We would have been eating and hurraying and hurraying I'm so the talk of the town What's up y'all, it's your girl Brianna Imani and you're here for another interview with talk of the town and today I have the beautiful Yes, we have young ash in the building and I'm so excited to have you here I feel like I literally like grew up with you I'm not even gonna find like I like taking it back to like the messa desa Wining days, bro.  Yes, bro. Ash been around she went outside So how has it been like coming from that age of like the Bronx wine in an early early freestyling days to now So honestly, it's been awesome. It's been a roller coaster I shall say like it's been ups down left right corners But I'm gonna be honest as long as you stay neutral and real and loyal to yourself You're always gonna be good. Right.  So like you've done an amazing job. You know up until now would just stay irrelevant So tell me how did you first get into like starting your freestyles and making your music? Wow, so alright I used to write poetry, right? So I used to write poems. So I used to always make songs like a puddle up But they were poems. It was so wrong for me.  I used to make a sneaky one. I made a sneaky account at 16, right? So I was doing freestyles and it was like to Nicki Minaj beats Jay-Z monster like little beats like that Mm-hmm, and it had its 80 likes. So on Facebook on private 80 was a lot. Yeah 2013 so it's funny cuz it got back to my pops like I think when my uncles in China last so my pops like He heard it, but then he seemed the interaction. He seemed to have like 50 comments. So he's like, all right At least she not back like right He she cursed him, but she good right? So once my pops agreed with it it was up from there like so there was this one girl Her name was Briella. Yes, Briella story So Briella miss Briella like she was getting bullied because you know, she had a grown-ass woman body Yeah, she was like 13 years old and she got exposed on nudity like from a boy or whatever So she asked me to write her song so I asked her like I asked her like do you want to fast be slow be just tell Me the story so I took the story That same night. This was the first time I ever experienced Facebook fame that same night It went to like 40,000 on YouTube It was that like 2000 shares by the two days later people coming up to me and for them Or this was brand new to me because remember I was in like strip I mean and even like all for that We weren't even at the time with social media that we are now So that just goes to show how strong it was like the word got around real real quick exactly So it became like I was kids school lunch table conversation Mm-hmm, and that's a difference like pool because now it was like in school everybody talking about me And I'm the same age like I was still 17 and 16 at the time So I just knew it was gonna work because I see in school. I was always like on the road So my senior year only had two classes. So I would do my classes then I'm going home to write I was very passionate about making music. So regardless after I started releasing Freestyles only because it's ridiculous. I still never did a mixtape album. I always did just singles and free styles Mm-hmm it started taking off like by then that's when kids start to dance Was a thing and it's funny how the tables turn because at first I had asked them like for feature prices These niggas gonna tell me 3k But as a month went by and I'm dropping freestyles They came to me now and was that what we're gonna give you the feature so you doing your thing Fill me see at the time. I was so humble, but I should have dubbed them I should have dubbed it like oh now you want to work, but I don't look I don't burn bridges I always look at it like all right, you know what you came back and everything is a blessing in disguise because I took over a thing The minute I did that it was literally God's timing I mean, you know everything in the moment isn't gonna be for you But you see exactly what happened. You know something in you know not to take it then and it worked out for you in the long run So I know you was doing your feast your freestyles initially So what's what's usually your inspiration for the freestyles that you made? Feelings I feelings like cuz I when I speak I have this like a people have this bad tendency to think I'm grimy as hell Mm-hmm my tone of voice the way I approach. I'm very aggressive sometimes. So it sounds like I'm angry But I really don't be tight. So when I realized when I told people got ego So when I speak they feel like oh, she thinks she all that she thinks she did so why are you talking to me like that? So I realized like all right, I'm gonna put it in lyrics and when I speak in lyrics because it's beat people's They they go free right now because they listen into a song with judgment and when I'm speaking real Words is like all rock rock. Well, so that's what it was for me Like the inspiration really came from my feelings what I go through what I can't say Without putting it in a song type of time So it's interesting that you say like, you know You're so aggressive and stuff like that because I know with a lot of female artists It's like a lot of they feel like a lot of people take advantage of I guess their vulnerability And people thinking that they could just run all over them So what's your experience been like as a female artist? So me? I don't got daddy issues. Thank God So it's hard to try to bribe me or try to Give me the facade of oh, yo, I could put you on cities Myself I did put myself.   That's this but then I'm like, no I'm actually 10 steps ahead because I know what you think and I know what you want. So when you're vulnerable Yes, I went through a lot of situation where men just close the door in my face like straight up abandon me Like that.  I've called men king So it's like I could violate you for cool. You were king in the end and I know your ego gonna feel that It's annoying, but I learned how to talk to you don't disrespect you with grace if I need to So all right, so I know there was like a lapse between I think you put out like one freestyle I think it was like wait a minute, and then you started making music like this year Yeah, so what what was taking up your time in the meantime? What was you doing?  I had a cousin that was putting me on like working with me and he put me on to these people and That crew the first year we shook it up. That's what we had all the different right of died That's when we did the wait a minute.  I get held accountable, but see Ash never knew You didn't even know what was going on, right? So after I started finding out It was already I was probably like 22 now, so around there I started skin 22 right so me I've always I've always looked at making it as financially free, right? So I don't look at making it as fame as old shade of room. I'm not a shade It's a dollar dollar bill. It's like yeah, I've always looked at that as long as I'm financially free, right? I'm good like as long as my mom is good. My parents is good my family I'm happy. Mm-hmm. So at 22 I met this one guy. He was so awesome Like he's a ex now, but he was great.   I used to wear my heart on my sleeve So no son was lit so he was like just lit so he had me everywhere and we was very private doing so around then like I Had so much money that it was like music to me was like But then at 23 I got Right, so I got invited at 23 so when I got invited this nigga get us deleted all our pictures Nah Let's take a guy so scary he deleted all our pictures he he like I was scared now like now No, I don't want to take a flight with you. I don't know no I'm being watched like now. I knew they were watching me for years.  So son. I dad didn't go with son.  So from there I dubbed him Dubbed him. I found out that girls intuition. Please don't lie.  We all been there. I gotta stop Right so that's the break that's the break so remember that's like 22 23 now 24 remember once I got in that I had to go low Yeah I had to go low like I had to go low cuz now it was like They raped me like they straight up old young ash lowered her fans.  I didn't y'all knew what I was doing Right, I told him right. Oh, yeah, you put in a check in your car. You knew you was the one taking the money out Game let's stop playing Nobody I'm a lot to nobody I swindled am I use my fame for nothing I kept it a buck like let's clear it up just in case anybody no And they were the ones taking the money out so and they got paid so y'all just got scared and y'all snitched on me But it's I because you feel me but John knew what I was doing That's why I got okay cuz my story that has match like mm-hmm after that 23 I had to go to humble them because now it's young ashes lower and her fans I couldn't keep shitting on it because now it became like it couldn't look like I ain't kid Right, so I needed the the folks to understand the white folks like not kid. I can't know I know I'm very want to hold myself accountable So it's like I know what I'm doing and at the time I was working with a publishing company and they had they were they weren't white, but they looked like Okay, so it works But it works you feel me after that a year past now I'm 24 My blood guilty in July thank God for COVID and no thank God for Take that exactly how she meant Because you know my probation y'all was supposed to be I was supposed to go to like 40 schools and tell people not to skin Damn Not to scam right well when COVID happened guess what? She is to that right I'm taking my vigil she is to that The probation instead of the 40 schools. They just went down to five videos. Okay She likes my journey to snitch on nobody I got snitched on I was a walking testimony because I got invited It was six people. I never even met. Hmm. I believe in you. Oh, thank God But I work for me because it's like I don't want to know your names and there's no relation There's no connection. Yeah, I'm not here because of me and I'm not here cuz y'all right it It's still protected my street credibility because it's like nah And even me being so authentic even when I was doing the videos I was like don't scam because you will get caught like me. So it wasn't even some real like Scripted John right literally trusted me to make the video the video only had to be like two minutes And I did my five videos and no cap tap on the wrist and I was good and after that like now Mm-hmm. I 25 right so 25 came Now I can pop out I can start shitting on you. Yeah But I want to talk again. Like it's like the switch went back on now. So now I'm like, all right So from 24, that's when I started doing that advice.  Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, I used to talk shit Oh, but I started giving advice cuz I'm like, all right right now.   You good Mm-hmm. This is the industry days. It's clout. Yeah, they ride away So now at 26 because I cleaned all that up and I got deleted again. Oh, yeah But in September 7th, so it's a month.  I'm like that's so fake But it's all right. We stay organic boom now 2022 I'm gonna finally give them the album the mixtape Everything else Relationships everybody know me now the new generation is knowing me So definitely a lot of lessons learned throughout the years And I mean I feel like it kind of happened for the best because as the time is growing, you know Some of the time you may have been saving face, you know Not really being as active as you would have wanted to be but you taking notes you learning you keeping up with the trains You know exactly what's going on you still in the know clearly because everybody still tapped in Exactly, I mean we still tap in so I mean clearly it really still works. So this time around I know you back into the music and everything. So what's different? Wow experience Experience and I got bit by sharks So I was a in order to be a shark you got to swim with them I mean I can swim I've been ran I've been bit so it's like now I know everything that's need to be known and this is why I'm grateful for what is shit that happened to me because Since it happened to me at such a young age, it's never gonna happen again and on top of that I know what it's like to have it all and to lose everything and be at negative 60,000 that's another thing it was 60 bands plus 30 So I know what it's like to be a negative 60,000 and come right back up in four months And be able to still be breathing like so now it's a little different because now I'm humble At the time I was not I ain't care to go to jail fighting now is I know you have a nice day Yeah, like as long as you don't touch me we good cuz you know self defense or a sudden is Wake wake right we know me. So it's like now because all this happened to me I got so humble that I learned I was always the type to treat the CEO like a junior So that's not but I don't mean that humbleness. I just mean in the type of way where I don't make enemies And I understand now all these sayings is real I keep your friends close enemy close in no place like home Little is more like all these sayings is real because I understand why people say keep your friends close and enemies closer Because your enemies no matter how much you want to dub somebody some way somehow they can help you But you got to be smart and know you bit me once you ain't gonna bite me again. You feel me? But now I know where to place you at right so it's like for example me I know a lot of people so bear shit about me cuz of Facebook you feel me But I never judged the people that spoke about me cuz now they don't know what they do Because they don't know who they talking upon like they don't know me so I get it like Judgment Israel you might not know somebody of your friend your best friend is telling you something about somebody you don't know them So you're gonna go with what your friend is telling you right? So I learned not to do nothing. I learned to be ego list to be pride list to be more in a point that is like All right, if you treat me bad, I know how to treat you but I ain't gonna treat you the same So you got at least know there's good people out. Mm-hmm. So now it was just different because I got experience I know what I missed out like for example in the Facebook days But I was supposed to do was make a mixtape and put it on that piff I would have blown up and I would have been saying right with fucking Nicki Minaj That's facts. We would have been eating and her and and her and but at the time Yeah, I know about none of that because I was such a homebody. I know about world star. I know about that piff I know about that so now I understand. No, this is about marketing. This is about money money power respect you could be broke and have the latest song ever but It's not gonna go anywhere unless you got connections, right? So that's what it's about Okay, well that that was a word. That was a word for sure So what do you think about like the current state of music right now? I'm uh, I mean, okay, you took the deep side. So for the people out there That's watching I'm gonna give a little context cuz I'm really interested and know what you think Ashes from the boogie down Bronx. We already know like what's going on with the Bronx drill scene I saw you in the be love video Yes, I'm so curious like what do you think about what's going on? All right, so honestly People get creative in their own way, right? So you see the bronzer drill was a bunch of um kid like kittens They're kids Yeah, like even though yeah, they want to be grown man because they do got grown man money and they probably got a grown man take two I know Yeah, I'm gonna see some real quick, but yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but um Just think I said feelings where you see I said I'm rapping is Distinguished by my feelings. So it's like all these kids. They probably do got mad beat Mm-hmm, but something in they spirit when spirit talks, you can't ignore for sure So something in they spirit knows that they're destined to be audience So they taking that and put in all the grimy shit behind it, which is cool Mm-hmm, but you need to understand negativity when negativity comes right back times more so it works Yeah, but if you see one of them dead at 24, I can't oh he was a good kid Cuz it becomes and we don't wish that on nobody we send blessings and prayers to everybody and we're not talking about the game You speak in generally talking about the you know UK rappers who and it all started with drill It's just you need to be careful. Mm-hmm the energy you put out and once you become a very big subject The more you talk the faster it comes back because you're putting a high pedestal.  But I also need them to understand that You in a higher level in the devil will try to bring you more beef and try to put you in your ops face That's also lit like you To bring both for y'all down at that very moon. Mm-hmm, so I love what they doing But I hate the disrespect. Okay. I hate the disrespect So so what you mean like when it comes to like speaking on day Speaking on the deck that's really fighting words and when you from New York, the Bronx Taking you out like that's facts. We taking you out, but that's what you need to understand You got things to lose now. Mm-hmm. It's not the same no more.  Oh, I think I robbed you knew better, right new better So That's why I say I do love it because I understand it's really coming from this So I know they want to talk at all, but I also know y'all teddy bear Yeah, I want to be loved and comforted y'all want to be friends with everybody, but y'all can't right? Because once you took that talk see me I'll talk that talk and say sorry. No when they talk that's what they got to stand on No, they stay in it. Yeah, me. I'll say sorry like I you know what my fault, but but no Didn't that's pride what niggas got so they they pride is not gonna let them say sorry They gonna straight up man.     Mm-hmm real niggas is the one that respect you They listen to your craft.   Yeah, and people.  Yeah Because the fans is not that the old fans is broke But the ones that want to see you negative is low frequency as facts. Absolutely anybody that want to see you fight anybody that's that's um When you say that like like trying to what's that word when you trying to like instigate Okay, when you try to instigate something that's low frequency energy was like why you don't fight for me then I'll give you 10 bands go fight.   Well, what's going on with the music?  They are disrespectful, but this is also they real life They talk about a real life shit, right? So now the alternative Let's say you have a lit rapper who you know can make it. They got the flow. They got the sound What do you think about ghost writing?    You're right is the best is but you can't knock it all the way because the way you perform it Still broke the tension. Okay, and it's like you put in money in that ghostwriter pocket So it's like who knows if that ghostwriter been wanting to rap all their life But they never made it because they probably didn't have to look they don't got the voice Mm-hmm, and they money is really coming from a record that they wrote for somebody. I respect that Because I genuinely appreciate the artist helping that right for me So I don't know not ghost writing because especially we're in a new generation. So it's not like rap is dead rap anymore I mean not wrong That's what I'm trying to still keep a part of like bring rap back Where is the Cassidy's the the real bars type of time like Cassidy? That nigga had bars where it was straight up rapper You see Cassidy Cassidy is always gonna be a legend But it's hard for him to make a song with the new generation because it's like all these youngsters only want to rap about like this Mm-hmm. It's okay Adapts you gotta adapt.  