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Sally Elshorafa

@sallykuchar

May 24, 2021

I guess I'm a sadist so let's talk about California residential real estate.

Did you know it's bonkers? Like just completely bananas. Let's look at some examples.

I live in Los Angeles but also pay close attention what's happening in the Bay Area and the desert. Lots of folks still buying in the Bay Area and lots of folks decamping to the desert. All of these markets are completely absurd.

Oh this one's fun. Are you sitting down? Yes, it's lovely. Oh my god, it's so lovely. And it just sold for 76% over asking. It was listed for $1.119M and sold for $2.12M.

3-bed, 3-bath in Mount Washington (Los Angeles).

redfin.com/CA/Los-Angeles…

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Sally Elshorafa

@sallykuchar

Oct 11, 2019

I’m going to do a TikTok dump of people doing extraordinary things.

@Beyonce

Persian scale style! I hope @Beyonce has seen this.

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Sally Elshorafa

@sallykuchar

May 23, 2019

This is a cool/silly video that TikTok user Kaxcos posted. It’s not extraordinary or anything, but what happened next is.

One of the most unique features of TikTok is how easily users can “duet” with each other. Basically a user can post a “response” video that will be placed next to the original video. A LOT of the duets are either dance offs or reaction videos. This is a good example:

Every once in awhile someone duets a video in a REALLY creative way. That’s what user Caleb Finn did with this duet. It’s easily one of the most talked about videos on the platform right now, and has turned the relatively unknown Caleb into a superstar seemingly overnight.

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Sally Elshorafa

@sallykuchar

Mar 4, 2019

After 15+ years, I made the decision (after being laid off) in January to take a break from journalism. The industry was/is abysmal and I wanted to try something else. Here's what I've learned so far. (A thread.)

1. Your skills are transferable. There are so many amazing jobs out there that require the same skillset as journalism. You will usually be valued more because you are a rare commodity.

2. This completely depends on where you live and your network, but you can get paid more to do less because you are more valuable. I am constantly in shock by how impressed people are by simple stuff like my clear emails to more intense things like editorial project management.

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