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Seth Michael Steele
S_michaelsteele@BitcoinNostr.com
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We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools #Bitcoin
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sms 2 months ago
Got to use the old (new) chainsaw today, lost my nut and didn’t even notice, luckily found it. Bitcoin is a scrench; don’t forget it! Wanna know my happy place? In orange, on orange machines, with orange tools, taking care of the land: for sats?!?! Golly gee lucky me, if I’m not selling property: I’m appreciating it; both literally and figuratively. Big tings in the works or bit gings? image
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sms 2 months ago
Most realtors buy fancy desk chairs so they will be more comfortable…not the bitcoin realtor cuz thems his sats! image
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sms 2 months ago
Cut my auto insurance by nearly half after switching providers…same (or better) coverage for real-world use. Probably switching coffee too: 80% as good, half the price. I still believe in loyalty. I try to give it where it’s earned, but staying loyal to providers that quietly raise rates on renewals while rewarding churn doesn’t feel like virtue anymore. It feels like getting played. Bitcoin shifts the incentives. It rewards loyalty to predictable, hard rules instead of institutions that can change the deal on you. It also gives you the financial breathing room to optimize without guilt. The savings don’t just vanish: they become more sats or more capital ready for the next move. I don’t have an undervalued property in hand yet, but I’m building the runway and the conviction so I’m ready when the right one shows up. These small decisions are how that happens. Loyalty to the mission over loyalty to any single provider. What small thing have you optimized lately that most people would overlook? 🫡₿ image
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sms 2 months ago
I used to think Bitcoin sovereignty was mostly about never selling. Now I believe the real test is whether you can build a life where you never have to sell and where the place you actually live every day feels like it belongs to you in a way fiat and landlords can’t touch. For me, that means getting my hands on North Georgia mountain land and turning it into a real homestead: a place with proper outdoor living, room to grow food, and the kind of daily freedom that makes all the stacking feel worth it instead of just theoretical. I’m not chasing some polished cabin I can’t afford yet. I’m choosing to create it on overlooked properties through work I already know how to do. Bitcoin stays the hardest foundation. The sweat equity on the land is what turns it into something I can stand inside of, raise a family on, and know won’t get debased or regulated out from under me. Most people in this space are still optimizing for a bigger number on a screen. I’ve decided I’m optimizing for a porch with a mountain view that I helped build, funded by money that actually holds its value across decades. It’s slower, dirtier, and carries more personal risk than pure DCA or another trade, but for where I am in life right now, it’s the only version of freedom that includes an actual home and a future that feels solid. That’s the bet I’m making. image
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sms 2 months ago
Bitcoin Meets Fannie Mae: Homeownership Without Selling A Michigan couple has closed the first mortgage of its kind, using Bitcoin to collateralize the down payment on a Fannie Mae-eligible home loan without liquidating their holdings. Better and Coinbase structured it as a compliant dual-component transaction: a standard conforming first mortgage paired with a separate Bitcoin-secured financing line that funds the down payment. The Bitcoin portion’s monthly debt service is factored into the borrower’s Debt-to-Income ratio under Fannie Mae guidelines, keeping the entire package within traditional underwriting rules. Bitcoin stays untouched in custody, sidestepping an immediate capital gains event unless a significant drop triggers liquidation. This framework turns passive digital holdings into active capital for the largest asset class on Earth. It creates a repeatable, regulatorily sound path for Bitcoin-wealthy buyers to enter the housing market while preserving their core position. Nationwide rollout begins this summer. Bitcoin has moved from store of value to usable collateral in mainstream American finance. image
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sms 2 months ago
I’ve been on the fence about saying this out loud in Bitcoin circles. For a while now I’ve been quietly going all in on real estate: full time as a licensed agent and third generation carpenter who knows these North Georgia mountains. I kept it close because I didn’t want to dilute the signal or miss the chance to actually represent what Bitcoiners value when it comes to land and property, but the stars are aligning too clearly to stay quiet. Bitcoin and real estate aren’t competing. They’re two pieces of the same beautiful puzzle. Bitcoin is the hardest money: the pristine collateral that lets you keep every sat while unlocking capital for the physical world (the self repaying mortgage vision is exactly right). Real estate, done right, is where that capital becomes sovereignty: land you can improve, homes you can build with your own hands, homesteads that create real optionality. My fiat mine has always been housing. While I’ve been HODLing BTC through the chop, the work of my hands has been turning neglected properties into something valuable first at an hourly rate, then, after discovering I could not finance even a low ball offer on a dream home I think I could +150% market value in my free time in 1-2 years time, I’ve decided the chance is worth taking because otherwise it will not be an option. Now I’m taking the reins completely. There’s more uncertainty and volatility than a steady carpentry check, but if there’s one thing worth having conviction in besides Bitcoin… it’s yourself. Your ability to execute. To build the thing you see clearly. Sometimes the hardest move is the most profitable one. Here’s the vision that actually lights me up: Buy the ugly ducklings: the distressed, overlooked, “needs work” properties most people walk past. Use these carpenter hands + realtor knowledge to turn them into off grid capable, hybrid homesteads and citadels. Not to be a landlord collecting rent checks. To appreciate the Lord’s land to the fullest: steward it, improve it, create places of beauty, resilience, and freedom. Passion projects. Profit engines that fuel more sats. Strategic setups only if they accelerate the mission more than pure stacking or adjacent plays. I see Bitcoiners waking up to this exact pairing: sound money + sound property. With governments moving toward strategic Bitcoin reserves and more of us realizing whole coins + paid off or value add land is the real sovereignty stack… I don’t want to miss the opportunity to bring that to my own backyard. If you’re in the ecosystem and looking at North Georgia property: mountain views, fixer-uppers with upside, land for a homestead, or just want someone who gets both the BTC side and the dirt to finish to market to closing to garden side; I’m here. No more fence sitting. The puzzle pieces fit too well. Let’s build. ₿ 🏠 🛠️ image
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sms 2 months ago
This is mid-cycle chop, not collapse. Strategy is surfing the volatility instead of fighting it. The emotional noise and short-term pain are exactly what create the best accumulation windows for those who understand the game. Volatility is the feature. Conviction is the edge. Stack accordingly 🫡 image
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sms 2 months ago
What is generational freedom? Owning money that can’t be printed away, seized with a click, or diluted over time. Bitcoin was built around one idea: absolute scarcity. 21 million. No exceptions, no extensions, no committee. For the first time in history, anyone can store and transfer wealth globally without a bank, government, or intermediary’s permission. As the $110 trillion Great Wealth Transfer unfolds, younger generations are adopting Bitcoin at far higher rates than those before them. Capital flows toward what’s hardest to debase. Bitcoin is volatile. It’s still early. It’s widely misunderstood. And history has a way of making today’s price look cheap in hindsight. Whether Bitcoin becomes the world’s reserve asset remains an open question. What isn’t: it has permanently changed how the world thinks about money. The real question was never whether Bitcoin is making history. It’s whether you’re paying attention while it does. image