I need a uber.  So that's what it's about Alright, so do you think that people usually cat it like where does your fan base now lie more in your music or in your Instagram influence?  I love my fan base. Yes Yes They saw loyal and they saw loyal because I think it's because I'm okay Like I've never hit shit from them. I'm saying Instagram I'm a whole different person Facebook and Facebook I'm a whole different person than why am I tick-tock? Okay? So the real ones which is like 200k real ones. They follow me on all of them Mm-hmm, but then you got my tick-tock is doesn't hunt it down They run my Facebook that's seven hundred K. Mm-hmm. You got my new grand that's 70 k But then you got the snap and they still find right right, right?  That's where you find me at the release I'll be telling my support.  So my snapchatters are the strongest fan base.  I'll be like, hey guys, how y'all doing and I'll pause like 12 seconds Mm-hmm. So if they watching it's like, well, I'm doing good at you. Oh, I bet right right. I talk to them fate I'm Instagram.   Okay on Instagram So you think Instagram is more serious. It's more Super business and judgment to as fuck.  Mm-hmm So Instagram is where I tried to like just show them The real as far as my business, right? So businesses like if you see me since you've been following me, you know niggas is outside. Oh, absolutely Me like I was in revolt. I went to Atlanta. I just was in the lady Gaga. Oh, yeah So that's me doing something new now. Mm-hmm tapping into the movie industry.   Mm-hmm Instagram Not y'all y'all.  So it's like I've apologized to real famous people like listen I'm sorry that you won't follow me probably I'm too grimy for your gram and your frequency But I need some people.  I'm balling. I think to me dirty. Mm-hmm. So that's what I've learned to balance Being a good person, right cuz Instagram.   Mm-hmm. I even know the grandma too. Yeah, I know the grandma too That's why your grandma probably heard of me too So Instagram is where business is that Facebook is where I will come at your cousin just to get at you Snapchat is the authentic Ash and tiktok is the fun as that's what I'd be silly and shit, but it works So what do you think about like the whole tiktok trends?  Um Tiktok is a very good market in spot for your music to go viral. Yeah, and again, I'm not nothing I'm gonna be honest. I don't know if it's like coilering the other day.  It's like relax. Yeah, feel me and we still Bob's Bob's we hear chill out, but It's still an authentic program that will get you lit.  Hello. I don't knock nobody hustles, but tiktok for me Mm-hmm. Ash is where I laugh at myself. Like just the other day I did that dance Because tiktok I feel like it gets your silly side out. Mm-hmm. If you don't like it. Oh, well, somebody on tiktok Well, you feel me right?  It works and that's what always kept me lit because my Instagram got deleted eight times Okay, so speaking of Instagram, I know that's where you keep things very business But and I quote you say you are female with a male mindset. I am What does that mean To me it means I'm gonna dog y'all men the way y'all dog And y'all gonna be so hard-broken.  Mm-hmm. It's facts. Mm-hmm.    Like let's say, you know, I'm lit He said he's like I'm lit if I go out with you or something. I know you a hoe I kept it a buck. I'm like now you a whole five.    Okay. The 30s is different So I've always been your since 14 Oh, damn can relate And I've really been relationships. I was a queen like I wow You can cheat on that's how really it is That's how really it is you can cheat on me and I still look at it I will still give you the benefit of the doubt because I'm like, all right Well, we just started talking so he probably think I'm briny. Mm-hmm. I will still try to mend with them like But then I realized no is not that y'all grimy. No is y'all always had trust issues and men their chromosome That chromosome that they got It greases us So wait, so what so what's your thoughts about just dating while you're in the industry? How how has that been just All right of all so lately knows so let's talk about let's talk about 14 to 25 Okay Has 11 years So around that time I was always dating low-key men Okay, low-key niggas, but then you got these low-key insecure ass bastards No fathers because men got daddy issues too. Let's not let's touch your bone real quick. Y'all got daddy issues. Y'all dad left y'all too But No But the problem is here what happens is They see here and have them seen trust issues to everybody. Yeah, me. No I treat everybody as a new human being. I just met you. I can't blame you for what my ex did I'm gonna make sure I treat you until you disappoint me My energy with you is that a million until you disappoint me Is it's your time to shine or is your time to get dark again? So When it comes to that when it comes to the industry men see now at 26, I just started And every year I tell myself I'm gonna do something I ain't do last year So last year I was in a pen. I was a sin. Uh-huh now. I'm now you Big But now with the industry niggas is a fun experience because industry niggas expect you to something big Absolutely not because they're late. There was one industry nigga.      It's not he woke up with an asthma attack He wrote me the next day like bro. Why you left?   Like, uh, is it me? Like, but then I realized no It's not me you're doing to me on me. Hell. Yeah, never burst psychology.   So now it became more like Now let me take you out and let me have you blushing You know because niggas not used to that Exactly, niggas not used to that at all They be world surprise. They get them a little way If you taking them out They wet. Now niggas if you take them out on the day they blushing You start falling in love and it's like I'm not here for that So I'm 29. I'm sorry.  Let's not do that You still are don't don't do that.   I'm gonna be honest queen. Yeah, I'm not even a little bit Nah, she got it. You got to be in a relationship a queen. Okay.   I got the niggas y'all but the niggas that I'm niggering it out I Know y'all got karma y'all probably in facing and this is where it's me All right So just getting back to the music just so that we know what's going on What can we look forward to like you back on the scene you back outside?  You've been performing. What can we look forward to?  I'll be performing songs That's not out yet I mean, but you're giving the people a little taste right right now. I got two albums I'm working on the first one is called better late than ever. Okay I feel it fits the substance because you know, I haven't dropped an album. I never dropped to make safe I've never dropped an album So I'm gonna do better late than ever.  So I got three projects that I'm dropping in 2022 in the first five months So I'm gonna drop the album march I'm gonna drop the second album april and I'm gonna drop the um mix tape around june Okay, summertime box. So let's keep our fingers crossed because April 12th is my birthday. Maybe a good day birthday game So what can we look forward to with these albums? Like what's the sound sound like it's gonna be so versatile That's one thing I was never put in a box because I rap so I'm a rapper before anything, but I also explore dance. Oh, right I also explore spanish latin. I also explore afro beats.  We want the world. We don't want the projects. Absolutely The projects I'll leave that for the niggas and the niggas that I'll just put under the wing and it's like just post me real quick But I want international. We want to go worldwide. I got a big secret. I'm gonna put out But that's 2023. I'm gonna put it out. Oh Two years girl. You can't keep us waiting that long. That's a lot. We're gonna manifest real quick. Okay I got something big coming. We own a property. We own a land. Yes We're gonna create a new future for people that generational wealth exactly where it's about Creating the new because mason's Y'all know who y'all and I just became a target by saying that but it's I we all love peace and genuine And good it's all good vibes. Good energy, right? They've been taking over. So I feel like We gotta knock the doors down. Okay. Okay. Okay. So like When it comes to your new albums, you don't got to give us too much But can we look forward to any collabs with people? You know No, not yet. Okay. Yeah, but not yet. I'm gonna put y'all on. Okay. Basically right now. So I live in the moment.    I'm thankful If you take me somewhere and you have me meet Somebody and you change my life for that moment.  It's me.   Like no, no, no, no, no, no You could do me greasy. You could try to kill my mom's but I know You did do something for me at that moment.    And it's not fake.  She's still too. I don't know why I talk like this Like I mean because it's you It's like my parents aren't at Dominican my mom listens about chat all day. My dad is cool as hell But I have that So me being in the Bronx, I guess it was just I mean they got grew up in the Bronx. This is how I talk. This is my faith.  If I don't like something I'm a speaker for myself If you do something that's weird I'm gonna call you out in the moment because that's another thing a lot of people like to tell you Shit behind like behind the scenes wait 30 minutes.  Because I know you so if you're being weird and you're telling me I'm being weird, it's like Wait a while Especially if you older than me if you and my age, you know, that's how I asked you to Hold on you once you told me your age.  But if you're younger than me You got more money than me. It becomes like all right. What you know that I don't So I always I don't got pride. I don't got ego.  I gotta tell him Yeah, I need to know this no talking time is madly.  