“There’s no way to predict if housing is going up or down. So you need to get Death, Debt, or Divorce on your side. These are basically the ONLY ways you can guarantee you are getting a better deal than anyone else. If every house in an area is going for $400,000 then you want to make sure you don’t pay more than $200-250,000. That’s called ‘good investing’. Good investing is not about predicting the future, it’s about getting a deal. This is an important concept no matter what you are investing in and it’s the concept everyone forgets. Don’t buy a house unless you are getting a deal, even if you’ve convinced yourself you will living there for 30 years.”
http://jamesaltucher.quora.com/You-Have-To-Use-This-Checklist-When-Buying-A-House
Related posts:
Anthony Gregory: The Cataclysm of World War II
America’s Gulag
Easy Test to Separate Winners from Wasters
Bill Bonner: The Best Wealth Building Advice You’ll Never Take
My History With the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC)
Did the Election Save ObamaCare?
It's Not "If;" It's "When"
Sitka Pacific Strategy Letter, August 2013
Truth and Consequences of Fed Money Printing
The Fleeting Beauty of Bubbles and Bonds
In North Korea, Black Markets Are Saving Lives
Nasser Al-Awlaki: The Drone That Killed My Grandson
Ladar Levison's Lesson
The Compulsion To Rule
How the US government inadvertently created Wikileaks