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No. 8 Oregon Ducks
It's the first game of the season, but the No. 3 team in the country isn't supposed to struggle like this. What made Oregon's hard-earned 24-14 win over FCS opponent Idaho -- at home, no less -- even more confounding is that it gained 487 yards on offense, held its opponents to just 217 total yards, had 31 first downs and only one turnover, and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes of game time. So, how did the Oregon end up with only 24 points? In short, the Ducks were sloppy. The offensive line was a sieve, allowing three sacks, accounting for seven of Oregon's eight penalties that cost it 60 yards and stalled a handful of promising drives.

Oregon appeared to move the ball at will, and Oklahoma transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel debuted for the Ducks with 380 yards and 7.8 yards per pass, as well as two touchdowns, but he also had a fumble and threw the ball 49 times. Gabriel completed 41 of those 49 passes, but the balance between him and the running game didn't look to be quite established as the Ducks barely crossed 100 yards rushing as a team. Even though the defense looked close to midseason form, to say there's room for improvement for Dan Lanning's team would be an understatement as it heads into much tougher matchups. -- Paolo Uggetti
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
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No. 8 Oregon Ducks
It's the first game of the season, but the No. 3 team in the country isn't supposed to struggle like this. What made Oregon's hard-earned 24-14 win over FCS opponent Idaho -- at home, no less -- even more confounding is that it gained 487 yards on offense, held its opponents to just 217 total yards, had 31 first downs and only one turnover, and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes of game time. So, how did the Oregon end up with only 24 points? In short, the Ducks were sloppy. The offensive line was a sieve, allowing three sacks, accounting for seven of Oregon's eight penalties that cost it 60 yards and stalled a handful of promising drives.

Oregon appeared to move the ball at will, and Oklahoma transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel debuted for the Ducks with 380 yards and 7.8 yards per pass, as well as two touchdowns, but he also had a fumble and threw the ball 49 times. Gabriel completed 41 of those 49 passes, but the balance between him and the running game didn't look to be quite established as the Ducks barely crossed 100 yards rushing as a team. Even though the defense looked close to midseason form, to say there's room for improvement for Dan Lanning's team would be an understatement as it heads into much tougher matchups. -- Paolo Uggetti
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Pretty much spot on assessment.
 
kjironman1 said:
I agree. I have a couple rentals. I (Like pretty much every other property owner) refinanced when rates were very low. We all benefitted from the increased value of the property. I held my rent rates at a reasonable amount. Yes some increases in Insurance and Taxes are making me increase a little bit but some of these greedy landlords are going nuts.
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It's corporations owning single family housing, and especially foreign corporations.

But it's absurd how much apartments cost now. My buddy was paying something like $900 a month for two bedrooms in Sherwood back in like 2008. It's at least double that now.
 
kjironman1 said:
Honestly that is total package at $92. We get almost $48 as a journeyman with $5 over for foreman wages on the check. This raise would probably go mostly on the check because our pension is over funded at about 103%. Health insurance is expensive but we have very good insurance and dental as well as life. Part of that package also goes to annuity and PTO.
Superheroes are not cheap!
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But unions are awful! You probably give half your checks in union dues
 
kjironman1 said:
I agree. I have a couple rentals. I (Like pretty much every other property owner) refinanced when rates were very low. We all benefitted from the increased value of the property. I held my rent rates at a reasonable amount. Yes some increases in Insurance and Taxes are making me increase a little bit but some of these greedy landlords are going nuts.
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Oregon is one of many states joined in a recent lawsuit going after nationwide landlord collusion jacking rents

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/doj-realpage-landlord-rent-collusion-antitrust.html

STOMP
 
kjironman1 said:
I read that. A number of companies have tried to buy my houses. I wonder if they are all connected?
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probably not connected legally however well hidden they are under layers of ownership flow charts

but certainly connected by motivation and mission. Sharks in bloody water. Hedge funds & capital management firms with billions in cash looking for high yield opportunities, not caring at all about any long term damage they cause. That's not new capitalism obviously; pools of investors looking for unregulated markets to exploit has happened for decades

this 'scheming' seems pretty simple: find an area with low to average home values and low to average rental prices. Gain the necessary market share thru collusion to control prices. Then jack up rents for the quick return portion on investment. Higher rents yield escalating home values which in turn, feeds even higher rents and home values. Then cash out on the artificially bloated home value before the inevitable crash. And use the billions made to buy yachts, 3rd homes, art, and blood diamonds while bribing politicians and looking for some other saps to fuck over
 
wizenheimer said:
probably not connected legally however well hidden they are under layers of ownership flow charts

but certainly connected by motivation and mission. Sharks in bloody water. Hedge funds & capital management firms with billions in cash looking for high yield opportunities, not caring at all about any long term damage they cause. That's not new capitalism obviously; pools of investors looking for unregulated markets to exploit has happened for decades

this 'scheming' seems pretty simple: find an area with low to average home values and low to average rental prices. Gain the necessary market share thru collusion to control prices. Then jack up rents for the quick return portion on investment. Higher rents yield escalating home values which in turn, feeds even higher rents and home values. Then cash out on the artificially bloated home value before the inevitable crash. And use the billions made to buy yachts, 3rd homes, art, and blood diamonds while bribing politicians and looking for some other saps to fuck over
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Pretty good albeit dismal explanation.
 
I retired from a company that provided company paid mthly pension along with 401K matching. Midwestern company.
 
Well, the millennials are aging out, and the capital has gone too because the Boomers took it with them. So we have to work with what we already know. We can apply what we know in new ways, but the whole necessity of mother invention doesn't happen in a year. That's a generational process.
Peter Zeihan
 
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