Im no investor, Im not ambitious enough to drive an expensive car or have a fancy place to live. For most of my life, money was nothing but a struggle. In recent years Ive changed things enough to live comfortably, and that's enough for me. Bills are paid, foods on the table. I watch your videos for your insight, to see how the other half lives so to speak. I just want to thank you for saying that not everyone has to be a millionaire. If thats what drives you, more power to you. But never lose sight of who you are and what you really want.
"I can't date anyone when I live at home, wrong. If that person doesn't like you because you live at home and hey can't see the bigger picture, it ant going to work long term anyways, trust me." Damn Ruddy not fucking around.
Your warehouse is freaking massive!!!! I got say Rudy, I'm 41, played/collected Magic for a long time, and am living vicariously through you! Wish you nothing but success, never quit!!!! Thank you for what you do
I’m convinced Rudy is the best thing to happen to TH-cam ever. Even if you’re not a magic player, watching his videos is a better life course than anything you were ever taught in school. Not only are these lessons and information priceless, but he feeds it to you in such a digestible way. Rudy, genuinely, thank you. Thank you for choosing this path and spreading intelligence mixed with joy!
These videos are the reason I subscribed. Thank you for making these informative videos, I appreciate how much time you take to answer these questions.
@@billable1861 you can sell, you're locked out of buying (edit: the language on Robinhood is "Due to ongoing volatility, some securities like AMC and GME are position-close only".
@@darlantro Don't you need someone to buy, so you can sell? So shutting things down on RobinHood is basically funneling who can buy into just the established traders?
When I was in my early twenties I told everyone my age to stay at home. We were in the 3rd most expensive town in the state full of successful engineers, so rent was insane and it was cheaper to just pay mortgage. Some listened and were able to buy houses at 23, some failed and moved back in with mom with nothing by 26.
you really think you were the reason why some people stayed home? lol it would have happened the way it happened whether you shared that nugget of wisdom or not lol
This isn’t MTG content at all, these are legit life lessons. I am older than Rudy and all the Timmies but I appreciate the the fundamental knowledge being shared here. Thanks for making great content.
You are the realest guy I’ve ever watched when it comes to this subject. You aren’t coming down like some genius that’s better than everyone else. You just tell it like it is. You deserve what you got, and thank you for sharing your advice and wisdom. I’ve wanted to get into collecting cards and selling them for a long time and after watching many of your videos I finally feel confident enough to take the plunge. Thank you
it is so bittersweet to me to watch rudy. knowing he will be gone from youtube soon and I will no longer have access to his candid honesty and warm personality. at least these videos will still be here when you're gone, rudy! I love u.
Rudy you are my kindered spirit. You are an adult clone of my long gone childhood best friend. Not only our love of the fantastic but a relationship of growth. When we were young i thought i was there to help him, being many years older myself. At that time it may have been true, but for silly things, important at the time. With his sister or friends or dealing with school. At the time these were a wall with no solution. Now that he is gone i see so much more, he was very intelligent like you, and not afraid to go his own way. I can only imagine if he was here now. Aaaah dig a hole a and be a carrot, rudy i understand and know this may be the weirdest comment you ever got, but i would go play outside with you any day. Thank you keep up all the amazing videos you are an inspiration and the friend we all miss.
Rudy.....I've worked in the finance industry for over 30 years and I think it would be great to sit down and swap stories and perspectives...If it's not to late to add a question, It would be great to hear what you consider to be your most craziest story from the years you spent in the brokerages.....No names, No Company info, just the story.....I've been watching for years, gone through your backlog of videos on numerous occassions and though I dont play MTG, I really enjoy how you blend the game in with the investing/business side of things....Thanks for the laughs and entertainment!
I didn't even know you did these and I've been subbed to you for a minute now. I was doing my TCGPlayer orders and enjoyed listening to you speak very much. Definitely turning this on instead of music from now on. Keep up the great work! Much love, maybe we can get a video one day discussing the MtG/Ygo differences and similarities.
I always enjoy hearing about your struggles now and especially in the past, thanks for sharing. It blows my mind of how many things you juggle as a single person and still get sleep. I've got mad respect for you 👏
Rudy understands his power of influence and wants people to understand even though he makes it look easy and fun it’s actually insane hard work and immense good luck.
