Best chase award offers, not sure what’s the best way to spend the points.

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I am staying in rent in bengalore and my house owner has hiked the rent by 70%. Question to People staying on rent, is everyone facing issues like this? What is the ideal rent for a 2bhk in your locality/society?

Starting to get into investing and generally a pretty risk averse person so not out here trying to make fast money. What mediums do people generally use to invest? Think I’m too easily stressed to pick individual stocks, but happy to take suggestions for platforms for both. TIA!

Newly minted consultant here looking for financial advice.

So I just moved to consulting after B school, and It's more money than I've made my entire life. After paying for rent and living expenses, I have 6000$ left over every month. My student loan payments are about 1200/month at 7% interest. I still owe another 95K on my loan. I have the option to pay more every month and reduce my overall interest paid.
Currently I put about 3000 towards my loan and 3000 towards my savings. Cont'd...

Has anyone ever heard of this type of real estate private equity fund structure:

-One LLC, so only one PPM
-Multiple investors that can be onboarded anytime
-Multiple investments that investors can determine whether or not they want to invest in
-One K-1 per investor based on their investments and income
-Ability for the Sponsor/Fund to invest directly, indirectly and in equity, debt, Pref, etc.
To me this seems extremely cumbersome and would require multiple classes of (cont’d)

If you know of anyone in Amsterdam looking for an Sr/CD Art Director, hit me up.
I'm in US at the moment but I wouldn't need a visa to work there.
Got experience, awards and press
Cheers

How serious are the independence/investment declarations while joining Big4’s in the U.K.
My parents have a couple of minor investments in the stock market. Do I have to include my parents investments even if they are citizens of another country and invest only within that country?

Need some guidance. Total newbie with Bitcoin and want to start investing. I downloaded Gemini. Any thoughts on the platform? Also understand cold storage is a must the bc an exchange not FDIC backed?

Just put my deposit down for a 6 mo wait for a datejust… any ways to speed up the wait time? 😬😳 Want it on my wrist already!!

What’s the best savings account to keep money in? Interest rate? Minimum balance requirement? Annual fees?

Anybody got decent turnip prices today? I care more about my investments in turnips than my actual stock portfolio 😤

Hey fishes, i need advice as to how to invest 200k? Should i go for individual stocks or funds or should i go to financial advisor? If individual stocks then looking for sectors. Can i invest as a VC? Any thoughts or direction please

For those who use property management companies to manage your rental properties, what are the services that you really value and will switch out to a different one if not getting such services?

I have the opportunity to buy a new build in ATX for 310k at 5.625% 30 year. Should I buy it? I can either:
1) rent it out
2) sell it

It's not my primary and I don't need it to live in. The news about a housing market crash is worrying me. Any advice?

Coworker got fired because they stole my clients! We have a policy stating that the realtor who initiated the contact should be the one closing the deal to give them a fair chance. I feel bad but they should have read the policy...

Should I invest in Tesla or Apple? Looking at least 1+ yr to hold

Will Amex restricting guess access for Centurion Lounge actually make any difference?

I can see short term changes but the way Amex has been aggressively marketing Platinum card, we just will have overcrowding of primary card holders 🤷🏻‍♂️

What's next, everyone has to spend min. 50k a year to get Centurion lounge access or pay per visit.

I have $20k student loans and have been paying $1k per month throughout pandemic to lower the balance. Would you continue to do this? I could pay them off, stop payments in hope of debt relief or keep up with current strategy. TIA

What’s the best credit card for a married couple who shared finances? We were thinking American Express but kind of lost.

Hi all!

Managers and Directors: as a consultant, how do I get your ear? I’m talking about a serious consideration for services, not just a post to like and move on. Trying to figure out why interest level seems stuck on social media for fleeting moments. Thanks!

Currently certified in AWS (CCP, SAA, and Security) and GCP (Security Engineer and Cloud Architect).

Any recommendations on Azure certs to pursue?

I want to get middle school cert (for ELA) My degree is K-8. My current cert. & EdTPA is K-5. What's the quickest & easiest path to middle school certification?! (I'm in TN, specifically Sumner Co.)

