will hear him speak shortly here. And yes, that is how an Anglophone pronounces his last name, polyev In a recent interview with Dr Jordan Peterson. You'll listen into here shortly. Polyev, Canada's likely next leader here, first, he describes some of the problems with Canada's economy, and then he'll get into their real estate market. Right now, the median home price in the United States is about 450k you might think that Canada's should be lower, because Canada has more land in the US and Canada has just about 1/9 of the US population. So a low population density. I mean, the US is population density is more than 10 times Canada's. But no, due to some of these policies, it's just the opposite, because Canada's average home is over 725k. yeah, that's just for a basic home. I've got to admit, I did not know who polyev was until just a couple months ago. I'm starting to like him the more that I listen to him. He's a clear thinker and a clear speaker. Here is a clip of Canada's likely next leader talking about Canada's problems. This is 10 and a half minutes long. I'm going to listen to this again with you right now, and then I will come back along with you to comment. This is why you can't buy a house in Trudeau, Canada.    Unknown Speaker  29:41   Our productivity is another major problem right now, and that's productivity. Sounds complicated. It's actually extremely simple. You just take the GDP and you divide it by the hours worked in the country. So American GDP is $80 so for every hour an American worker works, on average. He or she produces $80 of GDP in Canada, it 50. So that's every hour. So that means we have to work 60% more just to make the same amount and have the same level of income to buy food and housing. And so that's the Now that sounds like a bunch of wonk speak that should might seem like it only matters to someone staring at a spreadsheet or a graph or a chart, but in fact, that's reflected in the fact that our 2 million people are lined up at food banks because they can't afford food, and 80% of youth can't afford homes, and our quality of life is and the things we can afford to provide our kids have fallen back so much there's a real, real life, Stark and easily comprehensible statistic. And if you work and you produce $80 worth of goods and services in an hour, yeah, compared to working and producing 50, obviously, that's a substantial shortfall. Yeah. So, and is that, is there a starker indicator of the economic disparity between the US and Canada than that? Or do you think that's the primary statistic? I mean, I think housing costs are another one. I mean, right. There was a study out just 10 days ago that has Toronto and Vancouver now by far the most unaffordable housing markets in North America. And so you know, housing costs are 50% higher in Toronto than they are in Chicago, even though Chicago workers make 50% more money. The same is true between Vancouver and Seattle. Seattle workers make way more than Vancouver workers, but housing is 60 or 70% more expensive in Vancouver. So on, all the measures by a lot. Yes, a lot by a lot. Yeah, and we're and we're paying more, more by a lot, right? And most of that's transpired the last 10 years. Yes, and we're paying the difference by accumulating enormous quantities of debt. Our households are by far the most indebted in the g7. when you take you divide total household debt by GDP, we now have a bigger stock of household debt than our entire economy. We are more indebted as households than the Americans were right before the oh eight financial crisis. And so what we have as a model in Canada is we have artificial scarcity imposed by very heavy and restrictive state, confiscatory state, so that suppresses production. But in order to allow for consumption, we print money and borrow money and then flood the economy with that money. Okay, so that's another problem. So that's the inflationary problem. Yes. Now the problem with inflation just many problems with inflation, but one of them is that it particularly punishes people who are thrifty and who save? Yes, right, right? So inflation punishes the people who forego gratification to invest in the future. That's right, right? So that's a very bad idea. It's our inflation is the single most immoral tax for so many reasons. One, it takes from savers and people who are trying to be responsible, thus making it impossible to be responsible, because you will, if you, if you refuse to play the inflation game of borrowing money to buy things you can't afford, someone else inevitably will, and you won't be able to afford anything. So you ultimately have to actor responsibly. It's like Milton Friedman was asked, What would you do with your money in times of inflation? He said, spend it right like the first thing you want to do when inflation is out of control is to make sure you get rid of this thing that's losing its value. The second reason it's immoral is it takes from the poor, because the poorest people cannot put they do not have the ability to buy inflation proof assets like gold and real estate and fancy watches and art collections and wine fancy wines and things that go up with or even exceed inflation. So it's a very big wealth transfer from the have to the from the from the poor and the working class to the very, very wealthy, a very small group of people actually get richer. So the socialist policies that provide goods and services to Canadians, let's say, or denizens of other countries by printing money, actually punish the poor brutally. Oh, absolutely, and consequence of the inflation that they generate. Yes, I mean all the socialist policies in practice take redistribute from the working class to the super wealthy in practice, and I can prove that again and again and again in practice, yeah, in practice. In practice they with the all the redistribution that happens in the so called socialist countries ultimately goes from the working class to the super wealthy. That is the reality. Okay, so, but just one last thing on inflation. The final reason why it's so immoral is nobody votes on it. The basic principle of our parliamentary system is the government can't tax what parliament has not voted the people must no taxation without representation, right? But no one ever votes to have the money printing happen. And so the inflation is adopted secretly, and you blame the grocer because groceries are more expensive, or your local gas station because gas is more or your realtor because house, in fact, it was actually the government that bid up all of those things with money printing, and you didn't even know about it. So it is silent. It's a silent thief that takes from the poor and gives to the richest people and destroys the working class. And that's why I am I want to crush inflation. We need a policy that seeks to just to stop inflation at all, at all costs. Okay, so what would you do to to stop inflation? Well, we stopped the money printing. You know, we need a we need. And the money printing is just a means to fund deficit spending. Governments borrow to define the deficit, yeah, for people. So basically, the deficit is the difference between what the government spends and what it brings in. It's usually calculated on a yearly basis, that's right, yeah, and the debt, but the debt is just the accumulation of the deficits, right? So the deficit right now is $62 billion and I thought it had a ceiling of 41 billion. Yeah, right. Isn't that a ceiling? Yes, not a I guess not. And look, there are very real present day consequences for that. Deficits increase the money supply. Central banks effectively facilitate that increase in the money supply, and that causes inflation. And, you know, it's, it's why our, you know, I have a buddy who's whose family moved here from Italy back in 1973 His father worked paving roads and his mother made sandwiches in a senior's home, they were able to pay off their home 10 minutes from Parliament Hill in seven years. Right, their grandchildren wouldn't be able to save up a down payment for that home in 15 years, and they will be university educated with all the advantages of having been here two decades. That is the consequence of the money supply growing vastly quicker than the stuff that money buys. So we have to do is stop growing the money supply and start growing the stuff money buys. Right? Produce more energy, grow more food, build more homes. We have to unleash the free enterprise system to produce more stuff of value, and this is where we have to remove the artificial scarcity that the government is imposing on the population. Let's incentivize our municipalities to grant the fastest building permits in the world to build homes. You have a plan for that in principle, yes, I mean, I'm going to say to the municipal governments, they either, they either speed up permits, cut Development Charges and free up land, or they will lose their federal infrastructure money, so they will have a powerful carrot and stick incentive to speed up home building and the percentage of a new house price. That's a consequence of government, taxation and regulation. Well, in Vancouver, it's 60% 66 does that include the land and the house? Yes, that includes everything. So I'll tell you how they calculate it, CD, how took the cost of building a compare the cost of building a home to the cost of buying a home, yeah. And he said, what's the gap between those two things? So they added up land, labor, profit for the developer, materials, and they compared that to the sale price, and they found the gap was $1.2 million so that's $1.2 million of extra cost, above and beyond the materials, the labor, the land and the profit for the developer. So where's that going? Well? The answer is, development charges,sales taxes, land transfer taxes, the delays in getting the permit. Time is money, the consultants, lawyers, accountants, lobbyists that the developer has to hire in order to get the approval that so in other words, we're spending twice in Vancouver. We spend twice as much on bureaucrats than we do on all other things combined. To build a home, more money goes to bureaucrats than goes to the carpenters, electricians and plumbers who build the place. And to add insult to injury, those trades people who build homes can't afford to live in them, right? I mean, it is. So what we need to do is slash the bureaucracy. And I'm going to I'm going to say to the mayors, you're not getting federal infrastructure money until you slash your development charges, speed up your permits. I'm going to take. The Federal GST off new homes under a certain limit, and encourage the provinces to do the same. But we've got so much land. We should have the most affordable housing in the world. We have. It should be dirt cheap because we have the most dirt we just need to get the government out of the way.    Keith Weinhold  40:20   Yeah, again, that was Dr Jordan Peterson interviewing Canada's likely next leader, Pierre poilievre, just a few weeks ago now. Polyev, when discussing inflation and investing, you know, he also brought up points that I've surfaced here on the show over the past few years. He even articulates a few things the way I've described them. It's almost weird, like inflation means that it actually makes sense to strategically borrow and spend and not to save. It's almost like polyev is a GRE listener. I love how he said, stop growing the money supply and start growing the things that money buys. We're talking about things like homes and energy and food. That was eloquent. I mean, in Vancouver, the percentage of a new house cost for taxation and regulation is 60% of the cost of the home, fully 60 and then, if that's not surprising enough, due to all these layers of regulation, the cost of building a new home is $1.2 million more than the cost of buying an existing home. Just astounding. This might have even left you either flabbergasted or gobsmacked, which one?So some parallels to the US there in Canada, but back here in the US, the housing market is clearly more affordable and healthier. Polyev really pointed out a direction that the US does not want to fall into. In fact, we've got a pretty good Canadian listening contingent. So let me ask, Do you have a connection to Pierre poilievre, if you do, we would probably like to invite him here on to the show with us. If you do, or you even know someone that knows someone, let us know right into get rich education.com/contact or email us directly at info@get rich education.com and we'll make that happen now. What is happening at GRE marketplace right now is that our listeners are getting brand new build investment property in Florida and some other places at competitive prices and a fixed interest rate of just four and three quarters percent. So yes, that is sub Canadian prices, by far below Canadian prices, and a four and three quarter percent rate. And then on top of that, you get to pay an affordable insurance premium in Florida because it's new build, or similarly, it's that way in other states if you buy new build, but builders overbuilt in some pockets of Florida, like I've mentioned to you before. So at this time, on top of all that, they're offering a free full year of property management. And because when you own a new build property, it's not occupied with tenants on day one, and this means that you don't inherit unknown tenants. And builders are also offering you up to three months in a rent guarantee in case your single family home or duplex or four Plex is not occupied yet, the builder would pay the rent for you. Really amazing incentives, but probably none better than that four and three quarter percent mortgage rate. I mean, it's like you get to roll the clock back to when rates were artificially low, back in 2021, and 2022, and lock it in. Now, our GRE investment coaches connect you with the investment property that's right for you based on your needs and your goals, including those four and three quarter percent rates, if you so choose, it is all free at GRE marketplace. From GRE marketplace.com just click on the coaching area and you can book a time right there until next week. I'm your host. Keith Weinhold, don't quit your Daydream.    Unknown Speaker  44:23   nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial or business professional for individualized advice. Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of get rich Education LLC, exclusively   Unknown Speaker  44:51   The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth building get rich education.com you.  

