Rising commodity prices feed into rising real estate prices, as investors rush to buy real assets that are expected to keep up or even exceed the rate of inflation.
That is, China is using its paper reserves to buy real assets in the ground.
And we can pay one another using the same money we use to buy real stuff.
But now the office has begun scouting to buy real estate as well.
As for "Wall Street Survivor" champion Brad Halverson, he does hope to someday buy real stock, but at this point, it's still a fantasy.
Last year it banned their use to buy real-world goods and services, in part because of concerns about the impact on the yuan.
The game will open a virtual store later this week, says Gerson, where players can use real money to buy the virtual coin currency.
Could Facebook Credits ever be used to buy real goods, putting it in direct competition with the likes of Amazon, PayPal and eBay?
Other private equity or real estate firms buy these assets, working to improve their quality and cash flow before selling them again at a higher price.
There are several investment fund companies for example that buy real time satellite photos so they can check the number of cars in retail parking lots.
For individuals looking to buy real estate, precious metals, or make other non-traditional investments, or seeking to secure a loan from their solo 401(k), an alternative option exists.
Recent smaller projects that are still finding their legs include Facebook Gifts, which lets you buy real and virtual goods for friends, and charging to send strangers messages.
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And for more than six years you've been able to buy real estate in Second Life (anyone remember Second Life?), if you just gave them your credit card number.
He graduated in 1975, but instead of turning to his father, he says, he persuaded several wealthy Ecuadorians to guarantee bank loans on his behalf to buy real estate.
For Ms. Vanacore, a teacher, the question of staying in Long Beach was more complicated, though she ultimately said she would stay, and might even buy real estate there.
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Recent smaller projects that are still finding their legs include Facebook Gifts, which lets you buy real and virtual goods for friends, and charging a small fee to send messages to strangers.
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Guild Wars has gems, League of Legends has Riot Points, and these forms of currency can be purchased with real money to buy in-game items characters or weapons, or cosmetic appearance changes.
Though it costs an investor real money to buy options on the open market, there is no tangible cost for a company to create some options internally and then issue them to employees.
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Growers like Mr. Cheek say there is also reason to be optimistic about sales this year, since there has been some good weather on key tree-buying weekends this month and an apparent fondness among 20-somethings to buy real trees, even if they are table-top size.
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Buyers of fakes therefore impose a cost on people who want to buy the real thing.
Some investors also might want to buy into real estate related to health care.
They missed it because competitors started offering cooler devices that real people wanted to buy and use.
By the time winter comes again for real, those who buy now could prove to be April's fools.
Why get a clutchless manual when you can buy the real thing?
And now, if you could figure out what the devil it is, you think you want to buy a real estate investment trust or REIT.
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