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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your mom's nursing home bill keeps climbing. The care keeps thinning out. Fewer aides. Same rushed turnover every visit. That's not bad luck. That's private equity, and there's a name for what they did to the building she lives in.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

23 private equity firms and hedge funds now own 1,934 mobile home parks in the US. Nearly 400,000 home sites. 47% were financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Across all US parks, it's 9%. Taxpayer money funded the buyout. Then rent went up.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1- Health insurance premiums are set to jump again for 2027 - about 15% on marketplace plans, faster on employer plans. That's not a guess. That's what insurers already filed.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The government wrote a rule capping overdraft fees at $5. It would've saved you up to $5 billion a year, combined. Congress repealed it before it ever took effect. Banks still collect about $8 billion a year on $35 fees. Nothing failed. It got reversed on purpose.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Will the US EVER have credibility again??? Your thoughts?

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

THE RENT WAS NOT SET BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD You called three buildings. Same price. RealPage took private rent data from competing landlords and told all of them what to charge. It and 37 property managers settled for $359.9M. Rented 2018 to 2025? File free at realpagerentalsettlement.com

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One in six US households is behind on their utility bill. Utility debt is near $23 billion. Heating is projected up 8.7% this winter. Electricity up 9%. If you're behind: call and ask for a payment arrangement, and ask your state's winter shutoff protection dates. Neither is automatic.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Your new health premium lands Nov 1. You vote Nov 3. Median proposed increase: ~15%, on top of last year's double-digit jump. Go find your number before the screen shows it to you. Fear has no edges. A figure does — and you can plan around a figure.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Your car repair bill is up 7% this year. Inflation is 3.4%. Here's why. Mavis is buying Pep Boys for $700M. Icahn kept the real estate. So the shops now pay rent to a landlord, and that rent comes out of your invoice. Ask for the written estimate. Authorize nothing past it.

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👑Maricella Brooks🌊🦅 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your electric bill is up 7.3% this year. Groceries up 29% since 2020. Your raise was 3%. That gap has a name. It isn't your budgeting. More than 20 years as a financial advisor taught me this one is not a willpower problem. (1/5)

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Incredibly important warning: share.google/aimode/L4AAU...

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every time the ground shifts, I get the same question: should I move my money? Usually the answer is no. Moving money during uncertainty is how people lock in losses that were only ever on paper. But there is one thing worth checking this week, and almost nobody does it.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is truly horrifying: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DGD...

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is what Trump/GOP voters accomplished:

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Darling Bella w Democrats eyes

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Tony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 03/09/2026

This should be an ad. LIke everywhere on every channel everywhere.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Prices are up and most of the reasons are out of our hands. So I've been sitting with a harder question lately: what can we actually do, in case they never go back down? Not what happens when things get better. What if this IS the new normal

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is why they BOTH must go!!!

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wonder why things feel so “tight”? 1970's Cost of Living: House: $23,450 Average income: $9,400 New car: $3,450 2026 Cost of Living: House: $412,000 Average income: $65,000 New car: $48,000 Average house price went up 1,756% Income only went up 692%

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

23 private equity firms and hedge funds now own 1,934 mobile home parks. Almost 400,000 home sites. 47% of those parks were financed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Across all US parks it is 9%. Taxpayer-backed lenders funded the buyer. Then the lot rent went up.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

TEXANS!!!!!! Check your status and pass this message on!!!

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Container shipping costs spiked in 2021, then came back down. Grocery prices went up and stayed up. Food at home is up 2.7% over last year, on top of roughly 30% since before the pandemic. The reason ended. The price never did. Check your state's SNAP screener. The limits surprise people.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A melting collapsing glacier triggered the devastating flood in Nepal: killing many hundreds of people. Fossil fuels will destroy life on earth

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mars, the candy company, bought the VCA vet chain for $9.1 billion in 2017. It runs about 3,000 clinics now. Private equity spent more than $50 billion buying vet practices from 2017 to 2023. Vet costs are up about 60% since 2014. Ask for an itemized estimate before you say yes

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nineteen out of twenty adults in this country say we are in an affordability crisis. Harris Poll, 4,100 people. You are not behind. You are in a crowd. I lost my real estate business and my home to foreclosure, then filed bankruptcy. It took ten years to climb back. Start free: nfcc.org

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Mars, the candy company, bought VCA in 2017 for $9.1 billion. It runs about 3,000 vet clinics now. Corporate and PE ownership went from 8 percent of US clinics in 2011 to about 50 percent by 2025. Vet costs are up about 60 percent since 2014. Ask for a written prescription. Fill it elsewhere.

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“I hope life treats you kind. And I hope that you have all that you ever dreamed of. And I wish you joy and happiness. But above all this, I wish you love.” We will always love you, Dolly. 🦋

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Who wishes they were Canadian now?

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oregonians!!! If you use the USPO out your ballot in a plain envelope. Better yet: drop it off yourself!! sos.oregon.gov/elections/pa...

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Grace Tinsen @rdpanda.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

276 health insurers just filed their 2027 rates. The median request is a 15 percent increase. Last year they asked 18 and got 20. Nobody voted on that. If a hospital bill is crushing you, ask for charity care by name. Nonprofit hospitals must offer it. dollarfor.org helps free.

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