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      09-05-2014, 03:46 AM   #1
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Where would u invest money?

If you had access to $300-400k and in another scenario if you had about $5 mil

Few buddies of mine want to move to US and asked me this question about business ideas and investment opportunities (perhaps in existing business or startups) So far I haven't personally met many people that know what to do with cash and just keep it in banks or some low yeild securities
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If you had access to $300-400k and in another scenario if you had about $5 mil

Few buddies of mine want to move to US and asked me this question about business ideas and investment opportunities (perhaps in existing business or startups) So far I haven't personally met many people that know what to do with cash and just keep it in banks or some low yeild securities
5 mil on property. The way property is growing in value in nyc especially Brooklyn. You can make a healthy profit in just a few years.

Wife works for a guy that is a property manager. Bought a bunch of buildings around Brooklyn in the 90s and early 2000s. Sold most of it and tripled his money in a decade. Most of these were finance so he repaid the financing and still made 150% if not more.

A lot of things can be made and sold. But one thing you cant make more of, is land.
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A lot of things can be made and sold. But one thing you cant make more of, is land.
Not true. We in HK fill land and make more land from the sea. That land is then worth a shit load, hence you can actually make more land lol.
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Not true. We in HK fill land and make more land from the sea. That land is then worth a shit load, hence you can actually make more land lol.

You are not making more you are just moving a higher elevation of land to fill a lower elevation submerged by water.... So no you can not make more land.
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if you're lazy you can make $200k a year off $5m with treasury notes. lol

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Not true. We in HK fill land and make more land from the sea. That land is then worth a shit load, hence you can actually make more land lol.
i think i saw something about hundreds of buildings being built and bought by investors only to sit empty like ghost towns. is that true?

sorry to thread jack, i'm just curious.
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i think i saw something about hundreds of buildings being built and bought by investors only to sit empty like ghost towns. is that true?
That's in China.

Edit: Good read here of Ordos, China
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/03/we...y-ordos-china/
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Property in Austin, TX is skyrocketing. And we were one of the few places untouched by the last housing market collapse.

I had to fight off 9 other potential lessees for my current house, and I am 20miles North of downtown.
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Stock market and real estate are pretty common....will be in Boston though.
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That's in China.

Edit: Good read here of Ordos, China
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/03/we...y-ordos-china/
oh i thought HK meant Hong Kong in China.

i'll have to give that a read later. thx.
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Stock market and real estate are pretty common....will be in Boston though.
Don't need to live in the area to invest in property. Just hire a management company that takes a small amount of the profits then raise the rent prices by that amount to make sure you cover it.

Funny how much people will pay when they have been beaten to the last 5 homes they applied for.
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oh i thought HK meant Hong Kong in China.

i'll have to give that a read later. thx.
HK does mean Hong Kong in China. I'm guessing you have no idea what Hong Kong is either. Ghost towns in hk? Yeah I wish. Wouldn't be the most expensive place to live if we had ghost towns. Btw China's pretty big too, might wanna wiki about that and see what's up.

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I personally invest in real estate, the stock market and startups. Startups are the most risky but they can really payoff in the end.
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You are not making more you are just moving a higher elevation of land to fill a lower elevation submerged by water.... So no you can not make more land.
You and I differ greatly on the definition of the word land. We do not move higher elevation of land, we use garbage to fill the sea and create more land. One of hk's most recent landfill turned residential area named "Tseung Kwan O" is a great example that populates roughly 370k people. Although the place stinks a bit, it's still quite expensive.
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HK does mean Hong Kong in China. I'm guessing you have no idea what Hong Kong is either. Ghost towns in hk? Yeah I wish. Wouldn't be the most expensive place to live if we had ghost towns. Btw China's pretty big too, might wanna wiki about that and see what's up.

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i'm very familiar and was somewhat being sarcastic to the person that replied to me. i'm obviously bad at sarcasm.

note that you said "we in HK" so i assumed you were talking about china and my question to you still stands. the person that replied to me just got in the way.

if you think i'm some hick that goes around saying "merica", think again.

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Not true. We in HK fill land and make more land from the sea. That land is then worth a shit load, hence you can actually make more land lol.
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i'm very familiar and was somewhat being sarcastic to the person that replied to me. i'm obviously bad at sarcasm.

note that you said "we in HK" so i assumed you were talking about china and my question to you still stands. the person that replied to me just got in the way.

if you think i'm some hick that goes around saying "merica", think again.
Sorry if I have offended you. Sarcasm usually is quite hard to detect. Might just be me.

Regarding your question. When we say "we in HK" we actually just mean "we in HK" as the majority of people here still do not feel we are part of China. HK is a special administrative region which was a British colony before 1997. So ghost towns in China? Yes. Ghost towns in HK, no.

I'm the hick that goes around and says murica.

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Sorry if I have offended you. Sarcasm usually is quite hard to detect. Might just be me.

Regarding your question. When we say "we in HK" we actually just mean "we in HK" as the majority of people here still do not feel we are part of China. HK is a special administrative region which was a British colony before 1997. So ghost towns in China? Yes. Ghost towns in HK, no.

I'm the hick that goes around and says murica.
my fault. thanks.
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