I'm not familiar with the residential property market in Venezuela... You think now is a good time to buy?
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no, they're still nationalising everything
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Last edited by eri; 15-05-2016, 10:41 PM.have you defeated them?
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Originally posted by MichaelNZ View PostBut this is not an easy part of the country to make a dollar. Actually - to be blunt - ****ed if I have any idea how to make a dollar here.
The only idea I can think of is to come back to Auckland and that's where things get sticky because it's just too damned expensive.
I would have thought for your line of trade that good comms would be number 1 priority and maybe being fairly close to one of the big cities in case you needed to visit (or close to a good airport?).
I find your solar installation an interesting 'investment'. I doubt you would get the cost back if you sold the place.
You seem to be a bit mixed in long term view (install solar PV makes sence if you are their long enough) and short view (need to leave to make money) which makes me wonder if you have a 'plan'.
Sit down and work out what you really want, make a plan on how to get there and do it.
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Originally posted by MichaelNZ View PostI'm not going to post up a whole spiel because it just invites the "I'm all right jack" sort to trot out some philisophical bull**** on how easy (they allege) it is to make money - presumably if only I was as well endowed and/or ruthless as they are.
Over the last couple of years (or so) I have made a point of being quite direct with most people who I encounter who claim to be doing well - with the intent of finding out what I can offer them to share in their supposed riches - and this invariably results in being told some cute line.
As I said before, it's all very easy until it needs to be tangible.
And doing well doesn't necessarily mean riches. Or that they have riches to spare. People 'doing well' may have assets but not cash.
Most people on here who are doing well certainly don't talk about how easy it is but rather how hard they've worked to attain that. If they've done the hard yards, and do now have good cashflow, why would they share whatever riches they've built, with you? Why wouldn't they expect you to put in the graft, as well?
Right now, I'm working Mon-Fri in Auckland and travelling to Rotorua to do renovations every Friday night. I spent this weekend demolishing a ceiling and kitchen cabinets, taking off wall linings, breaking up and removing concrete, pulling up carpet, scrubbing walls, chipping up lino tiles and painting, among other things. I got back at 10:40 last night so that I could get up for work this morning. Most of the successful investors on here would have started out in a similar way and I can understand them wanting the new breed to 'pay their dues' too.My blog. From personal experience.
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Michael, chances are if someone is "doing well" they you have missed the boat and can't offer them anything. They have already achieve their goal. And being blunt definitely won't help your chance when it's you who wants something.
Start at the bottom and work with those starting out or who already have a toe in the door. Those are the ones who's coat-tails you can ride on if not willing to do the work yourself.
But what you offer has to have value.
Just constructive feedback.
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Originally posted by Sportsvee View PostMichael, chances are if someone is "doing well" they you have missed the boat and can't offer them anything. They have already achieve their goal. And being blunt definitely won't help your chance when it's you who wants something.
Start at the bottom and work with those starting out or who already have a toe in the door. Those are the ones who's coat-tails you can ride on if not willing to do the work yourself.
But what you offer has to have value.
Just constructive feedback.
I have thought about that lately - have another go with a startup. I'm not seeking to do one myself for a variety of reasons (I already have my own e-business and I don't feel like 'fronting' at present) but I'm sure my skills would come in handy.
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is this guy greedy?
he appears to profiteer from a basic human right
On leaving school so young, with an admittedly "average" grasp of maths, his future may have looked less than bright, but he he steadily climbed
the cooperative ladder until he joined the select club of supermarket owners in 1997.
"It is not about who you are. It's about what you are. It's about your attitude.
It's about being an individual and believing in yourself," Witehira said.
what's the bet his supermarket sells
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+ over-salted foods of questionable nutritive valueLast edited by eri; 16-05-2016, 05:31 PM.have you defeated them?
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I've had some further thoughts on how to put this.
My underlying point is I have noticed an increase in what I would call the "greedy class". They are often middle class people with middle class trappings and they run their own businesses (including landlordary) Think "3 B's material".... and they are incredibly greedy.
If as Sportsvee suggested, there is simply nothing to offer them, well and good then. The problem is this is often not the case but they sure don't like paying.
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Just like the poster (in another thread) appealed for a real world example of anything that had gone down in price after a tax was added to it, I can't escape the feeling that much of this thread's back-and-forth is about symptom chasing, rather than cause identification and remedy suggestion.
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Ask any immigrant from a developing country..they will tell you why they came to NZ. One word...opportunity.
I sometimes wonder why kiwis don't see that. I often call tradesmen for work but they are too busy to take new work...but you call an asian or an indian guy he will do your job no matter how busy he is. Many of these guys buy their first homes in 2-4yrs of coming to NZ with out crying foul about house prices.
There is plenty of opportunity out there to earn plenty of money & grow it if one has good virtues and hardworking ethics
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