u/TheShortestWayIsThru

Been seeing a lot of "this place went downhill" threads lately and figured I'd flip it.

Curious which Temecula or Murrieta spots have genuinely improved over the past year. Could be a restaurant that turned things around, a shop with a new owner, a service business that finally got their act together, anything.

I'll start: the breakfast place on Jefferson near the 15 (forgetting the name, the one with the patio) feels noticeably more dialed in than it did last summer. Faster service, food actually comes out hot.

Who's surprised you lately?

What are the best Business credit cards that pull from Equifax only?

CREDIT PROFILE

* Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of:

* Boa $2700

* Amex $2500

* FICO scores with source: Exp 730, EQ 721 TU 743

* Oldest credit card account age: 2

* Cards approved in the past 6 months: 0

* Cards approved in the past 12 months: 1

* Cards approved in the past 24 months: 2

* Annual income $: 140000

CATEGORIES

* Ok with category-specific cards?: Yes

* Ok with rotating category cards?: Yes

* Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below.

* Dining $: 1000

* Groceries $: 2000

* Gas $: 700

* Travel $: 500

* Using abroad?: no

* Other categories or stores: insurance, amazon, subscriptions 2000

* Other spend: gym, others

* Pay rent by card? Yes, amount and fee: 2000

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS

* Open to business cards: Yes

PURPOSE

* Purpose of next card: Other

* Cards being considered:

ADDITIONAL INFO

I want to get business credit cards. To apply for as many as possible (3 or4) before having too many inquiries.

Photos do more than people think. A few things I've seen consistently auditing local profiles:

1. Recency matters more than total count. Google prioritizes photos uploaded in the last 30 days in the gallery. A profile with 8 fresh photos this month outperforms one with 200 photos from 2 years ago.

2. Cover photo is the click decision. It shows in the 3-pack and search results. If yours is generic or low-res, you lose the click before anyone sees your reviews.

3. Geo-tagged matters. Photos uploaded from a phone on-site carry a stronger signal than the same image uploaded from a desktop. Open Google Maps app, navigate to your profile, upload from there.

4. Customer-uploaded photos are a separate signal. Ask happy customers to add a photo with their review. Those rank in image search independently.

5. Cadence beats batch. One photo a week for 10 weeks beats 10 photos in one day. Google reads steady activity as an active business.

Easy way to test: track your direction requests in GBP Insights for 30 days while you upload one photo per week, then compare to the prior 30 days.

We keep ending up at the same two places because everywhere else has a wait that kills the morning. What are your go-to spots that locals actually know about? Open to driving over to Murrieta or Wildomar too. Bonus points if the coffee is good.