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Joined January 2012
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The real ball-knowers have always understood that it’s the industry trade publications and blogs that punch above their weight (#1 for this prompt is a government rule)
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Today, we’re introducing the Aven Home Purchase Line. Go from open-house to owning a home in 7 days. Buying a home with a mortgage used to mean finding the right place, then waiting weeks for financing to catch up - this process is broken. At Aven, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to build new financial products and make them an order of magnitude better for consumers. The mortgage has been one of the hardest and clunkiest products for decades, so we created a new way to buy a home. We’ve already helped someone become a first-time homebuyer in Tucson in 67 hours. Thanks to @morganb , @nejatian , @BradBonney ,and our friends at @Opendoor for helping make this possible! Read more in Forbes: forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin… Aven Financial, Inc. NMLS #2042345. Accounts are made by Coastal Community Bank, Member FDIC. NMLS #462289. Equal Housing Lender.
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You might be buying a home the wrong way. The homebuying process is stuck in the past. Finding the right house can take weeks. Then financing can drag on for months. Today, we’re launching the Aven Home Purchase Line. One buyer has already used it to go from application to homeowner in 67 hours. Buying a home doesn’t have to take forever. Get a line of credit that finances the home purchase itself. Find out how: aven.com/home-purchase. Aven Financial, Inc. NMLS #2042345. Accounts are made by Coastal Community Bank, Member FDIC. NMLS #462289. Equal Housing Lender.
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The Sharks swimming in the water is a magnificent detail. I can’t look away. #SJSharks
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NEW: Aven and Forest River have introduced the industry’s first co-branded HELOC. We’re bringing home-equity financing to Forest River’s dealer network, alongside new products for rewards and everyday banking. Full story: aven.com/forestriver
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and y’all need to STOP treating kalshi and polymarket as if they’re The News. they are BETTING platforms, and treating them as if they’re AP or reuters (who they steal their “reporting” from) lends them legitimacy that they did not earn and do not deserve.
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The San Jose Sharks have unveiled a new teal-themed center ice logo at SAP Center 😮‍💨🦈 (via @SanJoseSharks)
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The home ice advantage just got better.

@AvenCard is the Sharks new home helmet partner. #TurnItAllTeal
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Home is everything to us. Home ice included. Aven is proud to announce a multiyear agreement as the Official Home Equity Credit Card Partner of the San Jose Sharks through the 2028-29 season. Hockey is the fastest growing sport in America. Record participation, record viewership, and a wave of new fans who are here to stay. The Sharks have the best young player in the sport, an elite young core, and a window that is only starting to open. All of it is happening three miles from our headquarters, with the best years ahead. Look for the Aven mark on home helmets, on the ice and inside SAP Center starting this October. We back the future. #homeiceadvantage #turnitallteal
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OH MY GOD
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Win and you’re in! Looking to score some tix to Cal vs UCLA? Send your most creative pics to @WriteForCal Rules can be found below. #ad Go Bears! writeforcalifornia.com/p/wri…
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Excited to start my new Data/Analytics series @WriteForCal, Wurster Hall! There's lots of numbers out there involving Cal and UCLA and we do our best to interpret them through high quality data visualization/analysis! Retweet if you learned something! writeforcalifornia.com/p/wur…
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It is my fiduciary duty to inform the Calgorithm that the J Press checkered Cal pants are on sale in a nearly full size run
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Cal Fam, Write for California is looking for new writers! Please DM @rob11hwang @AGuyNamedNam or me if you have interest in writing about football, basketball, or have some additional topic that'd you'd want to write about weekly or semi-regularly through the 2026-27 season
We’re looking for 2 football staff writers and 2 basketball staff writers to join the site @WriteForCal! Reach out to myself, @avinashkunnath or @AGuyNamedNam to find out more details.
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How a Tax Loophole Birthed the modern HELOC. Aven accounts are arranged by Aven Financial, Inc., dba Aven (or AvenCard in AR, ID, and PA). NMLS #2042345. See bit.ly/4bIualg for licensing info. Aven accounts are issued and held by Coastal Community Bank, Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. NMLS #462289. Aven cards are issued pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A., Inc. Coastal Community Bank's privacy policy. For additional information or to submit complaints to Coastal Community Bank, visit bit.ly/3PHG4EX.
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How the CIA and an IBM Engineer's wife accidentally invented the modern credit card.
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How a forgotten wallet created the first credit card.
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Genuinely the best thing that can happen to American soccer culture is to lean in to what makes us unique with our college football culture opposed to doing our version of European soccer culture College gameday style atmospheres is a great start
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