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Will it actually snow on Friday? Joey had to wait 3 hours to get his tires rotated and took notes of what he saw in the waiting room. A Hooter's waitress tried to flirt with a cop to get out of a DUI. Nancy's husband called her an old lady because she bought a pill organizer that holds a month of pills. Hot Tea: A guy lost in his fantasy football group and had to stay at Jason Aldean's bar in Nashville for 17 hours as punishment. Cinemark Theaters will fill any container under 400oz with popcorn for $5 on National Popcorn Day. A lady was scammed out of $3k by someone pretending to be Alan Jackson, Redneck Wednesday - Busch Light and the Daytona 500 are doing a speed dating round called "Date-tona" at the race. What redneck date have you been on? Lucky 7. East Tn is getting a new area code. What does your phone number spell? Joey has figure out how to get his picky kids to eat certain foods. Nancy could've been kicked out of her son's basketball game. The fires in California are reminding us of the Gatlinburg fires. And more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will it actually snow on Friday? Joey had to wait 3 hours to get his tires rotated and took notes of what he saw in the waiting room. A Hooter's waitress tried to flirt with a cop to get out of a DUI. Nancy's husband called her an old lady because she bought a pill organizer that holds a month of pills. Hot Tea: A guy lost in his fantasy football group and had to stay at Jason Aldean's bar in Nashville for 17 hours as punishment. Cinemark Theaters will fill any container under 400oz with popcorn for $5 on National Popcorn Day. A lady was scammed out of $3k by someone pretending to be Alan Jackson, Redneck Wednesday - Busch Light and the Daytona 500 are doing a speed dating round called "Date-tona" at the race. What redneck date have you been on? Lucky 7. East Tn is getting a new area code. What does your phone number spell? Joey has figure out how to get his picky kids to eat certain foods. Nancy could've been kicked out of her son's basketball game. The fires in California are reminding us of the Gatlinburg fires. And more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investment Opportunities in the Sevierville/Gatlinburg Market In this episode of Real Estate with Ryan, Ryan Coleman, your trusted real estate expert from Hometown Realty, uncovers the exciting world of investment opportunities in the breathtaking Sevierville and Gatlinburg market. Imagine owning a piece of the Smoky Mountains—whether it's a cozy vacation rental or a high-yield investment property, this market offers endless possibilities. Learn how to maximize returns, navigate the booming tourism industry, and secure your dream property in one of East Tennessee's most sought-after areas. Don't miss this chance to discover why the Smoky Mountains are the perfect place to invest! Tune in every Saturday at 11am on Talk Radio 92.3 / AM 760 WETR and at 1pm on News Talk 98.7. Ready to make your move? Call Ryan Coleman at 865-693-SOLD (7653) or visit www.ryancoleman.org to get started today! Ryan Coleman Founder/Broker/CEO Hometown Realty LLC Voted Best of Knoxville 2017-2023 Proud Sponsor of the VOLS Dave Ramsey Top ELP

