Posts Tagged ‘food’

Fruit Trees To Enhance Property Value

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 by Alan Yu

This was kind of a funny conversation where I was talking to a real estate who mentioned that some of the houses that he sells have some kind of tree or plant that grows fruits and vegetables and he uses that as nudge to enhance the value of buying the house.

Guess it makes sense in many ways yet at the same time I’m not quite sure why it is kind of humorous at the same time. I always thought having fruit trees or say a mini garden would be a good way to save money too general. Imagine having a collaboration of some sort where all your neighbors each grow something different.

You can pretty much just mix and match and save each other a lot of money. My neighbors actually do that where everyone pretty much encourage others to say take a plum or apple from the tree if they want one. Not sure if people would really consider that as a reason to boost a property value though.

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Paying Extra For Pre-Packaged Meals

Saturday, August 9th, 2008 by Alan Yu

There seems to be a lot more companies that specialize in offering people the option of going into the store and purchasing fresh meat or grocery items that have been all prepared for you to simply take home and cook yourself. Essentially, this is suppose to cater to busy people who at the same time do not want to dine out to prepare healthier meals themselves.

I was looking at the prices too and in many ways the price of the food was almost in line to going to a restaurant except in this case you would be cooking it yourself. Kind of reminds me of buying say pre-packages items or meal courses from the supermarket where you pay a premium price as a result of someone doing the preparation for you. Not only that, but considering you usually have to pay taxes too it makes it even more expensive.

I guess in that sense in is kind of counterproductive as if you are one of those people who thinks that time is money in many ways you are probably ending up at the same result. Although, I would be inclined to say that just taking the time and doing it yourself will save more money in the long run.

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