Side gigs. What do you do to supplement your income (besides marry for money)? I bartender but that’s taken a hit with Covid. Thinking about some kind of tutoring set up.

Hello guys, Can anyone refers me for the role of manual testing or automation testing? I am an experienced candidate.

Hello,
I'm looking to know what remote jobs are out there for nurses/ names of companies? I used to work in the OR and I'm also considering going back and just working 4-10s.

I'm an outpatient nurse currently but I don't get lunch breaks, and the work load keeps increasing with no mention of another nurse to help us.

How to avail leaves in notice period last working day is 9th January, best time to use them without letting anyone know

Bowl etiquette questions for all you early joiners of the Bitcoin bowl (options in thread). Would love feedback.

Have interviews set up at FAANG co and getting good signals, for a position that was posted widely (all across US) but not remote. Haven’t broached the subject of location yet. Would you (1) early on clearly state that you’re not open to relocation but that you would be open to visiting a big office once or twice a month; (2) not say anything now and wait to get an offer and ask for an exemption; or (3) something else?

A real gem from Henry Ford: "stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time."

Best advice when entering the world of SAP.

Read that new Strategy analysts are being offered 100K coming in. Is that for Strat only or all of S&C? Will this band be applied to current analysts too?

Hello All,
I am finishing up my second year of practice as a lawyer. I transitioned to plaintiffs pi work from a boutique commercial litigation firm. I like the work and not having to bill. The issue I am having is managing volume. I have about 150 active files some pre-lit and the rest are in litigation. Cases range in value from very small to low six figures. I also take the driver seat for the grunt work on the firms bigger cases which are at or near 7 figure value. I constantly feel (cont.)

So just starting a new Position. At thia time I was looking for a good base as need to be stable.

Always into sales since childhood but I have 5 years of proper new business development experience with good track record.

I am starting a position at $80k now I just want your thoughts and feedback an the base. There is also comision and bonuses. Which could be something.

Keep in mind this is also in Canada

Whats the process of enrolling in this? Anyone did it recently?

Consultants on H1B visas - I was just selected in the lottery but for several reasons I don’t think now is the best time to continue with my H1B petition. How long does my “lottery selected”...

any fishes in Memphis, TN ?

Do systemwide upgrades work on Finnair?
If I have a connection does it take 2 upgrades or just 1?

I'm looking to improve my communication skills to navigate a very political environment better (i.e. I need to be more diplomatic). Any books recommendarions are appreciated 💁🏼‍♀️

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn about becoming an author on the side. Has anyone heard about such a thing?!? The person said she’s worked with 800 consultants writing their books and marketing it for them.

Is Grammarly premium worth it? Anyone have experience with it?

Best consulting firms without the massive ego?

All these layoffs reminding me that loyalty is dead

Stupid question: do you get to alt-travel? Not fly home to your home office on the weekends, but use that budget to fly somewhere else?

How bad would it be if I changed jobs 5 months after joining ? I just joined a new role and I’m looking to change in November cause I hate what I currently do.

Shall I disclose reason for leaving a firm during my initial call with a recruiter from said firm, if I was laid off? Are they privy to that information. Ironically being recruited by that same firm

Found out today I got accepted into a Professional MBA program that I was seriously doubting I’d get into 😃😃😃 maybe it wasn’t such a Monday after all

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

People who do financial models - if you only have quarterly numbers and need to get to monthlies what's a good way to do this? Average of quarters for given year? Airline industry

How much does hiring pick up during the spring?

For KPMG experienced hire managers, how long did it take you to make director? I’ll be starting at the highest band of manager and looking for promotion in Spring/summer. Any experiences to share?

Woke up to bug bite at a Sheraton on my Birthday.. #GreatStart🙄😪

A friend of mine from a top tier consulting firm was counseled out. Do you consider it ethical that his career counselor is intentially spreading the information to his colleagues and to other consultants from other companies in the project? What can he do about it? Specially that he considers the potential layoff is purely based on the current situation (chargeability was low) and not on his performance (they said that his contribution to BD during his bench time was low)?