No Lil House on the Prairie
Bedtime Stories Aug 02 08Location. Location. Location. That's not my real estate agent speaking. That's Charming Calvin. Seems like our nomadic Beijing expat has decided to sink his hard-earned disposable yuan into real estate. Blew a sigh of relief hearing that since I figure it's time for him to finally buy instead of rent. Especially when he's been blowing his cash renting an entire apartment here for an entire year - only to spend a measly four weeks in the place. I call it his storage apartment.Of course buying an apartment in the city isn't quite as simple as I imagined. When I bought my own place, all I did was drive by the show unit, scope out the area and sign the agreement. Full story...
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