real estate

Price vs. Value: The Art of Investing

November 29, 2012
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“So sorry I am late, Dorian. I went to look after a piece of old brocade in Wardour Street and had to bargain for hours for it. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 4 Ahhhh yes, the age-old question…how on [...]

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QnA: What to do with $10,000, 3-D Printing, QE3, Real Estate

November 10, 2012
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Greetings! I must apologize—I have an enormous backlog of questions (everything from tax liens to what to do with gold in IRAs to whether the HAA supports self-directed IRAs to how to buy ammunition to petrodollars to the fiscal cliff to how do we export inflation to primary dealers and market makers to what do [...]

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Live from SF, It’s Saturday Night!

August 25, 2012
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Wow, what a week! If you are wondering why this week’s QnA is coming to you on Saturday, rather than the usual Friday…it’s because I had a week like this one: (This. Week. Is. Insane.) But happily in a really, really good way! It’s transition week here at Kung Fu Finance central—the Kung Fu Kids [...]

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Guest Post: Smart Money Strategy – Rental Real Estate

April 25, 2012
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I have to admit I am excited today. Tomorrow I leave for the latest Casey Conference in Florida, held at the beautiful Hyatt Bonaventure Resort. Far more exciting than the locale, however, is the speaker lineup: Doug Casey (obviously) Bud Conrad Rick Rule Porter Stansberry Michael Lewitt John Mauldin Gordon Chang Jim Rickards Harry Dent [...]

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Guest Post: Adventures in Real Estate Investing

February 22, 2012
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I am hopping on a plane today for Santiago, Chile, to get a “boots on the ground” perspective of Simon Black’s new real estate development and sustainable community, so today’s article comes from one of our very own Kung Fu Finance community members, “Aunty from Hawaii” (and no, I don’t know her, at least not [...]

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QnA Friday: Real Estate, Precious Metals, Quicken, Life Tips, More!

February 3, 2012
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TGIF and Happy Super Bowl weekend for those of you who watch the game! I am going to jump right into the questions as there are a lot this week! Also, I have not forgotten about Wall Street Survivor — I will set that up for us next week. A huge thank you, too, to all of [...]

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Don’t Get Tricked: The #1 Thing You Should REALLY Be Afraid Of Today and How to Fight Back

October 31, 2011
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Today is Halloween here at Kung Fu Girl’s house. With a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old I can’t escape it (not that I want to— who doesn’t love a holiday where you can dress up as your favorite fantasy and eat as much candy as you like, or party all night depending on your age…or both!). [...]

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