I was grateful and I know and I'm appreciative of you likewise. I'm very appreciative I know this is gonna open mad doors because I need you to know you live so It becomes shout out to koei Shout out to koei. Yes queen and she's there. Don't worry. It's more a lot coming And that's where I want people to know as long as somebody give you your flowers Luckily, if men give you flowers and you're not thankful We dump tight because god ain't giving it to you after because god sent that mean to give it to you So That's just my bow. I know who I am. I know what I bring to the table. I like I like steak I like steak. I am lost. So we don't eat cheap.  Yeah I'm 25 for blaming you on us. Oh No Because why is it 125? Thank you, you know what steak course, you know what lobster course.    So but like I'm really curious Why is it that with women, you know, when you're dating an older man?  He's so young. But then if I was dating a man who's like All right, I'm 25 who's 30 or 32. It's like, all right, that's fine. What's what's the difference? What's the difference?    Remember I was straight my parents was straight I started like so I was 23. So it was like, you know, I take public transportation. So I was 21 So it's like It's like, all right, you know what the only problem with me is the age It's no one I'm 26 and you might be 19 18 20 No, when you was in high school three years ago I mean, don't get me wrong. This is not me saying that I don't see the problem I see I see it because I'm the same way like I'm sorry. I can't date anybody who's that much younger than me But it's just I think it's very interesting.    You got grown man money. If you're working For some reason, I know you're still young I mean you could feel it. I mean like like we were talking about earlier come right So I have so much more experience than these youngins that I never want to be crying me and take advantage So And I always want to be honest with them.  No. No. No. No, we're grown We know yo, you got 100k.  I'ma turn it to 500.   Let's talk about it.  Yeah, that's me right now. It's going to be now All right, so We're gonna wrap this up. Let me hear your top five artists right now.  All right. Number one Nicki Minaj Period number two mulatto. Okay.  I'ma give it to Cardi B Okay, I'm not a lot. I was a hate at first, but it was because a lot of people was comparing me to So my but that was when I was 1920 and I want to put that out here here And this is the first time I say some shit like that But I want to put that out here here because I like the fans Told to my ego So that was when I was 1920 Cardi chill So 1920, yes, I was a hater, but I'ma give it to her. No, she's a queen. She's the first. I was breaking a lot of things The fourth one little baby. I love him not awesome.  No, I love him As some real genuine real fan I love him I love him as a fan and the last one I want to give it to um devon young devon Okay, nice. Thank you for some reason just spirit always speaks to me even a rolling loud I brought her up like I'm always called me. So yeah, those five I gave you our exclusive by mentioning that Cardi shit, but I could be real because there was one time I went off because the fans Hey, basically was on some like oh Cardi is living the dream young ash was chicaly See that's what I don't get and and this goes back to what you was talking about before with the people Who's instigated and just spreading that negativity and stuff because why can't we both win?  I put you on y'all levels because it's a matter Okay, little baby. I need to see you in concert.  No, I need you to know it's not like that. I'm a fan.  She said period to me when I was in revolt.  I know I mean she gets my upwards up most respect because she held down the city girls while JT was locked up So, I mean at the end of the day, I always just look right up because I I always look to her for that because it takes a lot for you to, you know, keep that presence You know, why the other part I mean it is what it is, you know, everybody's not going to be a cup of tea So I want y'all to know that I mean it is that's okay That is okay.   Yeah, I still got like seven shots to get lit But I just want y'all to know come correct or don't come at all. All right, so yeah, that's all it is as long as Y'all know, I don't need y'all I came this fall without y'all and genuinely I look at everybody with love But if my spirit don't feel y'all I just don't feel y'all and I can't fake it until y'all prove me wrong Okay, I mean and that's a very valid point people. I feel like a lot of people don't like to prove themselves No, you do.


Hey friends, and welcome to Norris Cove. I'm Yoshida You guys we're almost there. We are almost at 1k so I'm getting so so excited I'm prepping for the giveaway. So I would love for you guys to be a part of that Today, we will be stuffing cash envelopes with a very limited and small low income So if that's something that you are interested in and would love to see more do me a favor stay tuned Also, go ahead and hit that subscribe button. I'm just guaranteed that you're gonna love it and let's get started Okay, you all so this is that quote-unquote slow week for me Y'all I still haven't finished these 100 envelopes. Okay, but I do kind of plan the stuff from But first I'm gonna try to fill some necessary things up first. So first we're going into this wallet I do have some change you guys I have So let me get off this change and I'll come back Okay, so First up is tips I'm a tip envelope I've been trying to play the number to like Win some money on this hustling backwards or what? So we have 45 46 this is just what was left I don't I didn't go to the bank. I did not go to the bank because it was nothing to get sis It was nothing left to get I paid bills But I'm gonna show you guys something That I'm working on For my cash envelopes. So this was my tips envelope and this is what I made in tips 20 40 60 80 100 and I think I have an extra five in there I just threw it in there because I need to make change and I couldn't but I did go to the bank to get my booth right and it gave me some nice I went to a Tim and So my booth right I paid that but these 20s were so crisp. So I changed them out with my tip envelope Because I always seem to get the raggedies of the money Y'all hubby has not donated to the date night fund, but it's okay So we're gonna skip him this week Until he's ready. Um, I have some more change in here I'm just gonna leave that in here and then I had spent some money out of here. So this is what's left That's one two and three And I think we will be stuffing $159, but I'm gonna just count it up It's will I made this little envelope. I'm horrible with the paper Overlopes getting them the right size. That's why I don't really make those But I was just I had some leftover and a mistake. So I just made This one for that and then this was tips from I'm gonna say Uber Instacart my very first order. I made $10 in cash Y'all I got two more orders on this Instacart to get an instant $80. I'm gonna do that I have to September 8th. I'm gonna do that and I might be done with Instacart plus I have I'll try this in my neck and back. So my doctor told me yesterday. I really have no business Doing that. So let's see how much we got. I want to make sure I'm right 20 Well, that's the only thing that stuck 20 40 60 80 121 40 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 So that's a hundred and fifty nine dollars that will be stuffing today. Um, yeah, like I said, I have not Finished these envelopes. I did some Where they're front and back and I did some where they're just one-sided. Thanks to two moms budget Give it a nice tutorial on how to do that. And I actually like the one-sided a little better, but It is easier to just do You know the fold and go so and I'm working on them being Luxe And I want to have them right so that you know, I can share with y'all and you know all that good stuff So we're gonna try to stuff this today. I thought I would be able to start my 52 week challenge today Can't do that, but let's just get right into our binders These are the binders that will be stuffing today. So we're gonna start with this one And we're gonna put money in business supplies. Matter of fact, I need to take this money out of household because today The reason I don't have a lot of stuff I spent money on cleaning supplies That's why this thumb isn't gonna have been cleaning. So this goes back to the bank. I'll put this aside Business supplies gets 20 and then you guys we're gonna make some change out of Arab one and fives, I believe So business supplies got 20 And that's all for this one like I said, I won't be starting a 52 week challenge. It's just it's not gonna work No, not right now. I just can't do it I'm not stuffing vacation this week because we're having a meeting slash dinner or celebration Next week and we'll talk about our trip. So once I get more details, I'll add to that Okay, so now we're in pretty much my what I call my high priority binder We're not doing the challenge this week. I'm at an even 800 I would love to top this out, but I think I'll come back to this one next week For those of you who are new I did this 2000 a month challenge, which I just basically put in whatever Whatever I could and within 30 days, I saved like $800. So And I was gonna use this to go to Vegas, but I tripped at reschedule. So now I'm letting it sit I'm still adding to it. And once I decide we're gonna do it on vacation It'll either be vacation Monday money or it will fund my safe fund my savings or either My emergency fund and I'm gonna be honest with you guys I'm really scared to put it to my emergency fund because I know that means I can't touch it So I'm gonna be honest like this week. I was like, oh I might have to go in here, but I didn't a hell of strong So next up is I won in five and we're gonna put nine dollars in that one So we're gonna put nine dollars And I won in five, but I'll do this because it's so easy So we need to make some change you guys.  