I view an attempt to manipulate someone else as a great offense since it purposely infringes upon one’s freedom of choice which I believe we’ve been endowed with by our Creator.

Plus land is a great inflation hedgeKeep in mind John Hancock and the Harvard endowment are two of the biggest owners and or financers of commercial timberlands in the USin the really good growing zones of the Northwest the timber even if the value of the log stays static ( does not move a ton up or down) the trees GROW so you have more of it.. it equates to a 10 to 14% return COC..

Breathing new life into the property as it endowed new energy and knowledge into me. 

Private equity may be in better shape but there are pension consultants who are now calling into question the Endowment model of investing as well. 

With her head on my chest, she’ll sweetly and quietly respond “I am” after each one.Then I tell her, “Did you know you were endowed with the seeds of greatness -fashioned after the image of Elohim?

I'll close with one of the best quotes from Nassim Taleb's book Fooled by Randomness:“My lesson from Soros is to start every meeting at my boutique by convincing everyone that we are a bunch of idiots who know nothing and are mistake-prone, but happen to be endowed with the rare privilege of knowing it.”

From a selfish point of view, [we] should probably endow chairs to ensure the perpetual teaching of EMT.If Mike doesn't want to invest in equities, great!

The seller could be experiencing the endowment effect since he lived there so long.

For a real life example take a look at the Yale Endowment portfolio. 3.Pick the right market – not all housing markets were impacted in the same way during the last recession.

Why do more not own real estate as part of their endowment to support their bottom line?