Originally posted by Rich Weese: So, I guess I fall into the abundance category.Funny, I was going to ask you your stance on this, Rich, but didn't want to put you on the spot...While there will always be exceptions to the rule, I'd be willing to bet that the vast majority of successful investors feel the same way, and a vast majority of the people who feel this way (and act this way) will one day become successful investors.In many ways, perception is reality, and if you perceive money to be making itself available everywhere, all the time, in everything you do, you shouldn't be surprised when you start finding that this is a reality...

I think no, it seems to me that gold and silver prices are lagging behind the news - they shoot up after there is a drop or perceived instability in the 'regular' markets.

I would like to remind everyone that the purpose of EVERY business is to develop a legal and ethical product with perceived or inherent value and then market it and sell it to the broadest base possible to yield the highest possible profit utilizing every legal and ethical marketing means available.

But if they perceive themselves to be in a situation where they NEED to sell NOW, then those are typically the type of people that work with the "bandit sign/yellow letter" investors.

So, the 2005/2008 numbers may not have a big influence on what they perceive the value to be.

for perceived errors.

I think these houses originally were perceived to be in the $150,000 range when the they were built in 2006/2007.

The basic premise is that a couple in a perceived desperate situation are presented with a box with a large button on it.

An eighty five years old (delusional) man, sits of what he perceives as a gold mine...

Include too much and it might be perceived as too burdensome to look through.