In this week's episode, we're thrilled to welcome back Tom Goodwin, CEO of Mountain Laurel Chalets and host of For the Love of Gatlinburg Podcast. Tom shares insights into his family-run vacation rental business in Gatlinburg, which has been a beloved destination for over 50 years. We dive into his journey of preserving the essence of Gatlinburg through his podcast and discuss how it celebrates the community's rich heritage and unique stories. Tom also gives an update on Mountain Laurel Chalets, including the lessons learned from a recent business acquisition and how they've grown their portfolio while staying true to their brand's values. From creating meaningful guest experiences to forming deep community ties, this episode is packed with inspiration for anyone in the vacation rental or hospitality industry. Key Topics Discussed:

Nancy is sick, Josh Heupel's wife is NOT pregnant, why you have to put your phone in airplane mode on flights, Morgan Wallen's alleged chair throwing case is going to a Grandy Jury, Taylor Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses to her Eras Tour workers, Jason Aldean was in Gatlinburg and had a bear encounter, Joey made a deal with his son to stop biting their nails, Lucky 7, Karly got some misprinted Christmas cards that call us "The Andersons," and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nancy is sick, Josh Heupel's wife is NOT pregnant, why you have to put your phone in airplane mode on flights, Morgan Wallen's alleged chair throwing case is going to a Grandy Jury, Taylor Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses to her Eras Tour workers, Jason Aldean was in Gatlinburg and had a bear encounter, Joey made a deal with his son to stop biting their nails, Lucky 7, Karly got some misprinted Christmas cards that call us "The Andersons," and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ky, Kirby, Tati and Kev make it out to Tennessee to see what the area has to offer. In this two-part episode we spend time in a small area called Gatlinburg! With no true expectations we were pleasantly surprised by some of the games out there! This trip is one worth taking with quality people like our team. We hope you enjoy listening to the memories we had!

Miles Holcomb, the former Southside-Gadsden and Tuscaloosa County head football coach, joins The Writer's Block podcast from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to talk about his return to Southside-Gadsden as a teacher and coach. Holcomb talks about why he decided to return closer to his roots, the importance of that decision, and what he'll be involved in moving forward. Sponsor the show: Gary.Lloyd87@gmail.com. #thewritersblock #gadsden #podcast #tuscaloosa #football #highschoolfootball #highschoolsports #sports #sportspodcast #southside #baseball #highschoolbaseball #trussville

