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Old February 7, 2023, 10:51 AM
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Default Muskville, TX

So, what is this?

Trendville? Cash in on the future with Elon?

Allegedly, Mr. Musk has purchased a 45k tiny FOLDABLE home.

FOLDABL is the company name. If he has some skin in that game, be for sures it will be a hot topic.

Small, TINY homes have been discussed...along with backyard greenhouses, to have more these days, less seems to be the direction to go.

So, combine recession, inflation, earthquakes, on going wars, and all that adds up to OPPORTUNITY, because people may be downsizing to communities of these fold up and go homes. Imagine, Muskville, TX, Elon Village, OH, EM City, CA. Maybe built on old golf courses, you don't like the upstate NY weather in winter?

Move your house to the FL panhandle for the winter.

We've been discussing tiny houses here for several years now, but it feels like it is about to become a movement, another TIDAL WAVE of opportunity.

As an aside, ANYthing you can do to help people make/save money is going to be an ongoing HOT topic for some time to come.

Gordon
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Old February 8, 2023, 02:58 PM
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Default Joe Sixpack's view...

Hi Gordon,

Very interesting!

How can "Joe Sixpack" profit from this?

The only thing that comes to my mind at the moment is some kind of consulting service...

Or... Will these "unfolding" homes need specialized repair services in the future?

Best wishes!

Dien

P.S. Here's a house being "unfolded"...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2YDxVi02I

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So, what is this?

Trendville? Cash in on the future with Elon?

Allegedly, Mr. Musk has purchased a 45k tiny FOLDABLE home.

FOLDABL is the company name. If he has some skin in that game, be for sures it will be a hot topic.

Small, TINY homes have been discussed...along with backyard greenhouses, to have more these days, less seems to be the direction to go.

So, combine recession, inflation, earthquakes, on going wars, and all that adds up to OPPORTUNITY, because people may be downsizing to communities of these fold up and go homes. Imagine, Muskville, TX, Elon Village, OH, EM City, CA. Maybe built on old golf courses, you don't like the upstate NY weather in winter?

Move your house to the FL panhandle for the winter.

We've been discussing tiny houses here for several years now, but it feels like it is about to become a movement, another TIDAL WAVE of opportunity.

As an aside, ANYthing you can do to help people make/save money is going to be an ongoing HOT topic for some time to come.

Gordon
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Old February 8, 2023, 09:12 PM
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Default Joe Sixpack's view... an aptly named bystander.

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Hi Gordon,
Very interesting!
How can "Joe Sixpack" profit from this?
The only thing that comes to my mind at the moment is some kind of consulting service...
Or... Will these "unfolding" homes need specialized repair services in the future?
Best wishes!
Dien
P.S. Here's a house being "unfolded"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W2YDxVi02I

Funny thing about Joe, the six pack is the beer in his hand, not the washboard abs he dreams about.

Today at the Circle K, saw an old man buy 2 packs of smokes, for 16 bux.

I asked, he said about two days worth. 15 x 16 = 240 a month x 12 =2880 a year, or 28 THOUSAND DOLLARS a decade all for lung cancer, etc. Such is the tobacco A D D I C T I O N .

So, Joe Schmoe, Joe Avg. your Joe Sixpack won't be involved.

An average person like me, however, might profit if motivated by educating myself all about the subject...and one thing, Musk doesn't consider, although he is getting smarter at this...

How future POLITICIANs WILL want theirs. Permits, rules, regs, RULES, and fees, fees, and more fees. Along with a lot of yelling and screaming.

Elon is right to find some rural area for his sanctuary.

Maybe, I, GJ Avg. Can offer inside the mountain, clothing optional, fully developed plug in sites for these folding homes of the future. We avg Joes like to dream big.

Wait. Doesn't Big Fed own all the rights to inside retreats? Shucks, there goes that idea.

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Old February 8, 2023, 03:18 PM
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Default "Futuristic" apartments...

Hi Gordon,

Your post made me think of something I'm fond of... though haven't done much with... which is futuristic "compact" apartments!

