All Forum Posts by: John M.

The #1 rule is: do what works for you. If you can find profit in a lowly neighborhood, go for it. I guess this is sort of like the "it depends" mentality a few posts up.

I can't even run that long.

Alright sounds good :)

Here, I'll start:

1. Always do your due diligence.
2. It's better to overestimate than underestimate costs.

Hello fellow Irvine'r. I graduated from UCI last year. Nice place. Expensive place.

As long as we challenge ourselves every day, formally or informally, we're getting an education.

Amen to that.

Right now I'm in Japan. Food is getting cheaper and cheaper. Little convenient stores everywhere. I love it. Anyhow, I'm looking for anything to invest in, but it's very difficult because of the language barrier.

The job I'm at provides money for transportation. It takes 1610 Yen on bus (roughly $16) to get from my home to my job and back, but every day I take my bike (which many business people use) on a stroll to the bus station about 2 miles away. That saves me 570 yen a day. This adds up 5x a week. The way I see it is I save 136800 Yen a year. Pretty good I think.

I get exercise every morning and a discount in transportation. No need for gas here! It's beautiful.