[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@shawngorham](/creator/twitter/shawngorham) "My absolute boomer of a friend he's XX told me he has X Bitcoin and its over $240000 I have to help the man check email on his phone. You can just do/own things"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1945628091914883231) 2025-07-16 23:34:19 UTC 72.2K followers, 9298 engagements "Welcome to So Cal Buy real estate hold it"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1945915460798513173) 2025-07-17 18:36:13 UTC 72.2K followers, 36.1K engagements "$325000 spread - most likely a wholesaler buyer who didnt want to risk disclosing their spread on a deal. The home wasnt touched - bought and re-listed. Of course you can ask whatever you want. but if they get it home run (hope their disclosures are rock solid)"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947693215085432952) 2025-07-22 16:20:23 UTC 72.2K followers, 2719 engagements "Tour de France - you have to experience it"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1944031862873092304) 2025-07-12 13:51:29 UTC 72.2K followers, 10.2K engagements "@jamesonhaslam Wait are your vans that organized"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947644739915809259) 2025-07-22 13:07:46 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements "F-ing deal fees. I am buying a house for $552k that I think is worth $725k wholesalers will say its worth $765k. Rehab to sell is $60k Rehab to rent would be $25k Buying costs are $5k Holding Costs (hard money) is $18k Sales Costs are $45k $68k is going to buying holding selling right off the top As a flip it makes $50-60k"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1948071222295871765) 2025-07-23 17:22:27 UTC 72.2K followers, 39.9K engagements "Every comment: you are would have been better off in the S&P XXX X. Your home is not an investment its your home. Appreciation is a benefit X. Yall assumed a cash purchase of $78k - which was highly unlikely X. This theory excludes housing benefits tax dedications stability fixed payment vs appreciable rents Bottom line to compare to the S&P is apples and oranges - yet XX comments did it"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946206038123782563) 2025-07-18 13:50:52 UTC 72.1K followers, 22.6K engagements "@therobertbrooks Just go ryobi and juice the numbers for sale"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946984108875554839) 2025-07-20 17:22:39 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements "@BremekampTeylor They prob spend $900k to build in soft and hard costs including land"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947827622710575280) 2025-07-23 01:14:28 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements "@VladTheInflator I know so many contractors who never slowed down or missed a day of work got $500k+ and bought boats and 2nd houses"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947827342501679291) 2025-07-23 01:13:21 UTC 72.2K followers, 9841 engagements "In So Cal the average flip is purchased in the $800k - $1mm range and sold for a $50-75k net profit There is no shortage of groups who will flip for $25-40k profit and go for volume Most are leveraging XX% to ARV so the ROI looks amazing Then annualize it and it looks to be 30%+ and you think your buffet To much risk for too little reward if you ask me"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1945468434923372636) 2025-07-16 12:59:54 UTC 72.2K followers, 73.5K engagements "First Saturday in years Im not on my bike so we went for a X mile walk (its XXX out)"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946598562672103770) 2025-07-19 15:50:38 UTC 72.1K followers, 12.5K engagements "Dear Jesus Please give me the confidence to build a $1.785mm (asking price) home in a market where the average sale price is under $400000 and the average income is under $65000"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947817737121894456) 2025-07-23 00:35:11 UTC 72.2K followers, 98.4K engagements "I am a dumbass and I think the only way for me to make money is get back on a roof demolition or flip houses. All three of these (which I have done for over XX years) are life on HARD MODE. You would only know if you have run a local service business. My wife and I have adult kids now and prefer to be remote/location agnostic vs getting to an office at 5am daily. I have an absolute mental block in this area. What should I do What ideas do you have for me Help me out"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947379287155478691) 2025-07-21 19:32:57 UTC 72.2K followers, 87.1K engagements "Leanne Ford (married to founder of Buck Mason) has long been one of my favorite interior designers. I suspected she was a Christian but she never said it outright in the many years of following her on Insta. Leanne and her husband had bought a house in LA (again) three weeks before it was lost in a fire. They still live in PA after leaving a couple of years prior. Now I know Leanne actually has a deep faith as I suspected for many years. I have a Bible collection I would be devastated if I lost it. They are my most important Heirlooms"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1885371939432047002) 2025-01-31 16:57:53 UTC 72.1K followers, 3362 engagements "Check out this TERRIBLE flip wow They are going to lose money"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1945630349960286510) 2025-07-16 23:43:18 UTC 72.2K followers, 12.4K engagements "@shainadenny Open the 1st weekend of August"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946366564640452708) 2025-07-19 00:28:45 UTC 72.1K followers, XXX engagements "@BPD1776 flippers need so much help. thats my wifes job. she is the creative"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947380809813660107) 2025-07-21 19:39:00 UTC 72.1K followers, 1473 engagements "What if you could buy and