Joey's mulch finally got delivered, there have been a lot of bear encounters in Gatlinburg lately, one of Joey's sons accidentally kicked his other son's teeth out, Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul, new performers were added to the CMA Award lineup, someone claimed a bear broke into their car but it was actually them in a bear suit, a new AI grandma bot to fight scam callers, Nancy broke her husband's one rule, Big Orange Breakdown, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey's mulch finally got delivered, there have been a lot of bear encounters in Gatlinburg lately, one of Joey's sons accidentally kicked his other son's teeth out, Mike Tyson slapped Jake Paul, new performers were added to the CMA Award lineup, someone claimed a bear broke into their car but it was actually them in a bear suit, a new AI grandma bot to fight scam callers, Nancy broke her husband's one rule, Big Orange Breakdown, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bex Scott is back for a new season of Pyrex with Bex and in this first episode of the season, she's diving into the rabbit hole of collectible salt and pepper shakers. Her own collection started when she found lots of them in an online estate sale and discovered that her favorites are the kitschy anthropomorphic shakers. Why were so many made? When were they popular and why? Which ones are most valuable now? Bex reveals what she learned in this episode. Salt and pepper shakers were easy to collect because of their size, small, and they were also very affordable. They date back to around 1858 though there is some dispute over the exact person who created them. Strangely, the kitschy eye-catching salt and pepper shakers were one of the few things whose sales didn't dip during the Great Depression. Because they were small and cheap, they were easy to continue producing and still affordable to collect or gift. Bex explores how salt and pepper shaker designs reflected the time periods they were created in, the themes that became most popular, the rarest and most valuable salt and pepper shakers to look for now, and a family who collected 80,000 sets and started a museum just to house them. You don't want to miss this episode. It will make you look twice at salt and pepper shakers when you come across them.Resources discussed in this episode:Lefton Bluebirds salt and pepper shakersExtra long dachshund salt and pepper shakersPink poodle chef salt and pepper shakersHolt Howard pixieware salt and pepper shakers“Would You Like Some Salt and Pepper? How About 80,000 Shakers' Worth?” by Derek Workman, Smithsonian Magazine, January 23, 2012—Contact Rebecca Scott | Pyrex With Bex: Website: PyrexWithBex.comInstagram: @pyrexwithbex—TranscriptBex Scott: [00:00:02] Hey everybody, it's Bex Scott and welcome to the Pyrex with Bex podcast, where, you guessed it, I talk about vintage Pyrex, but also all things vintage housewares. I'll take you on my latest thrifting adventures, talk about reselling, chat with other enthusiasts about their collections, and learn about a bunch of really awesome items from the past. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you love listening to podcasts so you don't miss a beat. Hey, everybody, this is Bex Scott and you are listening to the Pyrex with Bex podcast. And on today's episode it's salt and pepper time. We are talking all about salt and pepper shakers. And for me, this is a super fun topic because I have been collecting salt and pepper shakers on and off for the last couple of years. I don't have a huge collection, but they are one of the easiest things I've found to collect and to unfortunately amass in large quantities. Bex Scott: [00:01:04] So my salt and pepper shaker collection started back when I found a bunch of huge lots of them in an online estate sale, and I didn't actually know how many I was buying until I picked them up. And I probably had three moving boxes full of them, and unpacking them and cataloging them and photographing them was a massive endeavor. But one of the most fun things you can do as a collector, as you guys probably know, is unboxing and seeing what's inside, what you've bought from a sale or an online auction, and finding the little nuggets of maybe a really collectible item or something that you really love. Bex Scott: [00:01:53] So most of these salt and pepper shakers that I did buy, I ended up selling online on Facebook Marketplace or on Poshmark and some of them even on Whatnot now. And I've had a few friends on Whatnot who have had full on salt and pepper shaker sales, and it's so fun to watch them go through each of the shakers and to see just how fun they were. My favorite ones, hands down, are the kitschy salt and pepper shakers, and my great grandma had an absolute love of Lefton Bluebird, so I've been lucky enough to inherit some of her bluebirds. I have the salt and pepper shakers. I also have some of the more kitschy anthropomorphic ones. I have little kittens that are sitting on balls of yarn. I have some skunks that are sitting on logs and they're just very fun, cute, and you can store a lot of them in a small place. So this led me down a hole of looking into salt and pepper shakers, their appeal, their history. And I actually learned quite a bit about them. Bex Scott: [00:03:07] So. Salt and pepper shakers were easy for people to collect because of their size, and they were so affordable and they were just really easy to come across as well. They held on to them or passed them down. And you could, before, get a figural set of a dog, a cat, a bird for 5 to $7. Now the prices have gone up a little bit because they are in higher demand. People are reselling them and there are more that are collectible, some more than others. Salt and pepper shakers, they go back to about 1858 and they were created, some believe, by a man named John Mason who also created the Mason jar. So some people kind of refute this and are questioning whether that's actually true. But this is what I've found so far in my research. And before the salt and pepper shaker came to be, people used a bowl of salt called a salt cellar. And I've come across a lot of salt cellars in my collecting days, and a lot of the really cute ones are the little hens on the nest. I didn't actually know the purpose of a salt cellar. I knew that it was called that and you scooped the salt up with a spoon. People often added rice to it to keep the moisture at bay. And then it wasn't until 1911, when the brand Morton Salt Company introduced magnesium carbonate into salt that helped it to not clump, which is why people don't often put rice into their salt shakers now. Bex Scott: [00:05:02] So with these cute little kitschy and fun sets on home and restaurant tables, there was a high demand for the aesthetically appealing styles, and it was important for homemakers to have these on their table to show them off and to just have fun collecting them. So many people purchased them on road trips back in the day. One of the most popular types of salt and pepper shakers was the souvenir shaker that you got on your road trip that may have said the location it was from and where you got it. Now the Great Depression came along and there was no dip in salt shaker sales because it was one of the cheapest items in the kitchen. And during the 1930s and into the 1940s, the salt shakers went from glass and tin containers to the ceramic or plastic figurines. Most were from occupied Japan after a halt in production during the war. And the kitschier the better. So salt and pepper shakers became more cute, more eye-catching, and the number of salt and pepper shakers sold at local five and dimes and the fancier stores was just increasing. So some of the fun ones that you could find were the anthropomorphic fruit, fish, dogs. There's a set called the Extra Long Daschund that is really cute if you want to look up these funny little skinny wiener dog salt and pepper shakers. Bex Scott: [00:06:45] So by the 1970s, these cute figural shakers had completely gone out of style, out of production, and they were replaced by what we now have, which is a more standard boring cylindrical-style salt and pepper shaker. Don't get me wrong, there's some beautiful salt and pepper shakers out there now still, but it's just not the same anymore. And some of the ones that they were replaced by that people still collect are the Tupperware salt and pepper shakers, which were really popular during that time and not so much the conversation starters of all the cute, anthropomorphic, kitschy ones that you used to be able to find. So by the 1990s, people started to realize that the salt and pepper shakers were worth something because of the demand that collectors had made for them. And some of the most popular ones are cute little ones hanging from trees that have little baskets. I just sold a set. It was an adorable little dog that had two hanging baskets on the left and the right that you could remove, and those were the salt and pepper shakers. And the baskets were filled with flowers. Lots of kissing and hugging shakers. I have two little bears that when you put them together, their arms wrap around each other. Lots of Christmas ones. And some of the most sought after are from Lefton, Napco, Holt Howard. Bex Scott: [00:08:18] So a lot of this information that I found from my friend Worthpoint, and in this article that I was reading they went through the most collectible shakers from Lefton, Napco and Holt Howard, which I thought was super interesting because as a collector, I'm always wondering which ones I should be on the lookout for. So if you want to start the hunt, Lefton's most collectible are Bluebirds, Christmas angels, Miss Dainty, which is the girl with the red and white hat, Mr.Tootles the Maltese dog, Miss Priss the Blue Kitten, Thumbelina, The Green Fairy, Kissing Santa and Mrs. Claus, Christmas birds which are green, the Puppy Pal dogs wearing blue hats, and pink poodle chef, which in brackets they say is beyond expensive. I've actually never seen the pink poodle chef. Bex Scott: [00:09:21] Napco, you have number one, Miss Cutie Pie, two anthropomorphic fruit people, so that would be the artists, musicians, kissing Valentine birds, the bowler and hard hats, devils, flower girls, and long neck animals. And then Holt Howard, you have the Nodder Rock and Roll on springs, merry mice,they are pink and mischievous, Holly Poinsettia girls, winking Santa, Daisydorables, rooster, and pixieware are the most desirable of all the Holt Howard shakers I've seen. Not in person, but on a lot of my favorite collectors Instagrams and some on Facebook Marketplace. The pixieware salt and pepper shakers. They are so cute! Next up we have Enesco. Number one is the Sweet Shop. It says very pricey and rare. Anything anthropomorphic, fruits, vegetables, forks and spoons. I have had some forks and spoons. They're very cute. You can't really hold a lot of salt and pepper in them though, so definitely more for display. Golden Girls, Country Kids, Snappy the Snails, Missy Mouse, Doctor WO Owl, and Jonah and the whale. Bex Scott: [00:10:37] So going into more of the research, I discovered as well that people have local chapters of salt and Pepper shaker clubs. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. There are clubs for Pyrex collectors, Facebook groups and pages, many of which I'm a part of. So it would make sense that these salt and pepper shaker lovers would come together and sell and swap stories about their salt and pepper shakers. So after digging into some of this research about salt and pepper shakers and finding out that there was a salt and pepper shaker museum, I looked into this article by the Smithsonian magazine by Derek Workman, and it goes over this family's 80,000 shakers worth of salt and pepper shakers. So they have 40,000 pairs of shakers. They are called the Ludden family. And they have enough shakers to fill two museums. So it's Andrea, her son Alex, and her daughter, and they are in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, with all of their salt and pepper shakers. So andrea said she started completely by chance when she bought a pepper mill at a garage sale in the mid 1980s. I'm sure that most of the collectors out there listening can totally relate to this. You find one item at a garage sale and it takes you down a spiral of collecting. I know that that's how things usually start for me with my addictive collecting personality. That's how my Pyrex started with finding it in my grandparents garage. So Andrea says that she had this pepper mill. It didn't work, so she bought a couple more, and she used to stand them on the window ledge of her kitchen, and her neighbors thought she was building a collection. Bex Scott: [00:12:32] She said nothing could have been further from her mind, but her neighbors started to bring new ones over, and eventually she had 14,000 on shelves all over her house, even in her bedrooms. And her husband Rolf told her that she needed somewhere else to put these or they're going to get divorced. So that's when they decided to create this museum. So you can wander around the museum. It says there's fat chefs, ruby red tomatoes, guardsmen in bearskins, Santas, feet sticking from a chimney, pistols and potatoes, a copy of the salt and pepper shaker cufflinks worn by Lady Diana. That is very cool. And Andrea, she was or is an archeologist by training, and when she moved to the States, she couldn't find work in her field. So she turned her attention to social anthropology, and she studied everyday life since the early years through her growing collection of salt and pepper shakers. And she says here in the article, "there's almost nothing you can imagine that hasn't been copied as a salt and pepper shaker. And many of them reflect the designs, the colors and the preoccupations of the period", which is very true. And when you think about it, when you look at a salt and pepper shaker you don't really think that deeply about it, but a lot of these designs were reflections of what was going on in the time. Bex Scott: [00:13:58] So they go into how, in the article, it was because people could travel more freely, either for work or on vacation, that the souvenir industry came about. And salt and pepper shakers were cheap, easy to carry, and colorful, and they made ideal gifts. So among the earliest producers of salt and pepper shakers were the German fine pottery maker Goebel. They introduced its first three sets in 1925, and today its Hummel shakers, introduced in 1935, are highly collectible. And ironically, it was the Great Depression of the 1930s that gave a major boost to the popularity of salt and pepper shakers as a household item and a collectible item, and ceramic producers worldwide were forced to restrict production and concentrate on lower priced items, and this helped because salt and pepper shakers were small, easy to produce, bright and cheery, and really could be bought for a few cents at most local hardware stores. Soon other ceramic companies got into the act, and Japanese firms had a large share of the market from the late 1920s through the 1930s. As well, from the late 1940s through the 50s, and production halted during World War Two. So the shakers they produced in postwar years labeled 'made in occupied Japan' or simply 'occupied Japan' are extremely rare and highly sought after. In the 1950s and 60s, they began producing shakers made from plastic. Plastic was very fragile, so fewer of these examples exist, making them extremely valuable. Which is another good thing to know because I have seen a lot of the plastic shakers around. Bex Scott: [00:15:49] Sometimes they're not in the greatest shape, but knowing this, that they are more rare and collectible, definitely makes that a bit exciting for me to try and find the plastic ones over some of the other ceramic ones that you can find. So they go into how, at first glance, the museum seems bright and happy, if a bit haphazard. The displays are well thought out and organized, especially considered the many models on display. I can't even begin to imagine how hard it would be to categorize and organize that many salt and pepper shakers. And because you can work by style, age, subject matter, color, Andrea says they try to do it in a way that combines all of the elements at the same time. There are hundreds of themes, and in those themes there will be many colors. But her mom has a way of laying out displays that are highly planned so that the colors within a theme are displayed together. For example, she continues, all the greens, yellows and reds of the vegetables are arranged in vertical rows. You get bright color bands, but all the shakers are on the same theme. It's a lot more complicated than it sounds because there are so many. A large number of the shaker sets are humorous. There's an aspirin salt shaker, a martini glass pepper shaker, and when they're all set up, there's sometimes an opportunity to create a visual joke. Andrea says that you see what looks like models of the southwest US Adobe houses of the style found in New Mexico with cactus and cowboys and Indians but behind them are two UFOs that have crashed and two aliens that glow in the dark. Bex Scott: [00:17:33] It's amazing how many of these shakers tell a tale that isn't obvious to everyone. One of her favorites is a chef holding a cat in one hand and a cleaver in the other. I always thought it was just a fun item, says Andrea, but her mom explained that it was very significant to older people who had been through the Depression and major wars. Food was short, but you still had to eat, so if a cat strayed by, it went into the pot and came out as chicken surprise! Oh my. As they continue the tour, they're absorbed by all the weird and wonderful shakers. Coca Cola cans, Dolly Parton's photo on a souvenir from Dollywood, the Smokies most fun place, Mickey and Minnie in chef tucks and aprons, the Beatles with the cropped hair and collarless jacket of the early days, a turquoise TV with Lucie Arnaz and her neighbor Ethel Mertz on the screen, and a sofa with an I Love Lucy heart shaped cushion, alligators with sunshades from Florida, bullfighters and bulls from Spain, kangaroos from Australia, a bobby and double decker bus from London, before and after versions of Mount Saint Helens made from the actual volcanic ash. Very cool. There are also familiar ones, shakers your grandmother used to have, or you saw when you went on vacation somewhere, or you gave as a gift once. Bex Scott: [00:18:48] "People come back over and over again and think that we are adding to the displays," says Andrea, "but we aren't. It's just that they didn't see them the first time around." The museum doesn't display all the shakers it owns, but it does exhibit a few Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom shakers, the cook and butler stereotypical characters from the 1950s, knowing some people might be offended by the negative portrayal of African Americans. They are part of the history of salt and pepper shakers. We display them, but we do it discreetly, she says. You can't change history by simply pretending it didn't happen or ignore it. So that article, if you want to read more in-depth, Smithsonian Magazine, 'Would You Like Some Salt and Pepper? How About 80,000 Shakers Worth?' by Derek Workman. And diving into the world of salt and pepper shakers has definitely been a fun one. I would love to know your favorite salt and pepper shakers, how many you might have in your collection, where you find most of them. It is a super fun topic, and if you do want to find salt and pepper shakers out there, I would highly suggest looking at Facebook Marketplace. A lot of the Canadian sellers that I know, including myself, we sell them on Whatnot, so find us there and also on eBay. Bex Scott: [00:20:11] They can get a little bit pricey, but I really find that the thrill is in the hunt. So check out garage sales. Even ask your family members. I'm sure your grandparents, your parents might even have some stuffed in their china cabinets that they're not using. It's just fun to see how many were produced, how many different kinds are out there, and just to see the evolution of them over time. And if you are buying them to resell them, it is really important to look for damage on them. They, I've found, are one of the easiest things to chip and to break, even the smallest little bump. They chip quite easily, especially if you have, like the little Lefton bird shakers, looking on the ears of animals and the beaks. And just anywhere where there's a corner that they may have been hit against something, just keep an eye out. But if it's for your own personal collection, then it's a lot easier just to pick them up in any condition that they are. So I'd love to connect. You can find me on Instagram @PyrexWithBex. You can find me on Whatnot. Selling weekly on Fridays at usually around 2 p.m. Mountain Standard, and my username on Whatnot is Pyrex with Bex. I sell a variety of vintage items, including Pyrex, of course, but a lot of smaller items and jewelry as well. So I hope you enjoyed this episode of salt and pepper shakers. And when you're sitting down at dinner tonight, you might think of the shakers on your table in a different light. 

