Housing prices jumped at a rate above 6 percent in 1999 and increased rapidly and steadily as the decade turned, according to a recent study by the Brookings Institution. “After the mid-1990s … real house prices went on a sustained surge through 2005, making residential real estate not only a great investment, but it was also widely perceived as a very safe investment,” the study said. The prices eventually moved …Read the Rest
Tycoon’s beauty contest for his FIVE mistresses ends in tragedy when spurned woman drives him and four rivals off a cliff. A married Chinese tycoon who could no longer afford to support his five mistresses during the credit crunch held a contest to decide which one to keep. But when one of the women was eliminated because of her looks, she decided to take revenge – and drove her former …Read the Rest
I was reading a post by Danielle LaPorte about writing to herself 20 years in the past and it got me to thinking, what would I say to myself at 17 when I graduated high school? Well since that was 26 years ago, and I don’t have a time machine, (although I wish I did…) this will have to suffice. Stay with the music kid, you’ll be much happier. Credit …Read the Rest
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