One of my first videos I’ve come across of yours and it was very enjoyable and eye opening . Being I just came back to collecting in the last 3 months with the Pokémon hype . I collected as a kid Pokémon , more so yugioh . And after watching the hype , videos and streams of people enjoying Pokémon in the last month I have spent around 3 grand opening packs having fun losing or making money here and there(I don’t sell anything but check prices) . Untill recently I’ve started getting into the investment side and buying items and leaving them sealed I don’t plan to sell anything for a while as I don’t need the money but never thought of the market going down on them . I’ve sorta sucked the fun of wanting to open packs now that all I think about is the money I’m losing in the future opening and not leaving sealed
Fantastic advice. Don't let people shame you for living with your parents. I look at my life and those of the people I grew up with. Those who tried to go at it alone have put themselves through a lot more strife than they needed to. My parents have been amazing people who have given me good council, financial stability, & accountability. Family is the structure that holds you up through the good & bad times. Don't live with your parents to waste away playing video games & other such things. Do something with your life. Try to get ahead & improve. Do your work around the house & serving your family. Be a net positive to your family, not a negative. This is how we make it through.
Great video! I think this is the third video of yours I've watched...ever. The whole time I thought you were sitting cross-legged on the floor until you stood up around 29:21.
Your videos are so comforting and I think im heading the right way buying myself into a cardboard empire. I am not staying the course since I need to sell some sealed product to buy positions in mordern sealed pokemon. But the cash is coming and im stoked. Ive been creeping around your vids for years keep it up and make it 9 figures!
Hi Rudy I got hosed - £1300 on trying to jump on the GME hype instead I dived head first in front of the train splattered ass into face. I listened to your advice for "watch out for when this goes sideways" I was thinking do I hold on in hope the rocket carries on then thought back to what you said and bailed out luckily i did as it then continued to drop another %50. I think I got suckered into the biggest social pump and dump that has ever happened. Jumped in at a all time high after the easy money had been made. I have now vowed to not chase crazy %20+ investments. Or I have paper hands
Surpassed 7 figures iiiiin... Biggest cliffhanger ever. However, I applaud you for your honesty. I was probably one of your first watchers on YT back in the day. The gun video, the outside Videos, greed monster OG etc. Dreamt of having a collection and just appreciate it. I ordered 2 first edition everfest and will continue with a case of booster boxes for all upcoming FAB editions and just stash them away, because I see potential in that game - magic has grown too diverse for me to get into again. But I cherish my old cards.. tempest, 5th edition etc. Kind regards.
You make a lot of good points - things that are valuable hold there value. The thing to watch out for is making sure you can outlast periods of financial stress since if you can't your going into your "investments" and that's usually time other people are tapping into there "investments" creating a low period. If your low value is already ahead of the price you paid that's good.
I've been on my own since 18. I discovered the stock market at 11 but my uneducated parents told me it was just gambling and that they wouldn't help me open a joint account. They didn't even exercise the thought. Today I'm 30. I work a corporate tech job. I'm doing well and I'm looking to get a rental property but there is an alternate universe where I had different parents and I'm worth 100x more than what I am now.
As a person who doesn't play or own magic I will always watch your vids and learn so much from them. Now taking my time to actually read and learn while I have the chance with no family. Thanks for the heads up
RUDY, please reupload with the rest of the video where this one cut off. It's inspiring to hear about your success. I own a small business and it's just now taking off after the two year point, it's not in collectibles but your videos helped me have the perseverance to keep going forward.
Simplicity, authenticity and patience are underrated. Stay on course. You are doing well. Simply waking up today to focus on SOMETHING will keep you sane and balanced ✌
Rudyyy you were fucking on a roll in the final leg. Sad it had to stop because I was having a blast!! Appreciate you man :) 28 now and I’m shooting for that first house payoff at about 14 years.
Rudy: I am 36 years old Rudy also: I opened a Vanguard account at 2003 Come on Rudy, on one video you were drifiting and adding nitro during high school, went into cars etc while having a Vanguard account ? Damn it thats one hell of life :p
One commonality I've noticed with a lot of youtubers/people telling stories where they've had an eventful life or been into a lot of hobbies, even if it's just silly stuff like drifting cars while day trading, is that almost all of them also say they don't drink and often never have.
