Audition the new market, but audition your management and contractors harder.2) Condos and coops are a mixed bag for investment.

@Camille Joos-Visconti a good rule of thumb when dealing with personal and business property is to never mix them.

Just like stock investing, if you don't have a high risk tolerance you shouldn't be betting on the new tech startup that could either be the next big thing or go bankrupt in a week. 

If socialism did play a role, it was a small one, says Venezuelan writer Francisco Toro in the Washington Post, citing “a unique mix of circumstances, in which socialism is just one ingredient.”Others deny Venezuela was ever even socialist.

Buy cash, partner up, a mix of hardmoney and cash?

Honorable mention is Graham Stephan.Graham is a new breed in this arena, a "high-tech" innovator of sorts.

I'm yellow and Chinese in the tech sector by trade.

Tech is exploding again...

There is too much money to be made in this segment of the economy, that people will always come back to it.And although I agree with Mike about the hyperinflation that is coming, I also see the devaluation of the dollar as a mixed blessing.

If you have the cash, by all means educate yourself to the max, but if you've got to borrow for college - might want to think twice about it.http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/forget-harvard-and-a-4-year-degree-you-can-make-more-as-a-plumber-in-the-long-run-says-prof.