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[jenniferheinerpisano]

Sleep and Recovery Is Important for Runners

A graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Jennifer Heiner holds a bachelor of arts in marketing and economics. Since 2019, Jennifer Heiner has served as the retail director of a New Jersey running company. For many people, one of the greatest appeals of running is its simplicity. Recreational running requires no fancy equipment or extensive training, just a good pair of shoes.

In her various posts and blogs, including on Medium, Jennifer Heiner-Pisano has explored different ways to aid in running and injury prevention.

Marathon training, however, does require a bit more than the newest running shoes. Regardless of whether one is coming back from an injury or not, strength training, and understanding your body mechanics, is so important to ensure that your body is working efficiently. This not only helps prevents injuries going forward but can increase performance levels as well.

What else can boost performance? Healthy sleep habits and ensuring you take the proper rest and recovery. We cannot perform our best if we do not rest and recover and sleep well. Six Minute Mile Blog recently discussed why sleep is so important and why we seemingly have more issues getting good sleep as we get older:

Minute 1: Does sleep get worse as you age?

The aging process is wonderful, since we gain many things over the years, like wisdom, children, grandchildren, and… um… well… there must be some other benefits that don’t immediately jump to mind. Unfortunately, one documented downside of taking laps around the sun is that a good night’s rest becomes more elusive: “Why Does My Sleep Become Worse as I Age?” Experts say that our sleep mechanisms are like a used car when we’re older: they've got a lot of mileage, and without proper maintenance, they won’t operate as intended. That means that increasingly, we get less deep sleep, have to wake up in the middle of the night, and rise earlier than we intended. The research is still in its relative infancy, but the cause could have something to do with hypothalamus deterioration. What can we do about it? Well, research found that at least 40 minutes of exercise four times a week helped older adults improve sleep quality. Keeping a consistent sleeping and eating schedule helps as well, and for tips on both of those things, check out: “Get Healthy Sleep by Eating Right on Schedule” and “Creating a Sleep Routine – 6 Steps to Better Sleep.” #OldSnooze

Get Healthy Sleep by Eating Right on Schedule

March 13, 2022 / Healthy Sleep Habits

The important connection between consistent mealtimes and healthier sleep

Did you know that creating a consistent mealtime schedule can improve the quality of your sleep?

Your appetite and metabolism are an important part of your circadian rhythm—your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. In fact, your body’s food clock and sleep clock are closely linked and your meals and mealtimes can have a big impact on your overall sleep.

The National Sleep Foundation’s 2022 Sleep in America® Poll shows that having consistent mealtimes is significantly associated with healthier sleep.

Among those surveyed, people who said they eat their meals at the same time every day had better sleep health than those with more inconsistent meal schedules.

Those with consistent meal schedules were also 14 percent more likely to report lower stress levels—which is widely known to have a positive effect on sleep and health.

Assess Your Meal Timing

Only 59 percent of Americans eat all meals at around the same time—which means that 4 in 10 Americans could be improving their sleep just by eating meals more consistently.

If you’re not maintaining a consistent meal schedule, there’s a good chance you’re also not getting the kind of sleep you want.

Just by making consistent meals part of your routine, you can set yourself up to get the sleep you want and need to improve your Sleep Life®.

Get Your Body Clock on Track with Meal Timing

Eating when your body expects you to eat is an important part of your sleep health—by encouraging healthy sleep patterns.

Like opening the blinds and letting light shine in your window each morning, food can help your body know it’s time to wake up.

Making breakfast part of your regular schedule helps jumpstart your day and lets your body know it’s time to be awake.

Don’t Let Eating Confuse Your Sleep Clock

Eating your meals at different times each day can confuse your body’s clock, making it harder to maintain regular sleep and wake schedules.

This is especially true for nighttime—so you may want to think twice before you make a late-night dinner reservation or reach for a midnight snack.

Eating a light dinner 2-3 hours before bedtime helps your body slowly ease into sleep mode. Heavy meals at night, as well as that tempting nightcap, can both disrupt your sleep.

Just as suddenly switching on a bright light in a dark room can alert and even startle you, eating dinner late into the evening tells your body it’s in awake mode. This makes it harder for your body to get into sleep mode.