I have a question I haven't really been able to get an answer on regarding the gamestop stuff. I've seen people say "I made 10k on doge, I made 500 bucks, I make x amount" for example buying doge at .04 cents and selling at $1. How does taxes work for that? How do you liquidate it and put it back into your bank? If I bought 1 stock of doge at 4 cents and sold it at $1, my profit is 96 cents but how would the taxes work and what would the true profit be?
That bottom 15 rule is one of the most insane things I have ever heard. I have worked a few different corporate jobs after college and never heard of anything like that.
you wont see this rudy but i am glad i stumbled on your channel a couple of years ago mate great insight to alot of things within this industry i open boxs of alot of products for my self but i always if i open one i put one away not for me but maybe in 40 years my rugrats can have a decent return and if it goes to shit by then its ok i had a great run with cardboard and i love it and will not change my life now
Biography of Andrew Carnegie was an interesting one. I think it’s a shame that kids are stuck in school for so many years instead of out working and learning and earning ‘Bill and Dave’ I think is the name of the story of Hewlett-Packard and the really really early days (1930s - 1960s) of Silicon Valley. It was a really fascinating book
Im no investor, Im not ambitious enough to drive an expensive car or have a fancy place to live. For most of my life, money was nothing but a struggle. In recent years Ive changed things enough to live comfortably, and that's enough for me. Bills are paid, foods on the table. I watch your videos for your insight, to see how the other half lives so to speak. I just want to thank you for saying that not everyone has to be a millionaire. If thats what drives you, more power to you. But never lose sight of who you are and what you really want.
Amen brother. Simple, quiet, honest life is where it's at.
15:32 "Dig a hole and be a carrot for a couple hours... there'value to that. Seriously." 100% the reason I subscribe to you.
sounds dirty
I'm so desensitized to Rudy now I didn't even notice.
Same
Thanks for this. 😂
"I can't date anyone when I live at home, wrong. If that person doesn't like you because you live at home and hey can't see the bigger picture, it ant going to work long term anyways, trust me." Damn Ruddy not fucking around.
"if they wont date you because you live at your parents, it wont work out anyway" PREACH THIS SHIT.
"and - " Welp, Rudy's dead guys 2021 rest in spaghetti never forgetti
Your warehouse is freaking massive!!!! I got say Rudy, I'm 41, played/collected Magic for a long time, and am living vicariously through you! Wish you nothing but success, never quit!!!! Thank you for what you do
I literally said, "oh you bastard" out loud at the end....good job Mr. Diamond Hands.
Lmao
Can confirm: being a carrot is the best
I like carrots I use them to maste.....well it really isnt important. Let's just say I like carrots.
Taco life till I die 🌮 💀
i love ur channel. Its cool
I’m convinced Rudy is the best thing to happen to TH-cam ever.
Even if you’re not a magic player, watching his videos is a better life course than anything you were ever taught in school.
Not only are these lessons and information priceless, but he feeds it to you in such a digestible way.
Rudy, genuinely, thank you. Thank you for choosing this path and spreading intelligence mixed with joy!
Rudy's net worth is over 5 trillion tacos.
Thanks taco man, I have been feeling really down lately, but your "whole" video cheered me up. Thanks for making content that is down to earth.
As a 20 year old who is ready to blindly move out with a friend, I'm glad you said this Rudy. Your words help a lot of us man
These videos are the reason I subscribed. Thank you for making these informative videos, I appreciate how much time you take to answer these questions.
Nice pfp
Thanks to Rudy shouting "STAY THE COURSE!" I'm not selling $GME.
Too bad you can’t if you wanted to lol
@@billable1861 you can sell, you're locked out of buying (edit: the language on Robinhood is "Due to ongoing volatility, some securities like AMC and GME are position-close only".
to bad you can and they want you to sell
@@darlantro Don't you need someone to buy, so you can sell? So shutting things down on RobinHood is basically funneling who can buy into just the established traders?
Peter Hone you can still sell to the shorts that want to cover or from people using other platforms
Rudy's success story can be put into a book, similar to those other books he recommended.
