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To be honest, I don't know. I tend to assess situations as they come up. In that example, I probably won't directly sucker the elderly owner like you described (having said that, I'm not sure I would condemn him, either). However, if that agent came to me, offered me that elderly owner's...

Fair enough. You of course have the freedom to deal with whoever you want, as do we all. In my case, I'm a pretty jaded and sarcastic guy to start with, and getting older hasn't changed my views. I don't respect many of the people society labels as virtuous these days (including politicians...

Using a political analogy, I think it's easier to deal with corrupt politicians (by that I mean US and Australia level corrupt, not African or North Korean corrupt) than fanatics. Fanatics are hard to predict. Slightly corrupt politicians are much easier to deal with, in part because I know how...

I think a lot of those articles are biased. Using The Millionaire Next Door as an example, say you're a middle aged successful business owner. You have a few kids, maybe grandkids, employees and status in the community. Someone asks for your opinion on how to succeed in life. You might have done...

Under my own definition, I'm ok. Under yours, I'm a moral black hole. I recognise why you think I'm unethical, and I respect your point of view, but I don't feel any better or worse because of your opinion. That's the fun in discussing different points of view. I just don't feel much sympathy...

I would act differently: my morals wouldn't change. That'd be a legal issue for me, not a moral one. It'd be the same as, say, they changed the tax laws so that I can no longer claim travel expenses to my IPs. I'd stop claiming it on my tax return because it's the law, but I would still think...

You have your morals, I have mine. Shame doesn't work since I respect other people's opinions but am not influenced by other people's morals. I do what my own morals will allow. I have no issues buying cheap t-shirts made in who knows where, too. Altria (Phillip Morris) shares seems to have...

Fair enough, but the fact is cigarette, mining, oil, chocolate, coffee companies, etc that are associated with human rights violations can still make good investments. Just the fact that a company is involved in immoral practices is not reason enough not to invest in it. Alex

Not that I'm agreeing with Grossreal on investing in China: I don't trust the government and I think there are lots of hidden problems like corruption, bad loans, etc which makes it a risky market to invest in. However, all this about not investing because mine conditions are bad and there...

This point was raised in another post, but while I’m sure there are great opportunities in the US, why should we diversify to that level? It’s like shares: I might buy international share funds but I think it’s stretching myself too thin to research and buy individual overseas stocks. In...

Is anyone else concerned that someone who is supposed to be an expert in US property misspelled 'Buffalo'? The letter "w" isn't anywhere near the "o". Alex