What did you learn from the last recession?

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The biggest lesson I learned was that cash is king for real. When that credit crunch hit the banks were stingier than a mf :francis:

Cash could get you homes for pennies on the dollar in major markets in some cases. Steep discounts for sure. Next recession I'll be waiting :eat:
 

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Learned that Big Business is Too Big To Fail:huhldup:

...getting my BA Degree in 08 was the worst timing:dame:

And, in hindsight everything that was taught to a 90s Kid was a Bald-headed Lie:mjcry:
 

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The biggest lesson I learned was that cash is king for real. When that credit crunch hit the banks were stingier than a mf :francis:

Cash could get you homes for pennies on the dollar in major markets in some cases. Steep discounts for sure. Next recession I'll be waiting :eat:
THIS ^. I know someone personally who bought 12-15 Homes in Detroit for literally pennies on the dollar. He bought some homes for $10k, and now he's already collecting $800/month rent on them. :ohlawd:
 

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The biggest lesson I learned was that cash is king for real. When that credit crunch hit the banks were stingier than a mf :francis:

Cash could get you homes for pennies on the dollar in major markets in some cases. Steep discounts for sure. Next recession I'll be waiting :eat:
That borrowers are stupid as fukk :snoop:
 

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That capitalism and the business cycle is highly unstable if inadequately managed
 

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when the stock price for one of these well established "too big to be allowed to fail" corporations plummets, buy bulk load of shares before it goes back up.

if i was into investing back in '08 i would've been eating like an emperor off of GM or Ford stock right now.
:mjcry:
 

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when the stock price for one of these well established "too big to be allowed to fail" corporations plummets, buy bulk load of shares before it goes back up.

if i was into investing back in '08 i would've been eating like an emperor off of GM or Ford stock right now.
:mjcry:
GM filed for Bankruptcy though. I know people who lost large amounts of money because of that. You don't get your money back
 
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GM filed for Bankruptcy though. I know people who lost large amounts of money because of that. You don't get your money back
my memory is hazy but i know there were a few large corps that didnt file bankruptcy that were great buys at a point. maybe not GM but im pretty sure Ford was one of em as well as a few others.

but youre right in that we should be careful not to throw our money to companies teetering too close to the edge. still gotta do some research/due dilligence for any company you wanna invest in.

sheiiit i think tesla dropped down to $14/share or something close to that during that time.

lots of missed opportunities.
 

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Only thing I learned was that graduating from college in the midst of a deep recession sucks. :francis:

If I could go back and do it over, I'd seriously consider staying in college a couple more years and getting my Masters and entering the workforce when the economy was at least starting to get better.
 
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