When you’re too embarrassed to open your package because everyone is curious what you ordered but you know it’s your 8th flashlight in the box.
I have to admit this is the strangest one so far, i can’t fathom being embarrassed when receiving a flashlight
When at university you talk to your machine shop professor about titanium and he laughs when he learns it was all about building a flashlight…
Oh, if you pay off the whole mortgage, or buy a multi-plex, the rental price is enough to make a profit. But individual houses around here aren’t profitable to rent out while they still have an active mortgage, since the monthly fees plus maintenance are more than the going prices for rent.
Only 8 flashlights! How do you keep from hurting yourself when you trip in the dark?
So your saying the cost of ownership is much lower after the house is paid off, but if you always rent it will never be paid off
You're a flashaholic when you get a package and have no idea what's in it .
When a repairman comes over and notices about 15 torches on my hutch[less than half my collection] and he says, wow look at all those flash lights!
Even though it is day time I give him the numbers[lumens/throw] for most of the lights and a demonstration down my semi dark hallway!
This happened a few days ago when I got my new dryer!! lol!!!
OK, so me explain 
You do know that there are closing costs, loan initiation fees, maintenance, taxes, interest, maybe paid points, maybe paid association fees to think about too. Plus, an assumption that the house will actually increase in value instead of stay the same or decrease to account for/pay for before you can actually “come out ahead” of renting within less than 10 years usually? On top of that, if you are not staying there forever, when it comes time to sell, the cost must have appreciated enough to cover the costs of listing, and hiring a real estate agent, (and don’t forget probably paying taxes on the appreciation) can be paid for without incurring a loss when you sell? So, there is always a required time period of ownership before owning is actually “worth it” if you take the actual expenses into account.
So, if you aren’t selling soon, or you aren’t paying much interest, it becomes easily profitable to rent it out, but not a smart bargain for those not staying very many years.
I agree, i assume a house will never appreciate in value because cyclical trends are unpredictable, I assume it would be worth the same as it it today (inflation adjusted). If it does appreciate then thats a bonus but i won’t count on it because you cannot predict trends
By selling your in for a world of fees like you mentioned, and same for buying, around here the mantra is less then 5 years your better off renting.
you can tell which postal carrier is outside your door just by the sounds of the truck.
UPS has aluminum trucks. I tested with a magnet.
You have a Flashlight addiction when:
You’ve been sick and gone and out of touch and you check in with BLF before you log in to your email account 
Been away from BLF. Just logged in for the first time in about 18 weeks.
PS. It’s worse than I thought. My first post back, was participating in a group buy :bigsmile:
Welcome back! 
Welcome back!
You have a fashlight addiction when pie costs more than casserole. :bigsmile:
When you see this image and first thought that pops your mind is “how deep this reflector is?” 
- You have a flashlight addiction when you've modded more lights in a week than most people own in their entire life .
- When you have more posts on a flashlight forum than the Administrator.
-When people cower when they show you their light .
-When you lie about the price of your light (low).
-When You buy a light and really like it ....and then buy 4 more .
-When you consider buying another car because you have the perfect light for it .
-When you get excited about your girlfriends laptop needing a new battery.
At least you didn’t get a new girlfriend because you had the right light for her.
Nice post!