By Scott Ashley in Gatlinburg, Tennessee 2024 - October 24, 2024 - “Gone but not forgotten” is a common inscription on gravestones. Human beings forget, but God has not forgotten all those who have ever lived. How will He give them their opportunity for salvation?

In this special re-air of one of our most popular episodes, Alex & Annie revisit our insightful conversation with Tom Goodwin, CEO of Mountain Laurel Chalets. Tom's remarkable journey in the vacation rental industry, from unexpected beginnings to building a brand rooted in community, continues to inspire. Tom's Journey: Discover how Tom's unexpected entry into the vacation rental world, through his wife's family-run business in Gatlinburg, evolved into a thriving venture. His initial 18-month commitment turned into an 11-year commitment, filled with challenges and triumphs. Community and Branding: Explore Tom's insights into the profound impact of community involvement and branding in the hospitality industry. Learn how his diverse background seamlessly translated into revitalizing the Mountain Laurel Chalets brand. Looking to the Future: Tom shares his excitement for the future, including the acquisition of a new business and plans for a local podcast. Stay tuned as he promises to keep us updated on his journey throughout the year. Key Takeaways:

Pat and Sean discuss Andy Serkis, Rocket Power, and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 

By Scott Ashley in Gatlinburg, Tennessee 2024 - October 18, 2024 - Will a temple be rebuilt in Jerusalem before Jesus Christ's return? What does the Bible say? Members should come away from this with an understanding of the purpose of the red heifer sacrifice, Israeli Jews' attitudes toward the sacrifice and rebuilding a temple (both pro and con), how Antiochus Epiphanes ended sacrifices and defiled the temple, and how this is a type of end-time events as foretold by Jesus Christ and the apostles.

By Gary Petty in Gatlinburg, Tennessee 2024 - October 19, 2024 - The Feast of Tabernacles is a time to focus on the future when Jesus Christ returns to establish God's Kingdom on earth. But when we return home to face the daily grind of job stress, inflation, health issues, relationship problems and the feeling that the world around us is going crazy, it is easy to lose that vision. The solution for staying focused on God's vision in your life involves your “mindset.” In this Bible study we'll explore how a spiritual mindset is developed by learning to think biblically.

Today on City Cast Nashville, we're excited to welcome back food and travel contributor Margaret Littman to help you plan a fall trip to Gatlinburg. With local businesses in East Tennessee needing support after Hurricane Helene, now is the perfect time to visit — and to top it off, it's peak fall foliage season. Margaret shares the best spots for foodies, outdoor enthusiasts, and even tips for exploring Dollywood and the quirky attractions of Pigeon Forge. Thanks to Tecovas, our Western wear faves, for being our exclusive launch sponsor! **This episode originally aired September 5, 2024. Early voting is open now! Here is a link to times and locations, as well as a sample ballot. Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392⁩ Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

By Gary Petty in Gatlinburg, Tennessee 2024 - October 17, 2024 - We are here to celebrate the future harvest of the first resurrection and the reign of Jesus Christ on earth. But we are also here to celebrate our journey to that future.

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives, the hosts kick things off by sharing their experience at the Texas State Fair. Held annually in Dallas at the historic Fair Park, the State Fair of Texas has been a beloved tradition since 1886, with only a few interruptions during World War I, World War II, and in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair typically runs from the last Friday in September for 24 days. Kyle then shares a story about his recent outing to the movies with his youngest son, Luke, to see the gruesome Terrifier 3. Next, they dive into some intriguing news stories. An outdoorsman and mushroom forager spots a small, bipedal humanoid wandering through the woods—something far from a typical forest animal. Then, they explore a chilling encounter in the mountains near Gatlinburg, TN, where a couple comes face-to-face with a human-sized creature that shapeshifts into a smaller entity. Later, two women driving near Hillsboro, Ohio, witness a strange, pitch-black quadruped with eerie white eyes emerging from the tall grass. After the break, a hiker in Wisconsin believes they may have encountered a "Glimmer Man" while walking on a park trail. Finally, a grandfather recounts a childhood memory of encountering several "ape-men" while panning for gold with his family near Elliot Lake, Ontario. All of this and more on this episode of Expanded Perspectives! Sponsors: AG1: If there is one product we had to recommend to elevate your health, it's AG1, and that's why we have partnered with them for so long. So if you want to take ownership of your health, you gotta start with AG1! Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3+K2 and 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase exclusively at drinkAG1.com/expanded.  Uncommon Goods: To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.COM/EXPANDED. That's UNCOMMONGOODS.COM/EXPANDED, for 15% off! Don't miss out on this limited time offer! Uncommon Goods. We're all out of the ordinary. Show Notes: State Fair of Texas Mushroom Hunter Observes Gnome Walking Through Woods Human-Shaped Being Transforms Into Smaller Entity in the Great Smoky Mountains Shiny Black, White-Eyed Quadrupedal Creature Observed Near Hillsboro, Ohio "Glimmer Man" Encountered Multiple Times on Northeast Wisconsin Trail Frightening Elliot Lake "Ape-Men" Encounter Expanded Perspectives Elite 

