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Question: Is 2016 a good time to buy a house in the Bay Area?

Answer from Siva Kolappa
Regardless of what year you buy, only buy if you can answer all below questions with a YES. If the answer is a NO to at least one of the questions, buying is very risky and yo
Read More: https://www.quora.com/Is-2016-a-good-time-to-buy-a-house-in-the-Bay-Area#ans18799877
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Question: What is a safe investment that gives you 3 to 5% a month?

Answer from Brett Fox
Okay.

I did the math. 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 x 1.03 = 1.425760886846179

In other words, you want a “safe” 42% per annum r
Read More: https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-safe-investment-that-gives-you-3-to-5-a-month#ans33174465
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Question: Why do wealthy families hardly last more for three generations?

Answer from Mehran Jalali
My history teacher has a great explanation for this.

See, the first person to become rich in the family wasn’t born into wealth. The person worked and struggled to become ric
Read More: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-wealthy-families-hardly-last-more-for-three-generations#ans35473897
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Question: How did Portugal manage to build the first global empire in history that lasted almost 600 years given that it is a relatively small country with a tiny population?

Answer from João Silva
Actually, Portuguese were capable to manage a global empire for 584 years because of three factors:

* Portugal did not burn Templars changing their name to the Order of Chri
Read More: https://www.quora.com/How-did-Portugal-manage-to-build-the-first-global-empire-in-history-that-lasted-almost-600-years-given-that-it-is-a-relatively-small-country-with-a-tiny-population#ans36084896
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Question: I think I’m a good artist, but nobody is buying my representational watercolor/mixed media art. What can I do to sell my art?

Answer from Michelle Gaugy
Okay. I think it may be time for a little tough love, although I am very aware that I’m only looking at one single piece of your art.

First - this work is dated 2006. It is 2
Read More: https://www.quora.com/I-think-I’m-a-good-artist-but-nobody-is-buying-my-representational-watercolor-mixed-media-art-What-can-I-do-to-sell-my-art#ans36988894
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Question: How are people able to afford purchasing a home in Palo Alto?

Answer from Jason M. Lemkin
Yes, the math does not work. Not even remotely. It's even worse than the math you cite.

In fact, you can often rent a home in Palo Alto for a fraction of the mortgage payme
Read More: https://www.quora.com/How-are-people-able-to-afford-purchasing-a-home-in-Palo-Alto#ans1995483
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Question: What is the single most effective piece of financial advice you've ever received?

Answer from Peter J. Mello
And I quote…

“A poor man cannot afford to own cheap things.”

Not only is it very true, but it’s also one of the secrets to escaping poverty. When you eschew the cheap things
Read More: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-single-most-effective-piece-of-financial-advice-youve-ever-received#ans23866832
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Question: Do banks treat you differently when you make large deposits?

Answer from Peter Theobald
Yes. When I sold my company I went to my local bank in torn jeans and a T-shirt to transfer the money between accounts. I went to the teller and sheepishly told her I was havi
Read More: https://www.quora.com/Do-banks-treat-you-differently-when-you-make-large-deposits#ans25766457
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Question: Is it true that no one could see the color blue until modern times?

Answer from Nathan Boerke
Yes, but only if you ask the right question. It has never been true that human eyes physically lacked the ability to register blue. What you'll often hear is that ancient cult
Read More: https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-no-one-could-see-the-color-blue-until-modern-times#ans36346972
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Question: What is the most untraceable way to make a credit card purchase online?

Answer from Maxwell Arnold
* Buy a brand new laptop. Don’t access the internet on it at your home IP address, and don’t allow any personally identifying information to pass through it.
* Put on sungla
Read More: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-untraceable-way-to-make-a-credit-card-purchase-online#ans35037691
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