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Opening a studio and seriously considering the bravo but nervous about picking the new thing that doesn’t have a history to know how well it holds up.

For reference, I have previously taught on the A2, studio, basi and peak reformers so I have a pretty good range of experience on what I like and don’t like about different setups.

I’m looking between the bravo and the studio and the price difference is pretty alluring. The carriage size is similar which I like. I hate that that box slightly hangs of the A2 if it’s in front of shoulder blocks.

It has a spring bar so it can gear out which is really important to me in a group setting. I do prefer the height of the studio but at the end of the day that one extra inch is not a deal breaker.

I lean toward the studio because we’re comfortable with that right. It’s a work horse. We know that it can handle the studio/group class environment and hold up. But we also know that generally speaking BB has good customer service so if there is something that happens with the bravo that is unexpected that starts to cause issues that it’s likely they will be forthcoming and offer a solution.

The issue is I don’t know anybody that has experience with the bravo and making this choice without first hand experience is so hard. I did see one studio that was using them and sent them a DM and they had positive things to say but she said she’d never taught on anything else so didn’t have a good base for comparison.

As I’m looking at it now it looks like it is going to give me everything I want from the studio but at a better cost.

Thoughts?

one extra note…I have seen they aren’t doing a stand alone mat conversion. I plan on having one all towers so it would be nice to utilize both reformers and tower mats for a mat class but that’s just a thought on the back burner right now and I honestly don’t know that I’d even want to do that because I really believe in small class sizes so do I need to have double the space for mat? Yet to be seen on that one.

I’m looking at options for financing a business that will an LLC in January of next year.

One idea that we have floated is withdrawing 100k from a 401k. I know that there will be a 10% penalty and that you pay income tax in that amount.

However, what I’m confused about is how that balances with then spending money on the business. Because it seems like it would cancel out and that can’t be right.

Basically we would take the 100k out this year and spend the money on the initial equipment and setup that we need. And then we would officially open in January so wouldn’t be bringing in any income until then.

So that means that for this tax year the business would be showing a 100k loss, right? And then when we file our taxes because it’s an LLC that loss would deduct from my taxable income. So if I otherwise make 100k. And then take out 100k, that adds to my taxable income which becomes 200k. But then the business loss subtracts and makes it 100k again.

But I feel like that can’t possibly be true. Because that would be so easy to play the system right. So then I’m concerned that if I do take that money from my 401k and then invest it in the LLC I’m going to be flagged for something.

Am I overthinking this?

Hi all! Hoping someone can point me in the direction of where I can find some resources. I’ve seen the patent code of conduct but are there any already established guidelines/rules for violation?

My husband is coach for our 6 yo coach pitch team. This past weekend there was an incident between to parents yelling and swearing at each other where my husband had to come off the field and separate them.

I had my other kids in the bathroom and he was in the field when it started so we don’t know exactly what occurred but one parent said that the other was yelling at their kid while our team was on the bench. Potentially swearing at that kid and that’s why the second parent confronted the first.

We have practice tonight and feel like we have not gotten good support from the league and other parents are starting to reach out and we have no information.

Our feeling is that if the first parent was swearing at any player even her own but especially other children then they shouldn’t be allowed back at the field but at this point we’re just looking for if there’s established guidance that we can send to our local board and say hey this is what you should be following.

(The fighting between the parents was to a point where we are concerned that it could continue tonight and escalate to a physical altercation)

Thanks all?