hold it Purchase is $552k and ARV is $725k. It would need $25k to be rent ready. In theory you are picking up $148k in equity on the balance sheet House will rent for $3200 BUT debt service is $3500+ Losing $XXX a month However there is a detechaed garage and a large yard. Perfect area for an ADU Lets say you spent $150k on a 600sq foot ADU garage conversion + add XXX sq feet It would rent for $2500 Now our gross rents are $3200+$2500= $5700 Basis is $727k Debt Service is $5000 Rents are $5700 This is no money out of pocket Now the debt is paying down tax deduction"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1948071225752002897) 2025-07-23 17:22:28 UTC 72.2K followers, 5851 engagements "We are going to see and hear a lot more of this. Running a service business is hard - full stop. You have to understand the labor force which can be hard for many. When the tide goes out we see whos swimming naked"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946650774068514871) 2025-07-19 19:18:06 UTC 72.1K followers, 8408 engagements "Kinda shocked how little talk there is around high paying/solid middle class layoffs and incomes being down among self employed I am seeing it impact my community"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1941136849822724458) 2025-07-04 14:07:44 UTC 72.1K followers, 10.1K engagements "Timing of the market matters. I love looking at price history. Sold in 2008 for $239k and sold in 2012 for $250k - ZERO price appreciation in X years (a loss after sales costs) From 2012 to 2019 it traded at $100k more Then covid boom doubled it Market timing is REAL"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1937634020789223650) 2025-06-24 22:08:44 UTC 72.1K followers, 3928 engagements "You can buy small MF in Los Angeles and rehab right now for below replacement costs Even with that its a sub X% cap rate and very little demand. Not sure how this shakes out replacement cost isnt driving buyers"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947699328463867988) 2025-07-22 16:44:41 UTC 72.2K followers, 2350 engagements "I am due for a new truck - I typically only buy Ford. I must say the Dodge interior is so much nicer than Ford. Dodge is $7000 cheaper for more options than Ford Still not sure I can do it. but thought I would admit the interior is nicer"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1935523815481819295) 2025-06-19 02:23:32 UTC 72.1K followers, 125.2K engagements "Ive had a Ford Truck all my life. Ive owned all of them at one point. But my last two didnt have great luck Thinking of trying a RAM - but I hate change Prefer no turbos (too many issues) Wish I would have bought a Titan last year :( What would you buy"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1931119224380100964) 2025-06-06 22:41:16 UTC 72.2K followers, 102.5K engagements "@AnthonyCarneval most buyers in Joshua Tree the last X years have been from LA"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947834652515045439) 2025-07-23 01:42:24 UTC 72.2K followers, 1594 engagements "@talkingcockatoo Let me know how many properties you own in Joshua tree I have 20"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1947852031039029324) 2025-07-23 02:51:28 UTC 72.2K followers, 1007 engagements "Any of my friends own an Airbnb in big Bear"  [@shawngorham](/creator/x/shawngorham) on [X](/post/tweet/1946352448224047450) 2025-07-18 23:32:39 UTC 72.2K followers, 5287 engagements
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@shawngorham
"My absolute boomer of a friend he's XX told me he has X Bitcoin and its over $240000 I have to help the man check email on his phone. You can just do/own things"
@shawngorham on X 2025-07-16 23:34:19 UTC 72.2K followers, 9298 engagements
"Welcome to So Cal Buy real estate hold it" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-17 18:36:13 UTC 72.2K followers, 36.1K engagements
"$325000 spread - most likely a wholesaler buyer who didnt want to risk disclosing their spread on a deal. The home wasnt touched - bought and re-listed. Of course you can ask whatever you want. but if they get it home run (hope their disclosures are rock solid)" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-22 16:20:23 UTC 72.2K followers, 2719 engagements
"Tour de France - you have to experience it" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-12 13:51:29 UTC 72.2K followers, 10.2K engagements
"@jamesonhaslam Wait are your vans that organized" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-22 13:07:46 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements
"F-ing deal fees. I am buying a house for $552k that I think is worth $725k wholesalers will say its worth $765k. Rehab to sell is $60k Rehab to rent would be $25k Buying costs are $5k Holding Costs (hard money) is $18k Sales Costs are $45k $68k is going to buying holding selling right off the top As a flip it makes $50-60k" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 17:22:27 UTC 72.2K followers, 39.9K engagements
"Every comment: you are would have been better off in the S&P XXX X. Your home is not an investment its your home. Appreciation is a benefit X. Yall assumed a cash purchase of $78k - which was highly unlikely X. This theory excludes housing benefits tax dedications stability fixed payment vs appreciable rents Bottom line to compare to the S&P is apples and oranges - yet XX comments did it" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-18 13:50:52 UTC 72.1K followers, 22.6K engagements
"@therobertbrooks Just go ryobi and juice the numbers for sale" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-20 17:22:39 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements
"@BremekampTeylor They prob spend $900k to build in soft and hard costs including land" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 01:14:28 UTC 72.2K followers, XXX engagements
