I did also find this forum thread through BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/topics/190...I'm loving this "eyes on the street" culture that BP has going on.

The popular investment culture over sells the market as an arena for investment structures such as the IRA, 401ks, etc and it's peddled as conventional wisdom.

It's not due as much to our status on the world scene as it is due to our culture and geographic isolation.

There is good reasoning inherent in the American Indian cultural norm of respecting elders and knowing "the slower you speak, the more respect you show."

deposit is for native Chinese guy with fairly common last name.  

I bought raw land (abandoned rice fields) and planted 50,000 tissue culture seedlings and hired a field manager. 

On the upside, it’s beautiful, we have great weather most of the year, amazing food, and entrepreneurial culture.

Breaking News: IBM just borrowed 200 billion dollars from the Chinese government, so they are the most undervalued company in the world because everyone knows they're now worth $358B right...yeah that seems right, they only created wealth out of thin air.Remember folks, if you borrow $100 from your bank, it doesn't make you $100 richer.

They sold trade treaties to the Chinese.

With the Chinese economy showing signs of a dramatic slowdown, and the European Union struggling to jumpstart the EuroZone economy, the U.S. dollar is likely to remain strong for some time to come.And that means millions of tonnes of ferrous scrap that would have gone to make steel overseas will remain in this country.So when the seller says you can get some scrap guy to haul it away for free,,,,think again LMAO