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To: energyplay who wrote (66490)	9/27/2010 8:27:55 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217576

just in in-tray player 1: Marc makes Instapundit! pajamasmedia.com Note: Instapundit has about 12 million visits per month. player tj: horrible and deflationary news just in, the real estate 'club' which i had invested in as l.p. since 2001 plans to hold sales preview of earlier mentioned gramercy on caine road this coming thursday, but management tested the market this past friday. while the real estate agents drummed up sales for the entire 106 apartments with no particular but some sort of open views, and management had to beat back the eager buyers by limiting them to 70 apartments for sale/purchase, average price achieved is hkd 19,500+ psf (usd 2,500), booking profit of hkd 1 bil plus, and holding 36 apartments open for coming pre-view. all very disappointing and extremely worrying, as hkd 20k psf was not achieved. just terrible, but ok given that we are in a very strange depression. am wondering whether to re-value the pint-sized ocean view holdings of the company gold bunker that i manage at the hkd 19,500, or attempt to upgrade and raise yield to 3.5% based on the 19.5k denominator, or just sell out per relative value play. player 2: redfin.com For the price of your tiny boxes in HK, you can have a few of these estate homes in pretigious Rancho Sante Fe. The lot size is not included but I think it is around 2.5 ac. This beautiful 6600 sq ft home was sold back in 1999 for $1.78 million. It appreciated high enough during the bubble years to qualify for around a $3 million loan which the lender is now eating with the short sale at around $1.6 million player 3: Santa Fe is unbelievably boring. player 4: try istanbul. property boom for the last 5 years, and according to some, it will continue hand over fist. a nice two story on the bosphurus would be quite something. no cap gains tax at the moment either. on rental income, everyone lies. girls of every possible flavor. (if only i were a sultan). now just landed in Riga. when god created the baltics, he must have been quite angry. player 2: being awaken at 4:30 a.m. by prayer calls rules out Istanbul. Not only is it boring, it has some ridiculous CC&Rs that made it impossible to paint your house without the approval of a bunch of busy bodies who are very bored. You also have no delivery to your house and have to pick up mail at the PO BOX. The population of undocumented workers is probably higher than residents, all working their asses off while the fat cats are at tea parties bitching about the "illegals". player 5: I have been there a whole lot-my dad lived there-Got bored and finally bailed, he was fortunately was able to sell his house-my dutch in-law calls it " a city of mud huts"-the best description of that city I have ever heard. player 6: player 5, is this your sense of the current situation as well? Money chasing ideas again, instead of the other way 'round? businessinsider.com Seems rather counter-intuitive that we should be getting a resurgence in VC -- or maybe everybody thinks they're going to fund the next Apple? player tj: 5:35am. Happily on way to office n adventures of today. 4:30 prayer ok, just not for ritual of prayer. Devote 5% allocation to some startups, choose better than I do, pray, and hold on to the other 95% for dear life. Stay away from girls. When feel like spending, buy gold. When frivolously spent, atone by platinum. New private equity presented above n beyond allocation guide line, buy platinum or gold watch. On average can keep 100% at 100%