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Old Jul 31st 2011, 6:30 pm
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I am afraid that the OP's plans to move to the US are, to quote Grouch Marx, "... still in embryo, a town on the edge of wishful thinking".
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Old Jul 31st 2011, 8:25 pm
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Originally Posted by peskypete
Actually I would do anything to get into the USA...
Really? Anything? Would you lie? Cheat? Steal? Kill? Perhaps I misunderstand the meaning of the word "anything"?

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Originally Posted by ian-mstm
Really? Anything? Would you lie? Cheat? Steal? Kill? Perhaps I misunderstand the meaning of the word "anything"?

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Originally Posted by Bob
That wouldn't get you much in LA...and owning property won't get you a visa to the US...so...
I think you misunderstand. I have enough for the 500k investment in Jay Peak, and then $350k - $400k on a property to live in.
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Originally Posted by peskypete
I think you misunderstand. I have enough for the 500k investment in Jay Peak, and then $350k - $400k on a property to live in.
Subway franchise on the east coast/midwest....
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Old Aug 1st 2011, 12:40 pm
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Originally Posted by peskypete
I think you misunderstand. I have enough for the 500k investment in Jay Peak, and then $350k - $400k on a property to live in.
Like I said, $350K won't buy you much of a gaff in LA...
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Originally Posted by peskypete
3) Fairly good schools
In a previous post you wrote "i can not go to university". So why, exactly, would you care about "fairly good schools"?

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None of my business but I have some idle time:

7) Im in the computer proffesion, but am also into property development
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Proffesion is spelt Profession.
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Ian, even if I don't have a family of my own at the moment, it doesn't mean I do not want one ever. I may be young but I want to settle down somewhere.
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Pete, you should be thinking about broadening your horizons, travelling, seeing the world, getting an education or a trade, working out what you are going to do with your life .... rather than thinking about buying property and schools for kids ..that can all come later... the world is a great place - you have the funds go enjoy it now
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Originally Posted by peskypete
Ian, even if I don't have a family of my own at the moment, it doesn't mean I do not want one ever. I may be young but I want to settle down somewhere.
You're 19... why on earth would you want to "settle down"? That's what you do afterwards!

Let me give you some advice... whether you want it or not. Your posts suggest that you want everything in life to be decided now. For whatever reason, it sounds as though you're desperate to get to the US. I've no idea why... but when you're desperate, you make poor decisions. It's that simple.

Your list, sadly, sounds as though you believe the media hype that suggests that the US is the best place on earth to live. I can assure you, it isn't. Other than the US, there are 195 other countries in the world and while I might dismiss 75 or so as too poor, too violent, or too remote... there's still a heck of a lot of real estate in the world to explore!

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Originally Posted by Orangepants
Pete, you should be thinking about broadening your horizons, travelling, seeing the world, getting an education or a trade, working out what you are going to do with your life .... rather than thinking about buying property and schools for kids ..that can all come later... the world is a great place - you have the funds go enjoy it now
I didn't even think about good school areas when I did have kids but they weren't school age luckily we ended up in a good one by chance.
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Old Aug 1st 2011, 10:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
I didn't even think about good school areas when I did have kids but they weren't school age luckily we ended up in a good one by chance.
I didn't either. By the time the first one was ready for school, we had outgrown the house and were ready to move anyway.
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