Sounds EQUALLY racist to me...no more, no less...

I am told many people just do a drive by and assume a well kept exterior means the inside is equally well kept and use a standard $X/sq ft.

Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount atleast equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage

With real estate you can come in at any point and bevirtually equal with your competition.

Ideally, all this should be happening at the same time as we would do with our businesses.I think our wars are mostly our own choice because no state actor is going to attack us - we are too big and too important a country to attack and, equally important, we are simply too far away from any other part of the world to be attacked.

Not all "guru" programs are created equally and not all people value their time the same.

So, all other things being equal (which I'm sure they won't be), there's a good chance we will make a better deal.

I think maintaining the properties cash flow is vital and what a lot of people miss.

Risk is a factor that needs to be accounted for, and leverage, anyway you cut it, equals higher risk.

Investors and licensees don't really have the same goals, so I can't see a real comparison.Curt, it would be nice if your moral convictions in business were shared equally with your peers, but that's not reality.