It's in here because I took a hundred dollars out I have that in my little lockbox. I'm gonna show that to you guys and we're gonna make some change And just the second for these 20s Okay, so one and five so next We're gonna go to Christmas Christmas gets its 30. So I hope I have a 10 in here. Let's see So we may not have to So every week I'm giving Christmas $30. I just want $600 for Christmas I said I'm gonna add extra to it. I would probably need a little bit more But I just wanted to say in the future though, my Christmas goal is gonna be a little bit higher Yeah, I used to spend so much on Christmas, but now my kids are a little older So I'm gonna give them other things. So next up is taxes taxes is getting 10 And if I have $10 in here, I don't So I'm gonna give taxes 10 and Then savings gets 10. Let me see if I have 10 in here I don't Let me make some change so This is my little box. I got this from Staples. This is where I put The one and five challenge I put it says August is just in a regular envelope So let's make some change. I know y'all thought I spent that money. Uh-uh. No, ma'am No ma'am That's 20 so I'm gonna take this little reference ways So that's how I'll be making change I think the other things So that's how we make a change if I have to I don't think I'm ready for the Cash exchange Honey, it's this ain't there. Okay. Uh, we're at savings. So savings gets 10 If y'all hear my dog, please excuse him. He's just a little upset with me. He wants to Go out and I'm gonna get him out. Just a second. I already retirement won't get anything this week We did savings. Okay No emergency funds All right, so next We're going into our cash envelope binder Yeah, I'm just so loving these little peek-a-boos. I will offer these but I don't know about this size. I gotta work on the sizing Products Do products get anything It needs to but we're gonna see I think I'm gonna have a little bit left over and uh, we'll see about that Um, I don't know if gas gets 20. I think gas gets 20. I'm gonna need some gas this week Let's give gas 20 And there's some change in here. I'm just gonna leave it there miscellaneous Where's my self-care at miscellaneous it gets 20 Like today I used pretty much over the week. I've I'm not gonna lie. I spent a lot this week and It was a slow week, but it turned out to be a pretty good week, but I got my bills paid That's all that matters and a little bit that was left.  So now we're kind of like in our um, not so high but can be high um binder This is my file effects and self-care. It's 20 and I thought I had a self-care one Okay, my daughter doesn't get anything I haven't helped her with anything products doesn't get anything Okay, let me explain. So date night like I said, I'm not stuffing date night because honey Honey hasn't contributed. So when he contributed is I'll do my So as y'all can see, I think I showed all these. I made some more of these little binders here. I mean envelopes And what my goal is to get kind of a week or two ahead Like this past week with the first of the month bills That is so draining and I'm already You know business is kind of slow on that week So it kind of depletes my money and I don't really like that, you know I mean like my bank account really dips I don't never necessarily have a buffer in my account But I do try to leave a little money next because some things I just don't know like I don't know where my apple bill comes out It came out Yesterday, I'm thinking something can't be right. This doesn't only come out Maybe because it's only $3.49 So I'm trying to create a one to two week buffer Um, especially a first of the month buffer So like when the first of the month hit those bills I can pay them ahead of time because a lot of those are credit card bills So I want to pay them before they're due and if I have a little extra then I can put it on the first of the month I hope I'm making a little sense here. So, um, when this one We're gonna put 20 And that's it So that's what's going in here I don't have it written on here But um, that's what this one's gonna be for because I just had these little envelopes I made and I was like, okay, what am I going to add to them? So I saw I'll just pick one. So that's what this one is We'll see what it looks like. But you know, when things get tight, I do this will be one that I would dip in Um, I always see my one in five. I'll dip in but as y'all can see I just haven't dipped in it So that completes that I'm going back to this binder here This goes back to the bank or back to me because like I said, I spent Um money from household and bought a bunch of household products. I'm actually I was cleaning my oven. I came home to clean my oven I bought a bunch of cleaning supplies and I just really went over and I do want to kind of build that up but This ain't the time because it was a slow week. So I need to replenish my money And this may go to like me getting products or something. So That's that. So I'll take that back to the bank And you guys that's it. That is all that's all I have for you today So Thank you so much for watching If today was your first time watching any of my videos and you enjoyed today's video and you would love to see more From me Yoshida your girl. I would love for you to come back. I would love to welcome you to the cove So please do me a favor. We're on our way to 1k and I would love love love to have you here And like I said, welcome you to the cove in the comments So do me a favor hit that subscribe button also hit that notification bell and also don't forget Thumbs up and I'll see you guys in my next video


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Hey guys, I'm Ken Ross here. I'm a business consultant that specializes in reducing costs for businesses By looking at their essential expenses and today as you can see I'm at the local Starbucks here getting ready to meet with a good friend of mine His name is Emmanuel Blakemore and we're gonna continue this financial time series. So well guys here's Emmanuel Like I said, this is my friend here says here on your card Mortgage advisor, tell me a little bit about your background how you got to be a mortgage advisor You know your education and things for sure So I went to Stetson University up in the land, Florida right by Orlando, Florida Played football there division one football for us Stetson. They brought back their division one team in 2013 So it was actually a new fresh program got to help build up that program and you know meet a lot of nice people at Stetson and then after graduating from Stetson, I Wanted to go into some type of business field with my business degree and I felt like Finance was a great field and I felt like mortgages was a great opportunity Especially the fine the way the financial market was when I was graduating. Yeah in the housing market. Yeah, even more You know, it was a great opportunity. So I got an interview In a company in Miami in Brickle. It was in the Brickle Arch. So wow, okay I came down in the middle of my senior year. I drove down to Miami for the interview after doing the phone interview You know brought my girlfriend along. We stayed in the hotel. I was able to actually ace that interview Nice couple rounds and then you know, they gave me the call and I came back up to the land and said yeah You got you have the position. I accepted the position and I Graduated came down to Miami where the Brickle the Brickle Arch for a while and Went through a couple things with that company and my license finally it went to a brokerage where I'm still currently working We've been working with the same Branch, but we've transferred to a bank now Okay, Pacific mortgage, you know Powered by preferred rate. I know a little bit about Brickle. I've actually done some work on some other channels, too Brickle is quite a big area for business a lot of banks there Let's set you apart from your competition Big thing I mean especially with me is how I like to treat my clients a lot of the time It's churning churn out with these bigger, you know banks But we're a top-ten lender and I like to sit down and be an advisor, right? Like my car sets is a mortgage advisor. Yes, not a mortgage salesman I'm not a mortgage and that door-to-door guy I'm a guy that wants to advise you on how to create the successful roadmap to your dream of ownership Right, and that is the key to getting relationship business referral business A lot of people purchase a lot of leads. They're going out and they're purchasing a lot of Advertisement and advertising Facebook marketing stuff like that. I don't spend anything on that real what I do is I create Relationships with guys like yourself realtor You know professionals industry do well by them help them build their business and they help me in return You know as well as helping my clients. They also refer me a lot of business as well because when you do well by them When you save them money, they want the same treatment for their loved ones and their friends That's that's a really good sake way honestly because you said when you save the money. I love to save money I really do so I can't resist asking you this question about this review. I saw and I'm gonna make sure I get it Right, so I saw it on here. I read it says Clint Clear to close in 11 business days with over $27,000 in savings and nearly a full percent better on the rate How are you able to find these kind of savings? This is something that I feel like my audience given that I'm a cost reduction guy Yeah, it's something that they'll want to know for sure for sure. That was actually a funny funny loan That was it came from Bank of