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2025 Jan Update

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Updated on: 2025-01-25

Partner at Intdev
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Following the work trial at Internet Development Studio, I’ve formally become a partner at the studio on Jan 15.

Home ownership
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I briefly considered about buying a home and actually toured quite a few properties. I abandoned the idea shortly afterwards due to the following reasons:

  • It’s impossible to get a pre-approved mortgage without at least 2 years of tax returns now that I’m technically self-employed

  • While a home provides innumerable benefits, wealth building is not one of them, at least in this market:

    • The opportunities costs of the down payment
    • A 7% mortgage and inevitable upkeeps eat away most foreseeable appreciation
    • A home would represent over 50% of my networth in this market. Personally, the benefits don’t justify the concentration and liquidity risks.
  • I don’t actually need to own a property to be home

Recent and upcoming events
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  • Jan 22: sight reading party at Seattle Chamber Music Society
  • Jan 23: Midori plays Brahmns violin concerto with Seattle Symphony
  • Feb 1: violin recital at Greenwood violin studio (Franck sonata in A major, 1st movement)
  • Feb 6 - 21: traveling and working remote from Taiwan

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