Some people have mixed feelings about institutional investments (stocks, bonds).

@Matt McCourry so true and the best is if you can mix both worlds on-line and offline.

IE  Garbage, Wine industry, Court reporting and   all sorts of niche's that don't look glamorous,  Or the high flyers in the TECH industry who many by the time they are mid 30S are rich by anyone standards.For Real estate specific... everyone measures their success differently. .you see this on BP.. some will say once I get to 5k a month positive I can retire.. the other number which seems to be pretty universal is 10k a month..

We have a good relationship with a shipper, if you are using that volume, it will be worth it, you will need 20' FCL, it will be a little more expensive than not FCL but it will not be mixed with other customer's products as well.

@Darren Sager Philly may not be a heavy hitter in the tech field, but there will be other industries that exist over the long term ...

With Google, Carnegie University Innovations and other high tech companies coming to its aid, this town is coming alive with lots of Asian Investors pouring in.If you are investor looking to invest in Pittsburgh and surrounding, here are few hints:1.

(For this reason and more, mixing business with friends and family is never a good idea.)A measurable amount of the calls we get are for last minute loans because another private lender flaked out.

The area is fairly rural and has a mixed bag of different aged and sized homes.

It's a shame all the educated people today go into tech finance or medicine...

Hello everyone,I am a freshman college student attending LA Tech University in the Fall.