"@VladTheInflator I know so many contractors who never slowed down or missed a day of work got $500k+ and bought boats and 2nd houses" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 01:13:21 UTC 72.2K followers, 9841 engagements
"In So Cal the average flip is purchased in the $800k - $1mm range and sold for a $50-75k net profit There is no shortage of groups who will flip for $25-40k profit and go for volume Most are leveraging XX% to ARV so the ROI looks amazing Then annualize it and it looks to be 30%+ and you think your buffet To much risk for too little reward if you ask me" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-16 12:59:54 UTC 72.2K followers, 73.5K engagements
"First Saturday in years Im not on my bike so we went for a X mile walk (its XXX out)" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-19 15:50:38 UTC 72.1K followers, 12.5K engagements
"Dear Jesus Please give me the confidence to build a $1.785mm (asking price) home in a market where the average sale price is under $400000 and the average income is under $65000" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 00:35:11 UTC 72.2K followers, 98.4K engagements
"I am a dumbass and I think the only way for me to make money is get back on a roof demolition or flip houses. All three of these (which I have done for over XX years) are life on HARD MODE. You would only know if you have run a local service business. My wife and I have adult kids now and prefer to be remote/location agnostic vs getting to an office at 5am daily. I have an absolute mental block in this area. What should I do What ideas do you have for me Help me out" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-21 19:32:57 UTC 72.2K followers, 87.1K engagements
"Leanne Ford (married to founder of Buck Mason) has long been one of my favorite interior designers. I suspected she was a Christian but she never said it outright in the many years of following her on Insta. Leanne and her husband had bought a house in LA (again) three weeks before it was lost in a fire. They still live in PA after leaving a couple of years prior. Now I know Leanne actually has a deep faith as I suspected for many years. I have a Bible collection I would be devastated if I lost it. They are my most important Heirlooms" @shawngorham on X 2025-01-31 16:57:53 UTC 72.1K followers, 3362 engagements
"Check out this TERRIBLE flip wow They are going to lose money" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-16 23:43:18 UTC 72.2K followers, 12.4K engagements
"@shainadenny Open the 1st weekend of August" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-19 00:28:45 UTC 72.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@BPD1776 flippers need so much help. thats my wifes job. she is the creative" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-21 19:39:00 UTC 72.1K followers, 1473 engagements
"What if you could buy and hold it Purchase is $552k and ARV is $725k. It would need $25k to be rent ready. In theory you are picking up $148k in equity on the balance sheet House will rent for $3200 BUT debt service is $3500+ Losing $XXX a month However there is a detechaed garage and a large yard. Perfect area for an ADU Lets say you spent $150k on a 600sq foot ADU garage conversion + add XXX sq feet It would rent for $2500 Now our gross rents are $3200+$2500= $5700 Basis is $727k Debt Service is $5000 Rents are $5700 This is no money out of pocket Now the debt is paying down tax deduction" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 17:22:28 UTC 72.2K followers, 5851 engagements
"We are going to see and hear a lot more of this. Running a service business is hard - full stop. You have to understand the labor force which can be hard for many. When the tide goes out we see whos swimming naked" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-19 19:18:06 UTC 72.1K followers, 8408 engagements
"Kinda shocked how little talk there is around high paying/solid middle class layoffs and incomes being down among self employed I am seeing it impact my community" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-04 14:07:44 UTC 72.1K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Timing of the market matters. I love looking at price history. Sold in 2008 for $239k and sold in 2012 for $250k - ZERO price appreciation in X years (a loss after sales costs) From 2012 to 2019 it traded at $100k more Then covid boom doubled it Market timing is REAL" @shawngorham on X 2025-06-24 22:08:44 UTC 72.1K followers, 3928 engagements
"You can buy small MF in Los Angeles and rehab right now for below replacement costs Even with that its a sub X% cap rate and very little demand. Not sure how this shakes out replacement cost isnt driving buyers" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-22 16:44:41 UTC 72.2K followers, 2350 engagements
"I am due for a new truck - I typically only buy Ford. I must say the Dodge interior is so much nicer than Ford. Dodge is $7000 cheaper for more options than Ford Still not sure I can do it. but thought I would admit the interior is nicer" @shawngorham on X 2025-06-19 02:23:32 UTC 72.1K followers, 125.2K engagements
"Ive had a Ford Truck all my life. Ive owned all of them at one point. But my last two didnt have great luck Thinking of trying a RAM - but I hate change Prefer no turbos (too many issues) Wish I would have bought a Titan last year :( What would you buy" @shawngorham on X 2025-06-06 22:41:16 UTC 72.2K followers, 102.5K engagements
"@AnthonyCarneval most buyers in Joshua Tree the last X years have been from LA" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 01:42:24 UTC 72.2K followers, 1594 engagements
"@talkingcockatoo Let me know how many properties you own in Joshua tree I have 20" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-23 02:51:28 UTC 72.2K followers, 1007 engagements
"Any of my friends own an Airbnb in big Bear" @shawngorham on X 2025-07-18 23:32:39 UTC 72.2K followers, 5287 engagements