Thursday, March 18th, 2010

The foreign exchange market, also called forex or FX, is trading one currency for another. It is one of the largest markets in the world and everyone from central banks to companies to individuals participates in it. Retail traders are now only a small portion of the entire forex market with speculators making up the biggest portion. The market itself is almost completely liquid and operates 24 hours a day. The chance to make money depends on the belief that the currency you buy will increase in value compared to the one you sold, allowing you to make a profit on the margin.

Have you ever considered a portable building? This question is rarely thought about when someone is starting a new business. Most of the time, the question is whether or not I should rent or purchase a permanent building. I would assume that most of us have seen portable buildings at schools, construction sites or at new home sales sites. In this current market when times are tough, you should seriously consider investing in a portable building.

Around London and many other cities throughout the world, there are many “pleasure palaces” that have long ago outlived their original use. These buildings that were once beautiful have fallen into decay. is it possible to transform these past relics be transformed to regain their usefulness?

Let’s look at the situation where you are looking at a REO listed at 25k and they have just come down from 29k. The bank most likely did not really look at it because it isn’t worth that much. The house is in bad condition and would have to be gutted to rehab; the only good part of the house is the structure. You don’t want to rehab it yourself but you would like to make a low ball offer on it to flip it.

There are times in your life when in order to change your future you have to make decisions that others may question.

OK, I will be very frank with you. Hoping to sell the house to a rehabber when you don’t know any is like hoping to sell peanut butter in the middle of the desert. If you get lucky, a rehabber may find out about your deal and get interested, but I definitely recommend building the buyers list and be sure you can sell the property before you bought it.

If you looked for an investment club in your area and could not find one, I have to say I don’t think you were looking hard enough.