I don't really like small apartments... I lived in a "studio apartment" (where the whole apartment is one room, plus the bathroom) once... when I lived for 4 months in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea, many years ago... A bit too small for me!

But this "futuristic" apartment... Pretty impressive!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7cx_JbvTY

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. This other channel also has interesting "futuristic" stuff... https://www.youtube.com/@iCreatived

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Old February 8, 2023, 07:46 PM
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Default Re: "Futuristic" apartments...

You and Gangnam style, makes me chuckle...I see a few K. Adults with an Aussie Accent, from their
English
teacher...HA!

There will be some urban apps, so you can plug your foldable into a story, where all plumbing and electrical are preset quick connects. Just plug it in. Every high rise will have its own crane, to lift up or drop down your house.

And maybe an Electric MuskTruk to turn it into an RV, off road and everything.

The future, clear as a day in Point Reyes, CA. (200 fog days a year).

Now, where is my flying car 1957? You promised.

Gordon


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Hi Gordon,

Your post made me think of something I'm fond of... though haven't done much with... which is futuristic "compact" apartments!

I don't really like small apartments... I lived in a "studio apartment" (where the whole apartment is one room, plus the bathroom) once... when I lived for 4 months in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea, many years ago... A bit too small for me!

But this "futuristic" apartment... Pretty impressive!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7cx_JbvTY

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. This other channel also has interesting "futuristic" stuff... https://www.youtube.com/@iCreatived
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Default I Just Built a Plastic Wall Which Will Make Me $4200++ This Winter

Thanks Gordon/Dien,

https://glennosborn.com/images/plasticbrickwall.jpg

My Back Ground in Stick-Built construction gives me Cost Cutting And Down-Sizing OPTIONS Others don't have.

MY VERSION of Elon Musk - TINY HOUSE STRATEGY.

Create a Tiny HEATED House
Inside Your House or condo.

HEAT
ONE or 2 Rooms
Not the Whole House

A - Close the doors and Wall off Entrances to the Rooms You Spend all your Time in.

B - Plug a few 99.00 Heater Boards into any wall socket.

C - Use LED Bulbs and LED Solar Lamps.

VOILA -

My Electric Bill in Summer in down to 31.00 a month

My Fuel Oil Bill Was 500.00 a Month X 8 months. (Fuel oil Went up this week) But NOW It is ZERO cuz I shut My Furnace Off.

Heating two Rooms - the Size of Two Suv's End to End - Saves Heating the other 70% of the House.

Ignore the Beach Towels at top and sides. (I will replace that with White Foam)

This Wall is a Better Version of my PLASTIC Sheet Wall - A Crazy Test. Temp was 15 Degrees COLDER on One Side of the Plastic than the other.

So I Replaced it with a MUCH Better Insulating Plastic Brick Wall.

Here is one of dozens of "EverBlock" Youtube Videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8K6lFC4go

I Like thet I Can Put it up and Take it down. MYSELF. Or get the option that has a Door. My hall was too narrow for a door.

SHUT OFF My Furnace.

Btwn Led Bulbs, Solar lamps, 0.25 kw Hr Heat Boards that cost 1/3 what any others do.

A - I am Heating ONE room and my Kitchen. 70 degrees. (40 to 50 degrees in the Rest of the house.)

B - Conservatively I have saved 65 GRAND over the past 10 years.

C - Already Selling these Ideas to Clients and Ezine Readers.

KNOWING that "Time of Day" Pricing will 5X My electric Bill is Motivating.

Getting REVENGE on My Gas and Electric and Fuel Oil Companies
Has SUPER-CHARGED me.

Elon Musk CONFIRMS what we all must do QUICKLY.

Thanks,
Glenn

P.S. - Conservative Estimate - I Have Saved 65Grand over the Past 10 years. And I Just Built my Plastic Wall - so My Moolah Banked will go Up.

Email me if you want to Look at Stuff You Can Do with these foot Long
L*go Like Plastic Blocks.

The Entrepreneur Inventor - sold the Biz. And Since I sent Jennifer-in-Sales a Case of "Wgt Loss SunGlasses"

Any Phone Call You Make Will be Pre-Heated.

Build a Chair or a Desk - for example.

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