Foreign Money (Korean especially) from Asian Countries in Irvine

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<p class="MsoNormal">Well since you asked…he placed it there but she locked it in by placing her hand on top of his. Mind you, I’m no body language expert but this is a good sign for him, i.e. she’s showing compliance. Now, if he were holding her bag in the picture then it would be the other way around, i.e. not good for him.</p>
 
<p class="MsoNormal">Are you referring to the guy in the upper right?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Judging from his severe lack of presence, it’s no wonder these girls have blocked him out of the picture. Since he’s on an island all by himself, my guess is he’s in the same study group with some of these girls at school. Feel sorry for the pathetic guy wearing the sunglasses, trying too hard to be cool and failing miserably. The girl in front is blocking him out with her body language. A confident guy would never let that happen. He would've positioned himself right in the middle of those chicks. </p>
 
I think sometimes it depends on the body height. i.e. I'm 6' tall so, when I take photos with such large group, I usually end up in the back because all the girls are like a head shorter than me. So you see a group in front and a telephone pole (me) sticking out the back.








As for body language... some girls are "sticky" and will grab and hold the guy's arms over her, sometimes because they feel nice and secure that way, not necessarily because she intends to sleep with him. Though if the guy can put his hand on certain body parts with her acceptance and encouragement, then it's usually a good thing. But if you want to look at it negatively, you could say the girl is holding the guy's hand in place for the photo shoot, and so that his hands wouldn't/couldn't wander off to other places.
 
<p>You guys are all so funny. That was better feedback than I expected. </p>

<p>Well - I'm so stressed that a couple of houses that I liked are off the market. I was just short about 20-30K in putting an offer. Anwyays - this helps me take a short break from my stress..</p>

<p>Ok - I'm back to my box of Kleenex!!</p>
 
I'm always bemused by these comments of big foreign money/big immigration coming in to save real estate prices. Some people think the US is some kind of revolving door and any warm body can just come over here and scoop up some property and live here. Emigrating to another country is a long, HARD, arduous process (remember 9/11? kinda changed things a bit in that regard), and frankly people just don't go "oh I'll just pack and move away from my family/business/job/culture because real estate prices are 30% lower there". As a Canadian working here, practically a sister country of the US, it still wasn't all that straightforward to just come in and work and settle here. There are formalities involved, credit ratings don't transfer, etc. etc. I can imagine how much harder it is for someone coming in from Asia. Plus emigrating anywhere you always lose something in the process (no right to vote/take part in politics, adaptation required/ must rebuild credit, levees/taxes incurred if transferring investments).



Of course maybe there's some golden tickets for very rich individuals where these rules don't apply. But then you're not talking about measly 1mil$ properties. It's not uncommon for asians to share an apartment for multiple generations so they can afford it, so the "big money" affording those 1mil high rise apartments could just be 5-6 people on lower incomes.
 
I'd counter that by saying it's a lot easier for foreign investors to come and invest in businesses and real estate.





The US is one of the most economically free countries in the world. Not as much as Hong Kong or Singapore, but still ranked near the top at #5:


http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/topten.cfm





In some countries that I've been to, non-citizens are prohibited from buying land (or restricted to no more than an acre or so), though they can buy condos.
 
Momo, if it ever comes to be that the rich Asians actually do march in to save the market, I nominate you to lead the charge!





<img src="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050409/050409_china_protest_bcol7a.standard.jpg" alt="" />(You have to stand in the back though because you're tall).
 
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