Archive for December, 2006

Investing in Politics, India style

This is so awesome.  I have seen plenty of “buy a condo get a LCD TV” incentives, but who would have thought of using it for politics?
Apparently India did.  The political group is/was offering all kinds of electronic goodies, as reported, for votes. 
I would be even more inclined to vote it that vote came with [...]

REITs

I skimmed an article on REITs or Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Historically (I think, mainly from overhearing conversations) REITs seem to be looked at as a bad thing. A relative I have has invested in a REIT and everytime I heard it come up with an investment person they gave it the old “ohhh” with a [...]

Investing in a car, common!

I have to laugh.  I found this post interesting.  I am far from a car nut. Or, at least in the mechanic sort of way.  I like cars. But if you ask my what Ive got under the hood, Ill shrug, its an engine (I think).  I like the car, its about all the matters [...]

Real Estate Sales Commissions

I found this article, which is more of a report by someone else, to be one of the most insightfull on real estate sales commissions for the consumer.
The gist of it is, in slower markets, its in the sellers best interest, believe it or not, to pay a full commission rate OR HIGHER, and not [...]

Investing in Space Travel?

We found this interesting. Rocketplane Limited, Inc. a company in Oklahoma has been designing, building and operating to target the space adventure tourism market.
Hey, I wanna go! From what we have read they plan to offer 4 hour journeys outside the atmosphere later this year. I say they are ahead of their time, or at [...]

career opportunity in the financial planning industry

As you may know, with millions of baby boomers retiring every year in the next 2+ decades, financial planning industry will be handsomely rewarded as a result of this trend.
 
There’s an opportunity I can hook you (or someone you know) up with.  It’s a permanent position with a local Fortune 500 company, with attractive base [...]

Quick Introduction

This is just a quick introduction to our newer blog.
Our intention is to have an open dialogue on real estate investing, ins and outs, both in the Minneapolis St Paul area, as well as across the US and other countries.
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Sunny Yee