Healthier sleep is rooted in a healthy routine—and that certainly includes what and when you eat. Eating your meals at a consistent time each day is a smart and simple way to get on your way to being your Best Slept SelfTM.

Get Healthy Sleep by Eating Right on Schedule - National Sleep Foundation (thensf.org)

[ronaldmrashid]

The Moment Of Truth Has Arrived! Gut It Out As A Landlord Or Sell?

I’m about to make the biggest financial decision of my life and I need your input.

Remember how I was saying in a previous post that I thought there would be a two or three-year slowdown in SF real estate starting in 4Q2015 before its off to the races after Airbnb or Uber IPOs? Well, I was wrong! 2016 was a relatively mild year with low single digit returns partly due to an influx of new condo construction saturating the market. However, 2017 has turned out to be very strong with the median single family home price surging to $1.5M, an all-time high!

Source: Paragon Real Estate Group

I’ve been very fortunate to ride this SF real estate bonanza for the past 14 years. But after a recent bad tenant experience, I’ve been more open than ever to selling.

What I realized after Googling “should I sell my rental property” is that I’ve been thinking about doing just that since 2013 when one of my own posts showed up on the front page: Should I Sell My Rental Property And Simplify Life? It’s always a trip when your own stuff pops up in search that you forgot you wrote.

As fate would have it, just two weeks after my tenants vacated, I received an offer that might be too good to pass up. I basically have until the end of this week to make a decision. Given it’s a good idea never to make big decisions when emotions are high, I thought I’d lay the situation out to gain some objective feedback. Let me first provide some background. 

Housing Situation

* Bought a single family home in an established SF neighborhood for $1.52M in early 2005. Put down $304,000 (20%), which was everything I had at the time.

* Four years left on an $810,000, 5/1 ARM at only 2.375%. It would be a shame to let this rate go after fighting so hard for it.

* Have a written offer for $2.742M (+80% higher than the purchase price). The original offer was $2.6M, but I countered at $2.79M. After a couple back and forths we agreed to $2.742M plus a $10K credit I’d provide at closing.

* The buyer hasn’t released financing contingency yet, but said his bank is set to fund on June 19 or June 20. This gives me an out to cancel the deal before then if I find something better (buyer or renter) given I didn’t give him a financing contingency extension. I accepted his offer after he removed his inspection contingency.

* Was renting the home for $9,000 a month. After one month of searching, I haven’t found the ideal tenant for the price. I really don’t want to rent to 4-5 guys again. Hence, there’s a chance I may have to lower my asking price to find a more headache-free tenant.

* The 100X rule says that I should buy a $9,000/month rental property for $900,000 or less or conversely sell a property once it starts trading for much more than 100X monthly rent. At $9,000/month, the property currently trades at 303X monthly rent (25.25X annual rent). At $8,500/month, the property trades at a 321X monthly rent (26.75X annual rent).

* With my mortgage, it cash flows about $48,000 a year after all expenses or roughly $67,200 if you include the principal pay down. If the mortgage is paid off, then the property will cash flow about $7,200/month because the property tax is $21,888 / year and forever rising. I planned to pay off the mortgage within 10 years.

Why I’m Reluctant To Sell

* Commissions. I got the rate down to 4.5% from the traditional 5% – 6%. But that’s still $123,000 in commissions. The longer I wait to sell, the lower commission rates will go.

* Property Transfer Tax = ~$25,000. What a waste of money to enrich our bloated city budget for doing nothing.

* Long term capital gains tax = At least $100,000 even after the $250K/$500K exclusion.

* A property for my child to live in. Once you’ve got your housing expense covered, you can afford to live comfortably in even the most expensive cities. I can’t imagine what rent will cost in SF in 23 years.

* Step up basis. When I die, my child inherits the property at the market value not my purchase price. If he decides to sell the property immediately, he’ll pay zero taxes.

* Proposition 13 means I’ll have an artificially low property tax rate the higher the market goes.

* Capital appreciation. I believe San Francisco is one of the cheapest international cities in the world. Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, Dropbox will all go public in the next 3-5 years, unleashing billions of liquidity into the SF Bay Area ecosystem. I’m surprised Pinterest was able to recently raise $150 million at a $12 billion valuation. I thought the company was going backwards.

