I wish you'd take your time and dig up some decent stuff.

First quote – wages and employment.

Abe's begging business to give the worker a pay rise because he needs to compensate them for the cost of living increases they're getting wacked with but the SME's who employ 80% of the workforce don't have the margins to accommodate him. On the one…[Read more]

I'd rather burn my money to get warm. At least I'd get some utility out of it.

zmagen wrote:

enough.

Not again…

There's nothing to stop someone charging for a quote, however, that needs to be disclosed before a quote is undertaken. The agent would have to justify allowing this when it is not normal business practice. Depending on your agreement with your PM they act on your behalf so you are liable for the cost. Your dispute would then become one between…[Read more]

I'm looking for someone who knows what next weeks winning lotto numbers are. 

zmagen wrote:
"I think a disaster is coming, and no one will convince me otherwise". It's cool, you're entitled to your opinion, enjoy it!

A disaster isn't coming it's already here for millions upon millions.

Iceland
Ireland
Portugal
Spain
Greece
France
Slovenia
Netherlands
Libya
Egypt
Cyprus
Italy
Syria
Argentina
Venezuela

..and the list…[Read more]

And S Korea has had enough..

South Korea Demands "International Action" Against "Negative Impact" Of Abenomics

Implicitly, the G-8/20 also thinks everyone else in the world is an idiot. But all this will be irrelevant if one more major export powerhouse joins alongside South Korea in formally lodging complaints. Someone like Germany. Because if…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:

Its all in here – https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/overseas-deals/4346966

enough.

Certainly is.

A quote from forumite BMW with relatives on the ground there from that thread:

Doesn’t seem like a rosy future ahead.
My FIL has a small engineering shop in outer Tokyo but is almost being  forced to retire due to lack of…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:
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In essence, your replies to my replies were as follows (correct me if I'm wrong here) –

1. Exports, which are picking up considerably since the yen dropped, will fail because the rest of the world will not pick up enough to carry them sufficiently

Fascinated to know how you arived at that conclusion when the MOF's figures…[Read more]

daniel vic wrote:
I was leaning towards that have you heard much about us invest they seem ok ?

There's extensive discussion on all things US here including many of the RE players both good and bad. You need to use the search function and go through those threads to appraise yourself of a wide range of issues and knowledge they can…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:
You seem to laugh a lot, Freckle, good on ya. It's probably because everybody in the worlds so stupid and you're so smart. Then again, it could be a sign of mental frailty, I hear. But those graphs are so pretty and colourful…enjoy your weekend!

C'mon Ziv your retorts are usually better than that. Melodramatics and hissy fits…[Read more]

Recovery strategy… ???

….more debt, higher expenses and less income. Is that what passes for a recovery strategy these days?

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If that's a recovery strategy I'm a monkeys uncle.

Japan deflation persists, industrial output falls…[Read more]

Recovery strategy… ???

….more debt, higher expenses and less income. Is that what passes for a recovery strategy these days?

If that's a recovery strategy I'm a monkeys uncle.

Japan deflation persists, industrial output falls (30May13)
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-05-30/japan-deflation-persists-industrial-output-falls

BOJ Seen…[Read more]

ROFL… jeez Ziv I didn't think melodrama was your forte…

Never met someone so hell bent on proving Einstein's theory of insanity wrong.

Abe..BOJ… this time is different… we just need moar!!!

Lets print twice as much money… surely we'll be twice as rich.

What??? Moar debt will solve our debt problem… well let's go for the doctor…[Read more]

I'm glad I wasn't drinking a wine when I read that. 

You should go into business consulting. There's heaps of businesses who would like to know how to make a go of it with rising input costs and shrinking income but still be able to borrow to the moon whilst paying the staff more.

They'll gladly pay a small fortune for that.

I hear Krugman's…[Read more]

zmagen wrote:
Yes, we've heard it before, you'll quote the economists who don't agree with the ones I quote and vice versa

A fair whack of what I quote doesn't come from economists. The underlying data is provided by the BOJ – your guys I believe.

I'd be interested in some detail, analysis and reasoning to support your position rather…[Read more]

Nigel Kibel wrote:
Freckle

The hedge funds are currently buying commercial property and large apartment complexes between 2 and 50 million dollars. They believe that the market has bottomed in many cases they are paying full price.

And your take on that is??

jayhinrichs wrote:
Carrington   One of the first hedge funds to enter the sfr market is now exiting

thenreasons they site is :

1.   Returns never matched proforma's 

2. Property management  (headaches).  They did not have management in house

3. Price increases

4. Rehab over runs and much higher maintenance and vacancy factors than were…[Read more]

Here's my bet. The current hot money flows into Japan trying to front run the market will in due course (and I expect that to be soon) correct back and beyond where they came from. AU$ saw some pressure from Yen exiting positions here and heading home to speculate on the gold rush spurred by BOJ policy and market actions. AU$ dollar now seems to…[Read more]

That all might be about to turn around. The so called smart money is moving out RE and stocks. I get the distinct impression there will be an exodus shortly as hedgies try and take some profit. It'll be interesting to see if they sell down or sell out. 

Too much empty stock waiting for tenants. Time to grab the capital gain and sell to the next…