Spooky SZN is officially upon us! Executive producer Whitney Pastorek, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and Hey Nashville newsletter editor Margaret Kingsbury share ideas for Halloween costumes and trick-or-treating, great family activities at the Zoo and local farms, can't-miss comedy and music, and the best food and drink events of the month. We're also quibbling with the Belcourt's rules for their upcoming “Rocky Horror” screenings, and looking for info on who's giving out full-sized candy bars this year. For even more tips on how to make the most of October in Nashville, check out Hey Nashville's take on what to do this month.  And if you're looking for even MORE options, we've covered some great activities and opportunities across the city in recent episodes: We've got an insider's guide to fall football (if you haven't already given up on the Titans) and advice on how to start running now that the weather is a little cooler. We've tried to make sense of our local weed scene, and a look inside the best new bars and restaurants around the city. And if you simply must get out of town this month, we've got advice on how to find cheap flights out of BNA, and plans for the perfect weekend getaway to Gatlinburg, TN. City Cast Nashville's guide to October is made possible by our awesome exclusive launch sponsor, Tecovas.  City Cast Nashville brings you a new episode every weekday morning with the day's can't-miss conversation about life in Music City. We're covering the news and culture of our endlessly growing city from every perspective we can find — including yours. It's like a backyard barbecue and the whole town's invited, so whether you've lived here for a blink or a lifetime, we hope you'll pull up a lawn chair and sit a while. Learn more at nashville.citycast.fm. The deadline to register to vote for November's Federal and State election is Oct. 7. Register, check your status, or update your information at govotetn.com. By the way, we'd love for you to write in and tell us why you vote — or don't vote — for a special episode we're planning.  Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

This week’s episode features the triumphant return of special guest Hannah Wallace, as she and the East Coast branch of the podcast fight their way through the wilds of Gatlinburg. (But really, they saw a bear and everything!) As they fill in Elizabeth on their adventures, everybody gets a chance to talk about what we’ve... The post Binary System Podcast #426 – The Crown, Kaos, Time Bandits, Better Call Saul, and Star Trek Lower Decks first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Capture great memories with a pic in an Almost Heaven swing and a visit to some of the state's most beautiful waterfalls…Move over, Dollywood, as West Virginia's first mountain coaster prepares to open in Mercer County…and share your innovative ideas at the Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV TOURISM –  Looking for a fun adventure in the Mountain State? Hit two birds with one stone by stopping by an Almost Heaven Swing for a photo and visiting one of the waterfalls listed on the West Virginia Waterfall Trail! Plan a getaway to Blackwater Falls State Park, where you can take a hike and explore several stunning waterfalls as well as capture a photo on the oversized handcrafted swing. It's a great way to preserve vacation memories. Or, enjoy a tour on the new Rail Explorers Railbikes in Clay County, where you'll find an Almost Heaven swing as well as the Devil's Sawmill waterfall on Buffalo Creek. Check out wvtourism.com for a list of additional places to visit. And don't forget to download your free mobile passport to the West Virginia Waterfall Trail and share your scenic photos using #AlmostHeaven! Read more: https://wvtourism.com/explore-the-perfect-pair-almost-heaven-swings-waterfalls-in-west-virginia/   #2 – From WV NEWS –  A new mountain coaster is on track to open at Brush Creek Falls Resort in Mercer County by mid-October, weather permitting. The resort has been steadily adding features to enhance the guest experience. Upcoming developments include a ropes course with an observation deck, a hiking trail connecting the resort to Brush Creek Falls, an arcade, a taproom featuring local brews, and a moonshine distillery inspired by similar attractions in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The resort currently offers cabins, RV lots, putt-putt golf, gem mining, and more, ensuring a variety of activities for all ages. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/brush-creek-falls-resort-set-to-open-new-rollercoaster-and-expanded-attractions-this-fall/article_b023e8a0-6bd2-11ef-838a-d71fc3fdacb7.html   #3 – From WV HIVE – Got a great idea for an innovative new product? The WV Hive Network has announced the Fall 2024 installment of its Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition.  During the in-person competition, you will have five minutes to present your idea to a panel of judges and explain why it is innovative and how it will make a difference to southern WV. The competition, to be held at WVU Tech in Beckley, is open to residents and businesses located in select southern counties as well as WVU Tech students.  The deadline to apply is noon on October 15. Learn more: https://wvhive.com/business-idea-competition/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome back to another Happy Hour, Besties! We're sure as hell glad it's Friday. In this Happy Hour: Vegas, here we come! When in Gatlinburg... (go to Sexy Stuf) Amazon's mandatory RTO Humanity in the workplace Your To-Do List: Grab merch, submit Questions & Comments, and make sure that you're the first to know about our In-Person Meetings (events!) at https://www.hrbesties.com. Follow your Besties across the socials and check out our resumes here: https://www.hrbesties.com/about.  We look forward to seeing you in our next meeting - don't worry, we'll have a hard stop! Yours in Business + Bullsh*t,  Leigh, Jamie & Ashley Follow Bestie Leigh! https://www.tiktok.com/@hrmanifesto https://www.instagram.com/hrmanifesto https://www.hrmanifesto.com Follow Bestie Ashley! https://www.tiktok.com/@managermethod  https://www.instagram.com/managermethod https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyherd/ https://managermethod.com Follow Bestie Jamie! https://www.millennialmisery.com/ Humorous Resources: Instagram • YouTube • Threads • Facebook • X Millennial Misery: Instagram • Threads • Facebook • X Horrendous HR: Instagram • Threads • Facebook Tune in to “HR Besties,” a business, work and management podcast hosted by Leigh Elena Henderson (HRManifesto), Ashley Herd (ManagerMethod) and Jamie Jackson (Humorous_Resources), where we navigate the labyrinth of corporate culture, from cringe corporate speak to toxic leadership. Whether you're in Human Resources or not, corporate or small business, we offer sneak peeks into surviving work, hiring strategies, and making the employee experience better for all. Tune in for real talk on employee engagement, green flags in the workplace, and how to turn red flags into real change. Don't miss our chats about leadership, career coaching, and takes from work travel and watercooler gossip. Get new episodes every Wednesday and Friday, follow us on socials for the latest updates, and join us at our virtual happy hours to share your HR stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For This Friday Quick Fix - I had the opportunity to go to the Mountain Music Festival - Aka Monsters On The Mountain in Gatlinburg, TN. and I'm going to share a quick review covering the entire day's festivities. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin' start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining and want to share with you. You will still get a regular full length episode every Sunday as usual Please Consider Supporting The Artist We Feature In This and Every Episode: (You can support them by purchasing Music, Merch, or A Concert Ticket) In This Episode You Heard: 38 Special, and Jackyl Reach Out To Us: Email: growinuprock@gmail.com Follow Us@: Facebook Loud Minority Group Twitter Instagram Website: https://growinuprock.com Pantheon Podcast Network A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Please consider leaving us a five star review in one of the following places to help the podcast get discovered by others: GUR On Apple Podcast GUR On Podchaser GUR On Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