What I tell my kids, because it’s really a lesson I still struggle with is: Control your emotions, do not let them control you.
Not hard just do it.
Rudy is the best content on youtube. Magic, finance, life advice, and floppy tacos. where else do you find all this in one package???
When I was in my early twenties I told everyone my age to stay at home. We were in the 3rd most expensive town in the state full of successful engineers, so rent was insane and it was cheaper to just pay mortgage.
Some listened and were able to buy houses at 23, some failed and moved back in with mom with nothing by 26.
you really think you were the reason why some people stayed home? lol it would have happened the way it happened whether you shared that nugget of wisdom or not lol
This isn’t MTG content at all, these are legit life lessons. I am older than Rudy and all the Timmies but I appreciate the the fundamental knowledge being shared here. Thanks for making great content.
You are the realest guy I’ve ever watched when it comes to this subject. You aren’t coming down like some genius that’s better than everyone else. You just tell it like it is. You deserve what you got, and thank you for sharing your advice and wisdom. I’ve wanted to get into collecting cards and selling them for a long time and after watching many of your videos I finally feel confident enough to take the plunge. Thank you
"Ladies of the night" ROFL. I love how Rudy manages to throw that term in randomly :P
This man is from Florida
“Go outside, dig a hole, and be a carrot”-Rudy 2021
Enjoyed that as well!
it is so bittersweet to me to watch rudy. knowing he will be gone from youtube soon and I will no longer have access to his candid honesty and warm personality. at least these videos will still be here when you're gone, rudy! I love u.
Rudy you are my kindered spirit. You are an adult clone of my long gone childhood best friend. Not only our love of the fantastic but a relationship of growth. When we were young i thought i was there to help him, being many years older myself. At that time it may have been true, but for silly things, important at the time. With his sister or friends or dealing with school. At the time these were a wall with no solution. Now that he is gone i see so much more, he was very intelligent like you, and not afraid to go his own way. I can only imagine if he was here now.
Aaaah dig a hole a and be a carrot, rudy i understand and know this may be the weirdest comment you ever got, but i would go play outside with you any day. Thank you keep up all the amazing videos you are an inspiration and the friend we all miss.
When can I swap 1 $GME for 1 Black Lotus?
In a couple weeks.
At this rate... Tuesday
If only Citadel werent scumbags. Owners of robinhood btw..
Next Friday. This isn’t financial advice 🚀🚀🚀
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Thank you so much for taking the time to upload this video. ❤🙌👏
Rudy.....I've worked in the finance industry for over 30 years and I think it would be great to sit down and swap stories and perspectives...If it's not to late to add a question, It would be great to hear what you consider to be your most craziest story from the years you spent in the brokerages.....No names, No Company info, just the story.....I've been watching for years, gone through your backlog of videos on numerous occassions and though I dont play MTG, I really enjoy how you blend the game in with the investing/business side of things....Thanks for the laughs and entertainment!
I didn't even know you did these and I've been subbed to you for a minute now.
I was doing my TCGPlayer orders and enjoyed listening to you speak very much.
Definitely turning this on instead of music from now on.
Keep up the great work! Much love, maybe we can get a video one day discussing the MtG/Ygo differences and similarities.
39:08 Love the ending Rudy, say that number then nothing! Thankyou Rudy, nice chat, always love hearing you chat.
That ending though
Thank you for doing these videos. In these hard times, you are someone i look up to !
Interesting background on how the cardboard empire grew from humble beginnings. Appreciate the hard work, Rudy👍
pfft I can't recall for how many years you've made me love my cardio time, I look forward to the 3rd question being answered in 10years
The last long vid had a lot of food for thought and I am happy to get another chance to see your perspective on other stuff.
I always enjoy hearing about your struggles now and especially in the past, thanks for sharing. It blows my mind of how many things you juggle as a single person and still get sleep. I've got mad respect for you 👏
Rudy understands his power of influence and wants people to understand even though he makes it look easy and fun it’s actually insane hard work and immense good luck.
People have no idea how right you are about just about everything you talk about. Been there, done it. Thanks for all the great advice Rudy.