* I’ve got demand at $9,000/month from 4-5 guys and $10,500 if I dare rent to six guys.

Why I’m OK Selling

* My original plan of living off my passive and semi-passive income streams in retirement is no longer necessary because I found a way to make a livable online income stream that’s much more lucrative. Related: Ranking The Best Passive Income Streams

* I was willing to sell the property in 2012 for $1.7M, but no buyers were to be found. When I bought my current house in 2014, I was willing to sell my old house for $2.2M. Before I got my offer for $2.732M, I told myself I would strongly consider selling for $2.6M.

* I’ll still be long a single family home and a condo after I sell.

* If there is a tech correction / recession, it’ll be nice sitting on a lot of cash.

* I’ll be following my Debt Optimization Framework. When you’re done with the working world, it’s a good idea to minimize debt to minimize the risk of having to go back to work.

* I’ve got a bird in the hand, which may never return if I let go.

* The $250K/$500K tax-free profit exclusion will go away next year.

* Supposedly I can 1031 exchange any profits over the $250K/$500K exclusion, meaning that I can pay zero taxes. I’ll have to double check, but so far all my research says this is true.

* I won’t have to eventually spend $10K – $15K replacing the roof, $10K changing some windows, $8K painting the back of the house, $8K on a new furnace, and $15K for staging if I were to list my home on the MLS.

* I know exactly how I’ll reinvest the proceeds. Each investment should earn more than the current ~2.2% net rental yield (cap rate).

$300,000 will go into RealtyShares, making my total investment $560,000. If I can earn a 10% IRR over the next 5 years, then I’ll 100% match the rental income lost from the sale with much less capital required. My earlier investments have started to pay dividends, which I’ll write about in my 2Q2017 investment update.

$300,000 will be invested in various national REITs for higher income.

$500,000 will be invested in various tax-free California municipal bonds.

$100,000 will be used to pay down my 4.25% vacation property mortgage. I should pay down more, but I just hate feeding a mistake.

$100,000 will be invested in various equity structured notes with downside protection.

$50,000 will be used to speculate in individual equity names.

$300,000 will just sit in the bank as I patiently wait for a stock market or real estate market correction.

$150,000 will be earmarked for long-term capital gains tax if I don’t do a 1031 exchange.

What Would You Do?

Graph by Paragon Real Estate Group. We are way past the previous peak in SF. Nationally, prices are more reasonable.

When I bought the house in 2005 for $1.52M, I felt strongly the house could easily be worth $2M in a short period of time. As a result, I invested everything I had and lived very frugally for years after.

If you want to experience financial fear, get a $1.2M mortgage at the age of 28 on top of a $460K mortgage you already took out two years prior for a condo with nothing left in savings! It takes iron balls to take this type of risk. Ah, to be young, stupid, and full of courage again.

Unfortunately, the financial crisis hit several years later, delaying my beliefs and giving me all sorts of ulcers. There was definitely a point between 2008-2010 when I thought I’d have to start all over again. It was a very humbling time period, but I kept the faith, partly thanks to this site and many of you.

When you sidestep a bomb in 2008 – 2010 and then dodge a bullet in 2012 after not being able to find a buyer, you begin to wonder when your luck will run out. I took a similarly sized risk in 2014 by buying my current single family home with close to a $1M mortgage while already having a $900K mortgage on the home I’m considering selling today. When you don’t have a steady paycheck, this is a risky move! But due to this decision, I’ve experienced double appreciation with leverage.

They say you can never lose if you lock in a gain. At the same time, I feel strongly San Francisco home prices will be much higher 10 – 20 years from now. What would you do? Gut it out as a landlord, hire a property manager despite the already low yield, do a 1031 exchange, or sell and reinvest the proceeds in various higher yielding, lower maintenance assets?

I feel I’ve reached a clearing price where I’m somewhat ambivalent with either outcome. But I know I’m missing something since it’s hard to be completely emotionally detached from a home I spent 10 years of my life in. Heck, Financial Samurai was born in this house!

Thanks for your thoughts. I’ll let y’all know the outcome.

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