City Cast Nashville food and travel contributor Margaret Littman returns with the first in a recurring series we'll be doing on the best road trips for a weekend away from Nashville! Today, she's telling host Grace Fuisz all about the Gatlinburg area: It's more than just pancakes — this East Tennessee town is becoming a must-visit destination for foodies, thanks to some new high-end bistros and steakhouses. Plus, tips for how to enjoy the gateway to the Smoky Mountains as an outdoor enthusiast, and where to learn great arts and crafts skills while you're in town. And of course, she takes us right up the road to Dollywood and the delightfully tacky tourist traps of Pigeon Forge, too. Thanks to Tecovas, our Western wear faves, for being our exclusive launch sponsor! Read Margaret's recent article on Gatlinburg's Rocky Waters Inn here. Need to register to vote for the November election? Visit govotetn.com. Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our Hey Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE. 

In 2016, a wildfire escaped the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It killed 14 people, injured dozens more and destroyed parts of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. We talk with an investigative journalist who has new information on the incident.Also, four decades ago rice seeds from Laos crossed the ocean to California and made their way to a family of Hmong farmers in North Carolina.And the Appalachian trail has been exhaustively hiked, explored and written about, but it's still got a few secrets left.

This week we return with our day-by-day recap of the recent Mountain Music Fest. This 3 day festival from the Monsters of Rock cruise organizers took place in Gatlinburg, TN. It had a great lineup of rock artists including Great White, Joan Jett, 38 Special, Tora Tora, Dangerous Toys, Tesla, and a ton more. Additionally, there was an awesome Punchlines and Backlines Comedy Show that was loaded with laughs. In addition to the awesome lineup, this event allowed us to reconnect with a bunch of friends and make new ones as well. A bunch of great exhibitors including vinyl sellers, record labels, and guitar string jewelry were in the house as well. In this discussion, we share our full review of the entire weekend. What bands were the best? Did anyone disappoint? Did someone lose consciousness? You'll have to listen to find out! We hope you enjoy our Mountain Music Fest Recap and SHARE with a friend! Decibel Geek is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcasts family. Contact Us! Rate, Review, and Subscribe in iTunes Join the Facebook Fan Page Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram E-mail Us Subscribe to our Youtube channel! Support Us! Buy a T-Shirt! Donate to the show! Stream Us! Stitcher Radio Spreaker TuneIn Become a VIP Subscriber! Click HERE for more info! Comment Below Direct Download  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we return with our day-by-day recap of the recent Mountain Music Fest. This 3 day festival from the Monsters of Rock cruise organizers took place in Gatlinburg, TN. It had a great lineup of rock artists including Great White, Joan Jett, 38 Special, Tora Tora, Dangerous Toys, Tesla, and a ton more. Additionally, there was an awesome Punchlines and Backlines Comedy Show that was loaded with laughs. In addition to the awesome lineup, this event allowed us to reconnect with a bunch of friends and make new ones as well. A bunch of great exhibitors including vinyl sellers, record labels, and guitar string jewelry were in the house as well. In this discussion, we share our full review of the entire weekend. What bands were the best? Did anyone disappoint? Did someone lose consciousness? You'll have to listen to find out! We hope you enjoy our Mountain Music Fest Recap and SHARE with a friend! Decibel Geek is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcasts family. Contact Us! Rate, Review, and Subscribe in iTunes Join the Facebook Fan Page Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram E-mail Us Subscribe to our Youtube channel! Support Us! Buy a T-Shirt! Donate to the show! Stream Us! Stitcher Radio Spreaker TuneIn Become a VIP Subscriber! Click HERE for more info! Comment Below Direct Download  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, ya little PB&Js! On episode 137 of HINKY, Carrie and Sara are ready for the end of summer (the high temp on the day we recorded was 93F). Carrie talks about her new FAVORite restaurant, and Sara recaps her impromptu trip to Gatlinburg. There's a pretty decent grocery store snack haul for Everybody Tries, and Sara tells us the history of the company behind some of your favorite cereals for the HINKY History Lesson. What else do we get into? Follow us wherever you get your podcasts to find out! Social media:   Hungry in Kentucky: New episodes every other Wednesday   Twitter and IG @hungryinky   Bluegrass Bourbon and Eats:   Facebook and IG @bluegrassbourbonandeats   Twitter @bbandeats   Girls Beer Sports: New episodes every Tuesday   Facebook and IG @girlsbeersports   Twitter @grlsbeersports   Bluegrass Bourbon and Eats is also a blog! Read our posts at bbandeats.com

Jerry & Tracy discuss the most haunted location in Cincinnati, their infamous Music Hall. Jeff Carter shares a horrifying story from Gatlinburg, TN

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