One of my first videos I’ve come across of yours and it was very enjoyable and eye opening . Being I just came back to collecting in the last 3 months with the Pokémon hype . I collected as a kid Pokémon , more so yugioh . And after watching the hype , videos and streams of people enjoying Pokémon in the last month I have spent around 3 grand opening packs having fun losing or making money here and there(I don’t sell anything but check prices) . Untill recently I’ve started getting into the investment side and buying items and leaving them sealed I don’t plan to sell anything for a while as I don’t need the money but never thought of the market going down on them . I’ve sorta sucked the fun of wanting to open packs now that all I think about is the money I’m losing in the future opening and not leaving sealed
Interesting video. Sucks it cut off at the end but it was cool hearing about how ya got started.
Thank you for sharing how much you value family. Best wishes
Fantastic advice. Don't let people shame you for living with your parents. I look at my life and those of the people I grew up with. Those who tried to go at it alone have put themselves through a lot more strife than they needed to. My parents have been amazing people who have given me good council, financial stability, & accountability. Family is the structure that holds you up through the good & bad times. Don't live with your parents to waste away playing video games & other such things. Do something with your life. Try to get ahead & improve. Do your work around the house & serving your family. Be a net positive to your family, not a negative. This is how we make it through.
Your videos are so helpful Rudy, thank you for taking the time to help others
Great video! I think this is the third video of yours I've watched...ever. The whole time I thought you were sitting cross-legged on the floor until you stood up around 29:21.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom, loving this channel and your insight. Next boxes I buy will be from you.
Your videos are so comforting and I think im heading the right way buying myself into a cardboard empire. I am not staying the course since I need to sell some sealed product to buy positions in mordern sealed pokemon. But the cash is coming and im stoked. Ive been creeping around your vids for years keep it up and make it 9 figures!
14:20 Thank you. I really needed to hear that. I really appreciate you saying that.
Very informative video. Good to hear more about your philosophy toward sealed and theories about print runs.
agree so much on the bookish point, find up “Doors Open (For) You” - it’s that kind of went-through story!
Your good man Rudy. Great advice and I would hope you write a book with your wisdom of investments some day.
Hi Rudy I got hosed - £1300 on trying to jump on the GME hype instead I dived head first in front of the train splattered ass into face. I listened to your advice for "watch out for when this goes sideways"
I was thinking do I hold on in hope the rocket carries on then thought back to what you said and bailed out luckily i did as it then continued to drop another %50.
I think I got suckered into the biggest social pump and dump that has ever happened. Jumped in at a all time high after the easy money had been made.
I have now vowed to not chase crazy %20+ investments.
Or I have paper hands
As someone who is working hard to grow an online card business, I appreciate videos like these more than you know. Thank you
Surpassed 7 figures iiiiin... Biggest cliffhanger ever. However, I applaud you for your honesty. I was probably one of your first watchers on YT back in the day. The gun video, the outside Videos, greed monster OG etc. Dreamt of having a collection and just appreciate it. I ordered 2 first edition everfest and will continue with a case of booster boxes for all upcoming FAB editions and just stash them away, because I see potential in that game - magic has grown too diverse for me to get into again. But I cherish my old cards.. tempest, 5th edition etc. Kind regards.
Enjoy hearing your perspectives, Rudy. Don't think I'll ever be a Timmy but I enjoy hearing about them.
You make a lot of good points - things that are valuable hold there value. The thing to watch out for is making sure you can outlast periods of financial stress since if you can't your going into your "investments" and that's usually time other people are tapping into there "investments" creating a low period. If your low value is already ahead of the price you paid that's good.
When do you spend time at your card store?
I've been on my own since 18. I discovered the stock market at 11 but my uneducated parents told me it was just gambling and that they wouldn't help me open a joint account. They didn't even exercise the thought. Today I'm 30. I work a corporate tech job. I'm doing well and I'm looking to get a rental property but there is an alternate universe where I had different parents and I'm worth 100x more than what I am now.
Love the cut off rudy. Watched it all the way until the end hahaha
Shoutout to Valkyrie Profile, on Alpha Investments???
