WOW... I did not think I would get this many replies lol... First I want to thank you all for the warm welcome, I truly appreciate it. I still a tad bit new to this website so please pardon my late response.
@John Moore I want to thank you for advising the podcasts to me. I have been listening to them and they are really helpful in terms of getting a bigger perspective of different aspects of the field.
@Darren Sager Thanks for the plethora of information! I will become a pro/plus member one day, but that just isn't today unfortunately. More likely when I go back to the States.
@James Wise Thanks for the welcome! What do you do in terms of Real Estate Investing?
@John Van Uytven Oh wow, I thought for sure I would be the only person in ROK (Republic of Korea) on BP. Goes to show how small the world really is! As far as the meeting that sounds awesome. What are the meetings primarily about? If you don't mind me asking prematurely.
@Corey Beckwith Thank you for your reply! How's Somerset treating you!? I will definitely keep your words of advice, a buddy of mine when I was in Beijing, had a similar type of plan and the same exact location Shenzhen! I never thought anything of it, until you just mentioned it. Thank you, I'm finding the more I learn the less I actually know. Also are the annual meetings, because I am really pushing my parents to start investing and even though I'm not physically there, I feel maybe a couple of meetings may do the trick. Thanks in advance, also apology in advance (I am obsessed with REI) any good books you can recommend?
@Ken Morris Oh George! The language you used is pretty strong (in my opinion), I will try my best to answer without offending anyone. In the ROK, as John stated, it is a male dominated society. Actually, John answered most of it, if I had to touch on anything else I would say that the average Korean life is extremely stressful. I am so happy to be an American and not have to deal with the cultural and societal pressures that they have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. There is no wonder why ROK is the third highest country for suicide rates. Many of the men have to support their families by working extremely long hours six days a week and on top of that are forced to go drinking with their boss, as John stated.
Many women are noticing the treatment of foreigners (non Koreans) to be favourable, because of the cultural differences and the ability to express themselves more freely, as well as the chance of raising a family outside of the pressure poured onto child to be education machines.
With that said many Koreans do in fact love their lives and wouldn't even think about leaving to live in another country. This is all just from my experiences here maybe John might disagree. But that's the get thing about the freedom of expression and opinions right. Just here to learn and educate when I can.
*Sigh* another long post. I am not a one word kind of guy! lol