America Bank of America. They couldn't do it Also going with a cross-country mortgage for a while to his satisfaction. So My realtor was actually the listing agent on that property Okay, not the buyer's agent, but she got it convinced the realtor that was the buyer's agent to Give their client to me because she knew that I can handle those those clients I can handle those deals that she knew I could get it closed So that's another you know example of how creating a relationship with that realtor that referral partner brings me business, you know, I don't know that buyers agent I know that client what we had to do is Renegotiate the contract which a lot of loan officers don't know how to do they might know how to do finance They might not do then type in loans, but negotiating the contract is the first part now It's the agent's job But it's also you in the background knowing how the numbers work and how to get the deal done Coaching them on how to get the the right concessions how to get the right down payment You know the right loan type for that client and that leads to a lot of savings for them Yeah leads to a you know 20k in savings. We went back renegotiate the contract I've added a couple addendums to there that both parties agreed to and We restructured is his loan So we were able to save him 20k in closing costs. We were able to reduce his rate by almost a percentage Yes, you know and you know, we got we caught that long day window So I said, you know, I don't even need the 20 days. Let's close it in 11 Only did you save money, but you save time and clearly that's something for the average consumer for somebody like myself If I tried to do what you did it would take me much longer I probably wouldn't find as much in savings and I certainly wouldn't be as happy as I'm sure your client was in this particular instance because you navigated them through this whole process Definitely, you know, if you go out and you do something by yourself and you're not with a trusted advisor It's hard first of all to even get financing without getting someone to pay that loan, right? You don't want to just go straight to an underwriter or go to a hard money guy That's just gonna throw you alone, but you don't know how the system works You don't know that every few months, Benny and Freddie are coming out with new laws new regulations new ways that they're Scoring you new long-level price adjustments. We just had a new low-level price adjustment come out this month where You know, I'm sure you've heard about it where they're saying, you know higher credit scores are getting penalized Right, right everybody everybody. Yeah, everybody has taken that excuse me as this welfare type of program these things have existed You know in the market already. It's just adjustments, right exactly just adjustments Changes, but you have to have someone in the industry that's knowledgeable about the industry to make sure that they you know to prepare for those changes to prepare for the different things that are being Talked about within the Fannie and Freddie regulations within even non QM regulations So that way you're getting the best mortgage product because Every loan has to be tailored to that client not every loan is for everybody, right? There's a three-year to five-year window where typically you hold the loan No one really holds it for 30 years and you have to plan for that three to five years for that client for their family for what they Won't they see the future of that property being you got to have something someone and somebody that has the resources to get those special loan products and someone that's going to be able to teach you and Explain them to you in a way that you understand so that way you don't feel like you're in a limbo when going through the loan process Could be a lot of sleepless nights if you don't do it right it's a stressful process, man I had I never knock anybody for getting stressed out within the process I 100% get it sometimes.  Absolutely. Of course you want everything to be Simple for you so that way you can feel safe and secure and that you're making the right decision Kind of last question here What would you say is kind of the state of lending right now because if you look at what I do? I work with a lot of business owners a lot of business owners have properties They leverage those properties. It's important that banks are in good spots and Lending as far as being able to buy a home or even float alone for certain things is important So what what would you say are some of the highlights of the state of lending right now? See it really depends on you know, what you're lending on when it comes to residential real property It's a little bit easier to get funding because we're talking about property that a lot of people are going to be Living in so it's a safe investment for banks, right? You're not going anywhere if you live there We know where you are and if you aren't gonna pay us we're gonna foreclose on the property They're like it doesn't matter either way but When it comes to investment property things are getting tighter, especially with construction projects, you know Because a lot of them are banks are seeing that as a risky Moral risk, right? Yeah, it's definitely more of a risk You have a lot more stuff that has to go in you got permitting got zoning you got the bill You got the scope of work. You got to make sure the GC is on time with everything so that way you fit into that Construction loan term. There's a lot of stuff that goes into that on top of the fact You got to make sure that you're coming out with the right ARB after construction All that is in limbo until the property is uncompleted and rented out or sold and that's with the exit for the loan So Especially investment property more so commercial properties getting hit very hard right now Lending is very tight right now commercial properties based off the NOI and that operating income and the way that Rates are right now, you know Invests commercial properties based off the prime rate. It's very high right now I think it's about eight percent So when you're putting a margin on that it's just throwing off the numbers with NOI and the income of the property which makes it Not as appetizing to a lot of lenders now, of course the big banks in the big Relationships they're gonna keep getting their money. They're gonna keep doing business Blackstone all of them They're gonna as many properties as they want, right? But usually we're not talking to those types of people That's that's why that's why I'm talking to you, right? Exactly, man. We're not talking to those that so, you know credit unions those smaller mid-sized small banks They're hurting right now because they have to keep their pockets tight So they don't run into the falls like we saw over the weekend Right, you know, that's something that we don't want to see again and that a bank doesn't want to see for their shareholders So it makes sense that they don't want to put too much money out If they're not sure about the money that they're holding internally and the notes that they're holding in turn People are shying away from buying homes. Is that also causing a lot of stress because you know You see people they don't really want to buy a new home unless they really have to right They don't want to move if we have to if we don't have to that this that effect Yeah, right now Yeah, I mean it affects lending as far as the competition The man isn't as high as it previously was okay, so you have a lot more competition with within a group of lenders, right? So now banks are competing with brokers are competing with the credit unions which are competing with the big depository institutions Everyone wants a slice of a very, you know small pie So it's you know real the people that are doing those they're getting undercut by the next guys Just so that they can originate loans. So some people You know right now aren't making money off the loans. They originate some some people You know some banks I should say aren't making any type of money off. They're actually losing money for the ones They're right and I think you mentioned this when we were getting coffee here There's some banks that are giving people money just to close right just to close You know that's that instead of you know, we do good business. We get you the best loan possible You should do business with us is oh, we'll give you $3,000 or we get $5,000. Please work with us You know, we'll just make it up in the end, right? So they don't they don't the average a lender right now is losing $350 plus on the on the loans they originate prior to this year. They were making about 25 to 2600 off each loan that they are really so That's why a lot of independent mortgage companies and independent mortgage banks are Losing money at every quarter Q4 of last year almost all of the independent mortgage makes we're losing money Okay, you know, everybody's operating in the red and just trying to get by so it really really pushing people and pushing lenders to To give a lot they're bleeding themselves just to get by and get to the next quarter right now. Okay Well, I've really had a great time here asking you some questions Where can we find you if people want to reach out to you? My socials are Emanuel Blakemore underscore, you know first name last name no peers or anything like that. Okay You check me out on my website www.blakemoremortgages.com Okay, you know if you need to reach out to me directly my number is<PHONE_NUMBER> And you know, if you know anybody that's looking to buy sell refinance, you know Consultations are free talk to a professional talk to someone that is knowledgeable about the industry Don't talk to your uncle that bought a house in the night, right? Or you know, you're great on that swore She did real estate that ten years ago and knows what's going on in the market now, right? Well, and it's important that people realize this right night I've tried tried to train my audience or I tried to at least explain to my own it's having good partners that are Understanding of a market where you could ask them a question like we could sit down here and have a coffee and you tell me about What it is, you know, what it is that you do and in the state of lending That's something that you can't replace you can't just find that on the internet somewhere You can't just ask your uncle who's not in the industry like you were saying and and get the right answer or get a clearer picture of it And so that's that's why I do this. Thank you for inviting me and being a part of it.  I'm doing my part You can say what you want, but I don't I don't I don't I don't claim to Have any other knowledge other than a than a desire and a passion to want to see Good people Excelling what they do and then that's something that I see in you and in all the people that I'm out to serve too So I want to be be a sharer rather than a taker, right? That's the way to succeed Well, this has been Financial times right I feel like financial services is important something that all people need to be a part of and I will continue The series on my channel with more people like Emmanuel and thank you for your time today