Good shit Rudy
crazy how its been a year and i came back to this, great video
Hey why did you cut the video off right at the end like that ruby? that was the best part.
first time watcher/poster and i made it through the whole video. thank you for sharing your insight, i appreciate information like this. - j
As a person who doesn't play or own magic I will always watch your vids and learn so much from them. Now taking my time to actually read and learn while I have the chance with no family. Thanks for the heads up
thanks for your advise, my mtg collectible position is skyrocketing...have a nice day
RUDY, please reupload with the rest of the video where this one cut off. It's inspiring to hear about your success. I own a small business and it's just now taking off after the two year point, it's not in collectibles but your videos helped me have the perseverance to keep going forward.
Nothing is more frustrating than really listening to what Rudy is saying and really understanding and then some bs google ad pops up
My mans brought in Valkyrie Profile, props.
Bro you really are an awesome dude, and this is super dope.
Great video dude. I'm 34 and close to where you are at...I'm coming for ya!
Around 23:40 I loved the Ocean's 13 reference! One of my favorite movie series
Thank your for your time Rudi:)
Simplicity, authenticity and patience are underrated. Stay on course. You are doing well. Simply waking up today to focus on SOMETHING will keep you sane and balanced ✌
Rudyyy you were fucking on a roll in the final leg. Sad it had to stop because I was having a blast!! Appreciate you man :) 28 now and I’m shooting for that first house payoff at about 14 years.
I love these talks.
And neat you have known Gabe a long time. ABU was my LGS for a few years.
Amazing video, I really respect your opinion, thanks for sharing
My god time flies. Truth.
Yes the beauty of success is knowing not many can stand at your shoulder.
So do you just hold onto sealed product forever? Or sell some of it over time?
Rudy: I am 36 years old
Rudy also: I opened a Vanguard account at 2003
Come on Rudy, on one video you were drifiting and adding nitro during high school, went into cars etc while having a Vanguard account ? Damn it thats one hell of life :p
One commonality I've noticed with a lot of youtubers/people telling stories where they've had an eventful life or been into a lot of hobbies, even if it's just silly stuff like drifting cars while day trading, is that almost all of them also say they don't drink and often never have.
I have a question I haven't really been able to get an answer on regarding the gamestop stuff. I've seen people say "I made 10k on doge, I made 500 bucks, I make x amount" for example buying doge at .04 cents and selling at $1. How does taxes work for that? How do you liquidate it and put it back into your bank? If I bought 1 stock of doge at 4 cents and sold it at $1, my profit is 96 cents but how would the taxes work and what would the true profit be?
That bottom 15 rule is one of the most insane things I have ever heard. I have worked a few different corporate jobs after college and never heard of anything like that.
This is the best informative Collectibles investing video I've sat through. Rudy, when are you writing a book?
I wish your patreon was still open
That ending is perfect.
This video is so awesome
You’re a good person Rudy
Power to the players.
Hard truth with papa Rudy today....fucking awesome! We are so lucky to listen guys,absorb info and learn everyone
Amazing lesson as alwais thanks Rudy
Great video Rudy. You're rivalling, possibly surpassing Dan Bock and other Highlander top dogs like me. There can be only one!!!
Raw. So much good knowledge Rudy. Good video
Let's change the world together!!!
1:46 baldur’s gate!.. I played that too. Such an awesome game =)
I'm actually more curious about the precise moment that you decided to leave your old job and what made you turn your eye to your current job.
Bought some amc and Nokia. Are suspending ability to purchase more amc :(
*THE MOST DANGEROUS OF TITLES!*
Also wow that brokerage story is really painful.
you wont see this rudy but i am glad i stumbled on your channel a couple of years ago mate great insight to alot of things within this industry i open boxs of alot of products for my self but i always if i open one i put one away not for me but maybe in 40 years my rugrats can have a decent return and if it goes to shit by then its ok i had a great run with cardboard and i love it and will not change my life now
Can you link that whiteboard video you talked about, please? Luv u.
liquidate all assets. its gonna plummet. Good advice i heard around the corner.
Do you invest in current sets such as DnD?
how can I get a signed alpha investment shirt? or a tropical island? rudy pleaseeee
Biography of Andrew Carnegie was an interesting one. I think it’s a shame that kids are stuck in school for so many years instead of out working and learning and earning
‘Bill and Dave’ I think is the name of the story of Hewlett-Packard and the really really early days (1930s - 1960s) of Silicon Valley. It was a really fascinating book