Facebook just announced they are building a data center just 30 minutes south of Salt Lake which is bringing in infrastructure in the area. 

I am meeting with the restaurant manager today to get the final ok on the location and then I was going to announce I have a meet up set in Seal Beach/Rossmoor. 

I don't want to make an "official" meetup announcement yet -  but just wanted to see if there were folks in Hawaii, on Oahu or in Honolulu or Kailua or elsewhere, who would wanna get together?  

My understanding is that you need to study Columbia closely, because there are very good areas and very bad areas, but overall Columbia has never attract the investor interest that Charleston and the Upstate have because it doesn't get sexy announcements like Boeing, Volvo and BMW moving have caused for the other regions.In terms of your plans, here are my comments.1.a.  

Meetup announcements belong in the Events & Happenings Forum.

First piece of advice in this thread should have been to never announce on the Internet how much money you have when you have a large sum.

Watch the foreclosure announcements in the paper.

I find it very helpful for keeping up with new job announcements, deals, trends, etc.Finally, as @Todd Dexheimer mentioned, Dave Lindahl's book Emerging Markets is a good overview and I highly recommend it for learning the big picture. 

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