In a recent survey by a Dubai Real Estate Developer, Sama Dubai, at the MIPIM Asia expo in Hong Kong had the following interesting Asian property stats:The predicted potential growth prospects in India were the highest at 38 per cent due to a residential housing shortage of 60 million units & development of 4.3 million square metres of commercial property in the next 24 months.

And with everyone predicting a cooling off in the housing market, things should get interesting.

The only way to make that work is to buy at the right price and know the market both for sales and rentals, but it really does make things better :DI think in the stock market that's called diversification?

my personal prediction is that around 2009 we will start to see appreciation rates take off again.

Do you have your own and stock it or do you have some sort of agreement with a vendor?

Do they charge a commision like buying and selling stocks?

In our market, vacancy rates have been low for the past 15 years that I've lived here and the housing stock hasn't increased that much except a few luxury high-rise projects.

I had a government job when I took off on my own, I actually switched gears from expecting to be a stock broker to the mortgage business and RE full time.

Let me know if I'm way off on the sq ft prediction.

Fast forward to the age of 22, when most people are graduating, and have either:1) financed education = student loan debt2) paid cash for educationYou will have impeccable credit, several properties under your belt, and will be on your way to building wealtheither way you slice it, you have tied up your credit(which impacts your capability to borrow), or you have tied up your cash(which impacts your ability to purchase).Rather than paying more for theoretical knowledge, I would get my Sales Assoc license, build credit, open a Roth IRA, educate myself on macro economics, stocks, and the banking system.