$500 Hey, Bolo buddies. Thanks for watching. All right, you guys in this video We are gonna talk about big money plush plush or stuffed animals that sell for big bucks I posted this in my Bolo buddies Facebook group and invited everybody to share a plush item or a stuffed animal that they sold For a big profit, so I'm gonna tell you where they got it what they paid for it and what it sold for This is my Bolo buddies Facebook group. Definitely check it out if you're not in it There's a link down in my link tree. You can click on that and come follow. All right, come join I guess it's join not follow when it comes to Facebook. I Finally found a Webkin's Timber in the wild found at a local church thrift store for 75 cents sold within a week did take a Best offer of a hundred and ten dollars and this is what it looks like Bought this from a flea market for two dollars and sold within 24 hours for 1995 it looks like it is a 2021 Easter Winnie the Pooh, so just an unexpected Plush that sold really quick. This one comes from Bolo buddies member. I'm a reseller. This is his YouTube channel. Definitely check him out and You can find anybody that I mentioned in the video if they're Bolo buddies YouTube members That means they have joined memberships for perks and I pop up a Photo of either their YouTube channel or their eBay store and I link them down in the description So be sure to give them a follow and check out what they're selling because most of them are big money Bolo finders purchase both in an old bicycle shop that shut down in the 70s or 80s That was having an estate sale made a huge pile for 250 so into them for a couple bucks maybe alright, so here we go We got the first one here, which is a gunned vintage doll rubber face bumblebee Right there $250 and then the next three Well, there's that they're pretty good to vintage gun tiger coat and hat. This is just the outfit 2366 plus shipping Mattel King Kong 1966 RKO talking doll blue voice box plush $100 plus shipping and Osbro softies was ease Ryan a monkey plush stuff the animal from 1984 2999 and It looks like I'm sorry. It looks like they all had free shipping. Yes free shipping on those I Buy at 50 cents a pound at the bins type store so probably 25 cents each So the first one is a Hello Kitty Sanrio retired 2010 Build-A-Bear white with a heart bow Sold that one for 60 and the second one is a Moshe teal turquoise micro bead plush hippo by Brentwood Sold it for 20 plus shipping 25 cents each guys Sold in less than 12 hours after purchasing and putting up on eBay She did not say okay. Here she goes. I got it at the Goodwill bin so about 33 cents For it and I've gotten a few 2002 Care Bears from there and I've all had great margins This one is a 2002 Care Bear grumpy bear blue rain cloud stuffed animal sold for It looks like it sold for 60 Purchase this at an online estate auction for about $50 Took offers for 250 within the first two hours I'm sorry two offers for 250 within the first two hours on eBay auction how about forbidding more and glad I did $500 vintage Disney life-size pongo 101 Dalmatians plush Douglas Douglas company Bought at the Goodwill for 99 cents sold in three days for full-asking price of 22 not a high dollar But a fun quick flip it is despicable me Grew's dog Kyle. I love it. He's so cute Mercari's a great place to sell plush. I mentioned that before I Definitely definitely consider it looks like this one sold on Mercari as well if you're not on Mercari There's a link down below. It is my referral link So if you use it you're gonna get $10 to shop when you join with it You're gonna get another $20 to shop when you sell a hundred dollars worth of stuff And then they also give me money to shop when you buy and when you sell the hundred dollars So it definitely helps me, but that's free money for all of us to shop. So thank you for using my link in advance bought this at a to I'm sorry bought at a thrift store for a dollar sold within a day or two bought outright Funny because I bought for my son and thought it was an Ewok or something from Star Wars My son said no and that he didn't like Power Rangers. I Threw it in the toy bin and pulled it out like six months later to list Super shocked at what comps were sold it for $46. That's what it looks like and that was on Mercari Build a bear moons a glow brown werewolf Halloween retired moon stars glow plush. Yes big money Bolo Got it from a desert Industries local thrift store found in a random shelf not in plush section as though someone had picked it up and decided Not to get it paid two dollars sold for a full asking price of a hundred and ninety five plus shipping after I had taken an offer For one forty five from a previous buyer that never paid and then relisted the item This one is definitely a Bolo. I have a bill to bear It's a what sold video But it's a category video where I search and find Bolo's for you guys in a specific category This one happened to be on build a bear and this is what the video looks like and I compare What these Bolo bear sold for on eBay and what they sold for on Mercari and a lot of cases they sold for more on Mercari So if you're not on Mercari, definitely consider it You can start if you're on eBay you can cross post with list perfectly and get all of your items over there so quickly Plush even sells on Poshmark So I would recommend starting on eBay and then cross posting to Poshmark and Mercari those plush There are links for both down below. Also, if you want to see how list perfectly works I do have a demo video down there and you can get 30% off your first month of list perfectly with coupon referral code Bolo buddies so check out that video watch it see if it's something that interests you you can also list directly into the Catalog or to the catalog into the other platforms. I kind of show all of that in the video There's lots of options with list perfectly. I've been using it since 2019 and I absolutely love it And it's a great great It's great to get your items on other platforms because different platforms have different buyers It's been proven and proven time again with stuff that I have put over there That has not sold on eBay and then it sells on another platform Purchase for 25 cents at a church sale sold in two days. It's a 2001 Universal Studios Sony PlayStation 18 inch crash Bandicoot plush with tag 8250 This one comes from piece of scrap and I usually tell you guys she focuses on clothing and shoes and stuff like that But she sold a plush so check out piece of scrap. She is a Bolo buddies member She has a great YouTube channel. Definitely give her a sub. I Paid $5 for this at the Goodwill is sold for 42 shipped on eBay usually pass on Squish Malo Since the Goodwill prices them up and puts the price right on the tush tag You got to love that and this is what it looks like. It's Kelly toy Anastasia the something But yeah, $5. Oh, here's the tush tag. Oh Now I will say if that is not permanent marker What you can do is you can take an aerosol hairspray and spray the tag Don't touch the plush just spray the tag rub it with your finger and then rinse that under cold water and Some of that ink will fade away If it is not permanent marker, you can almost get the entire thing off if it's permanent marker You're not gonna be so lucky, but maybe worth a shot especially on a higher-end item Hi, Courtney. I sold this cupcake jelly cat for $80. He's not very big less than four ounces I picked him up at the Goodwill bins a couple months ago Probably have 30 cents into him He had some dust and marks on him that I was able to easily clean up with a baby wipe in less than five minutes I had him listed for a couple months. Thank you so much for all you share I definitely was inspired to pick up this plush up because of all the times jelly cat has been mentioned on your channel I love selling jelly cat. I've never seen a cupcake so cute and that sold on McCurry Five nights at Freddy's plush items can be big money Bolo I scored 51 video game plushies for $40 at a moving sale about 78 cents each Had one buyer order these two items for a total of a hundred and eighteen ninety eight plus shipping I have sold through about half of or more of the 51 items and I'm still making money This is what it looks like. There's the five nights at Freddy cupcake Five nights at Freddy. Helpy plush. Helpy. Helpy pizzeria. I don't know 3399 and 8499 This one comes from the rebel reseller. This is her YouTube channel