“They (Baby Boomers) are especially attracted to college towns that offer opportunities for culture as well as work, which many expect to continue…” The article also mentions that financial uncertainty among the Boomers will leave them working part time during retirement, so towns with various economies will soon start to thrive.Finally, an article from bhgrealestate.com offer some hard numbers to describe what the Boomers are thinking.

One bottle, if I drink it, is enough to get me feeling pretty drunk.One Shot (or GUMBAE) = Something you yell as you toast classes and down your drink ...)Koreans definitely like to drink and it's a part of the business culture, too.A usual night of drinking goes something like this:* Eat (and drink)* Go to a place to drink more * Go to a singing room (sing and drink)* Go eat again (and drink)Anyways, in case anyone ever does business in Korea, you'll know what to expect!

Kansas City is a large, prosperous, self-sufficient and culturally rich city with overall lifestyle affordability.

With dramatic cultural differences by sex, religion, caste,financial,China currency is pegged to the US dollar.  

She is Chinese, and she told me that many Chinese people might be uncomfortable living in a house where someone had died violently.So, *should* I be disclosing this to prospective renters?

The exchange rate is a big one . 7 years ago was $1=8 Chinese yuan.

There's a line of inexpensive chinese all wood cabs in non-chain stores that are as cheap as the crap at Lowes.

This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA ", so they don't show from which country it is made.

Here's what you need to do: - Find well-run companies, - Evaluate their industries to see if the industry has good long term prospects, - Evaluate management to see if it has a shareholder-friendly culture, - Evaluate the competition and easy of entry, - Monitor the company's progress regularly, - Do a simple company valuation every year so that you always know how much the stock is worth, - Make a list of all such companies that you like and their current worth per share, - Then wait.

Hi to ALL Bigger Pockets Members...Does anyone know...Is there a reference place / book for the rules around a Chinese National buying property, for cash, in the USA for investment?