If you are not following the rebel reseller, you definitely need to follow her. She is a Bolo finder specializing in Plush, she does sell other things, but man. Oh man. She knows her plush Don't remember where I picked this up, but I would have probably paid a dollar or less for it I listed in it sold the same day for 79 95 always check plush that are made out of terry cloth fabric White rabbit plush terry cloth pastel green pink 12 inch main joy stuffed animal and this is what it looks like Here's an awesome sale. I made thanks to you I never used to look at any plush, but now I check them all got this jelly cat lion out of a free bin I couldn't find any comp So I posted it a little higher than the most expensive jelly cat lion and it sold for full asking in less than 48 hours after I listed it I got a hundred and sixty eight fifty five plus shipping. Thank you so much for all you've taught me It's an ultra rare hard to find jelly cat brown wild thing lion bean plush floppy. Oh, that's awesome This one comes from childhood finds and this is her YouTube channel. She is a Bolo finder Super knowledgeable. She sells way more than plush. Go check her out. She said I always pick up fun plush golf head covers when I find them I picked this one up at a thrift store for a dollar and sold it for full asking price It is winning edge designs driver head cover polar bear with fish golf club head cover Sometimes people will also put puppet in the title. Hi Courtney. Thank you for all you do I bought this plush at a goodwill for a dollar eleven. I could not find one similar for comps I listed a high at a buy it now for a hundred. I made a few offers to my watchers at 90 I got a counter at 45. I took it buyers paid shipping Total sale 58. I'm not upset with this sale. It's a webkin gans oatmeal pup plush And it is super cute. No code hard to find Purchase for two dollars on friday in an estate sale listed for 39 99 on saturday sold for full price on monday Thank you for teaching us the value of larger plush buyer was all in for 54 98 It's a floppy friends plush bunny rabbit white stuffed animal mervins toy 26 inches vintage This one comes from picker money flipper on ebay and youtube and they have an awesome youtube channel as well And they are big moneybolo finders paid a dollar at a yard sale and the plush sold for 50 dollars and 96 cents plus shipping It's a wow. Wow. Wubbies Wow. Wubbies 2007 fisher price flexible tail plush sings talks stuffed toy Bought a year ago at a second hand shop in northeast tennessee for around a dollar originally listed I believed around 225 reduced after christmas to 175 and full asking price of 175 It is a lisa frank plush easter bunny rabbit in eight 1980 or earlier's or earlier's or earlier And I didn't I would not have looked at that and thought lisa frank. Huh the colors just don't scream lisa frank Awesome 175 this one's mine guys. I got this at the bends a lot of times that are bends depending on the day Sometimes they will do the larger plush for a dollar instead of by weight So I got this for a dollar and I sold it for 79 plus shipping. It's a vintage american Wego or wego bear honey bear Plush stuffed animal and this is what it looks like I grabbed 38 plus at a yard sale for a dollar each lots of five nights at freddy and that genre This was the first one that sold and I gave the lowest sale I gave the lowest Sail through rate to a kid. I adore who collects Not five nights at freddy not a huge sale, but a dollar into 30 is always a win Resident evil plush nemesis stubborn collector edition official removable felt and this is what it looks like So a dollar into 30 Spent a dollar or less on a big bundle at a yard sale Gans baby buddies giraffe rattle yellow purple green plush stuffed animal. This one sold for 38 plus shipping All right, and the last one here I picked this up at the Goodwill for $3.99 which is more than I can usually tolerate paying for plush Cops look good and video game characters really seem to do well It's sold in less than a week for full asking price of $39.99 and buyer paid shipping I also picked up three five nights at freddy's plush for the same price that day still waiting for those to sell It is a pikman captain oilamar little buddy 1652 plush nintendo stuffed animal and it sold for $39.99 plus shipping so yes, I do have to agree like video games and TV shows a lot of times those plush are a little more than bread and butter and some of them can be big money So you will find that plush are all over the place a lot of them are long tail so don't watch this And thank you're going to go out and find plush that are going to sell for crazy big money Really fast because a lot of times they sell for bread and butter, which is you know 15 to 40 bucks and They take a long time to sell I'm not going to lie a lot of plush takes a long time to sell a lot of them are big They take up space so depending on how much space you have You may want to be comping out your plush and not just buying it in bulk because it does Take up space. So that's just a little Bola buddies tip, but it is easy to list It is easy to ship and I love selling plush. So thank you for being here Thank you for watching Be sure to like comment subscribe and share and let me know if you want me to continue to do this plush series Thanks for watching


I'm neurotypical. And so it was tremendously important that I wasn't the one designing and building the app. Yeah, it's not for me. It should be built by other autistic adults. And so we have a remarkable team of autistic engineers, autistic designers. 80% of the employees who work at HIKI are neurodivergent. That is so good. That's like the amount of organizations out there that are specifically for autistic people. They don't even employ like 10, 20, 30% of the employees. It's both heartbreaking and also it's just bad business. It doesn't make sense to me. My job and my role as the founder of HIKI, there's a long history of autistic adults self-advocating for themselves. I don't need to be some like savior or anything like that. The community doesn't need that for me and they didn't ask it of me. What I can do is sort of leverage my privilege as a cisgender, neurotypical male to uplift all these other amazing voices who have been doing the work long, long before I existed. And so that is like, that's the role that I play at HIKI. I'm an advocate and an ally, but I'm not, I shouldn't be the one, I'm not the face of HIKI. Like I'm not the one, I'm not the one building it. That's not my job. So we have an incredible team who makes HIKI what it is. And I'm sure we'll get into that very, very soon. I'm getting excited. I'm sorry. He jumped with a gun. Yeah. One thing that perhaps unrelated to the thing that wronged for me was you said that you, you were struggling with dating as well. Like, what happened? Did you have like a glow up and then? No, no, there's still no glow up. I guess I should just put this out there. I'm still single. So I guess I'm still struggling. I guess I'm still struggling with dating. So I think that the irony is like everyone, everyone struggles with dating just for some, for some of us who are more privileged, we have, we have more resources at our disposal. And so I have more, you know, I don't, I have more options. And so there's, there are more ways for me to navigate that world than there were for my cousins specifically. And so I think that, that's the disconnect. Sure. Well, ladies want to send in, or lady or men. I don't know. If the people out there want to send in some, some emails and it'll be a new segment.


Man, for Thanksgiving, my favorite food is candy-aims. I love me some candy-aims. Got to have the marshmallows crusty and nice and melted on the top of it. The best way to make yams. Chicken spaghetti, macaroni cheese. It would be a combination. I mean, if I could take green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and the turkey, kind of mix it all together to make one super plate. That's what it is. My favorite food, Thanksgiving food, would have to be my mom's mac and cheese. It's unbelievable. To die for. Also, I love some fried chicken on Thanksgiving as well. I'm not much of a turkey guy. Favorite Thanksgiving food is stuffing, and then dessert is apple pie. Before we eat, we sit around and tell them there's another few things we're thankful for. And we're playing games afterwards. We're just chilling and enjoying each other. Well, at the end, after all stuffed, we like to make a special dish. When we're all stuffed, we like to make a gingerbread house competition just to kind of get ready for the Christmas season. The items, when you eat too much, you take a nap, a good nap, though. It's a food coma, pretty much. And then you wake back up and do it again. That's what Thanksgiving is all about. What I'm most thankful for is my family and my girls. You know, they bring a lot of fun, a lot of happiness into my life. They're, you know, kind of the main motivation for me. I just want to say I'm thankful just to be alive and say I play in the NFL. Just say thankful for my beautiful wife, Ryan, my young little boy, Nolan, and soon to be my young man, Payton. And thank you for so much. Thank you for my health, thank you for my family. Thankful to be in this position I'm in around these guys. What I'm thankful for, obviously, health, being able to play, and then also having games that matter in November. I'm excited to win some games when it matters most. Titan family, I want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving. I want to wish Titan Nation happy Thanksgiving. Titan fans, happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving, Titans fans. I just want to wish Titan's Nation a happy Thanksgiving. I want to wish all the Titans fans happy Thanksgiving from mine to your family.