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Ms. Feng Shui

Chinese Buyers Purchasing U.S. Homes Online

According to the Auction.com and Juwai.com, it is going to be a lot easier for Chinese buyers to purchase American real estate online.  The number of Feng Shui aware buyers looking at U.S. property is about to increase substantially.

Juwai Logo

Read the press release here:

SHANGHAI and IRVINE, Calif., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Juwai.com, the No. 1 Chinese international property portal, and Auction.com, the leading online real estate marketplace, have signed a partnership that will bring American commercial real estate auctions to investors from China.

The agreement will see US real estate listings from Auction.com advertised on Juwai.com in Chinese, where they will be immediately accessible to Juwai.com’s 2.6 million monthly Chinese-speaking users – in mainland China and around the world.

Auction Logo

Juwai.com will also use its team of 15 journalists to develop content that educates Chinese consumers on the real estate auction process.

Initially, the partnership will focus on commercial properties – multi-family units, hotels, retail and office buildings – listed for sale on Auction.com. But given the high level of interest in US residential properties from Chinese buyers, residential homes will likely be added to the mix as well.

Juwai.com has signed similar international partnerships with LuxuryPortfolio.com, LuxuryHomes.com and The Real Estate Channel, and Chinese partnerships with China’s number one finance website, jrj.com and most popular luxury shopping portal, VIP.com. For a full list of Juwai.com partners, see: http://list.juwai.com/our-partners

“Over $48 billion in foreign capital was invested in US commercial real estate in 2014, and China was second only to Canada in the amount of CRE investment,” said Auction.com CEO and Co-Founder Jeffrey Frieden. “Our strategy has always been to leverage the global reach of the Internet to deliver the largest number of prospective buyers for our sellers. So we’re excited to partner with Juwai.com, which has the largest audience of Chinese international property buyers, and will help us effectively target Chinese-speaking investors in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and even in the US.”

Simon Henry, co-CEO of Juwai.com, said:

“Auction.com will help us give Chinese buyers more of what they are looking for, exclusive commercial listings that are accessible to them online – in China and in their own language.

“Chinese buyers don’t want to be disadvantaged because of their language or physical distance from the US. We help educate cross-border buyers by providing access and information on global real estate buying practices.

“Auction.com is a great addition to our global partners who understand the value of international buyers.

“Real estate auctions are new to most Chinese, and we believe they will embrace this new opportunity when they learn more about it.”

ABOUT AUCTION.COM
Auction.com, LLC, is the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace. Founded in 2007, the company has sold over $30 billion in residential and commercial real estate assets. Auction.com has over 900 employees and headquarters in Irvine and Silicon Valley,California as well as offices in Austin and Plano, Texas, Atlanta, Denver, New York and Miami. Visit www.auction.com for more information.

ABOUT JUWAI.COM
Juwai.com is the recent winner of the “most influential international property site in China 2014″ award from the country’s peak e-commerce body. As the No. 1 Chinese international property portal, Juwai.com receives 2.6 million monthly visits from Chinese-speaking consumers in 315 cities in China and 48 countries around the world. The site showcases 2.5 million real estate listings from 89 countries. The company is headquartered in Shanghai, with offices in Hong Kong. For info or to advertise: http://list.juwai.com.

SOURCE Auction.com, LLC

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/auctioncom-partners-with-juwaicom-to-bring-american-real-estate-auctions-to-millions-of-chinese-buyers-300086230.html

Achieving Your Goals With Feng Shui

You’ve been dreaming of that promotion for a long time now – putting in extra hours, taking on more responsibilities and even sacrificing other commitments to reach your goal.

Feng Shui Career

While your efforts have matched the power of your dreams, have you wondered why the results are slow in coming?

The answer might lie in negative energy flow undermining the power of your dreams, undercutting your hard work and making you feel down.

Take a close look at your self-talk. Are you saying the right things to yourself? For instance, do you have funny t-shirts or posters that may subconsciously negate your intentions?

Now, take a look at your environment. According to the layout of your home or office’s Bagua, is everything in order to amplify your creative cycle? If not, it may be working to destroy your efforts.

Don’t despair; the answer to your problem is at hand. The right Feng Shui approach can work wonders towards helping you achieve your goals.

Power of Words

Words are powerful… and empowering. The words you use will help you harness the Feng Shui energy around you called Chi (or “Qi”) to be used to improve your life.

Regarding those funny t-shirt comments, don’t use words that you don’t actually want to apply.  They may be funny, but do you really want your kid to be “spoiled rotten,” “crazy man,” etc.?

Bad Feng Shui Baby Onesie

Even imagery can have negative connotation.  Having a baby in a skull & bones onesie, for instance, can be toxic for you and them.

The question is, how can you harness Chi to fulfill your goals?

One of the first steps is to note down your goals. Simple, right? Have you done it yet?

Better yet, translate your written goals into visual pictures using a dream board.

Now, place these written goals or your dream board someplace where you can see them daily to reinforce the message.

Be careful not to clutter your space with any and every idea you have. Instead, focus on what is most important and give it a place of prominence. This activity will ensure that you are constantly reinforced with these ideas, improving the energy flow and power of your goals.

The Right Environment

Your dreams might face obstacles due to negative flow of energy in your home or office.

Home Bagua Overlay

Use my website to help guide you to ensure you resolve stairway issues, have your desk setup correctly, and are using color and art to your Feng Shui advantage.

The Bagua of your home is broken down into nine distinctive Guas and you can learn about each of them on my site. Forgetting to give each area some attention will break down the creative cycle of your Chi flow.

After all, as per Feng Shui, it is vital to have the right environment if you are to achieve your goals.

Firing Things Up

Feng Shui Fame & Reputation

Is your Fame and Reputation Area fired up? Make sure this Gua is bright and supports the flame for your recognition.

This is one area, in particular, that I would not ignore. Give it special attention so that you, in turn, will get special attention from others.

Get Help from Others

Make sure that those around you support you and your efforts to achieve your goals. To do this, maximize your use of the Helpful People Corner of your home or office.

In fact, write a couple of notes specifically detailing how people will assist you. Write how your boss will notice your extra efforts at the office. Write how your coworker will start giving you the credit for your successes.

Now, fold up and place these notes in a silver box in your Helpful People Corner. Once your goal has been achieved, swap them out with new notes.

Keep it Positive

There will always be obstacles in your way. They will work to make your dreams more elusive than they actually are.

Dalai Lama

To counteract your obstacles, it might be helpful to reinforce positive and inspirational messages. Instead of thinking dark thoughts, it is more important to seek optimistic ideas and people.  In fact, like me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter to get some periodic inspiration.

Whenever you find a motivating quote that speaks to you, note it down. Better yet, type it out as your email signature as a friendly reminder. You will be surprised how much words can uplift you and your environment.

Next Steps

These are complex matters that need an expert to be addressed. So, even as you focus on the power of words to achieve your goals, it is important to ensure the flow of energy in your home and work space is perfect.

With that said, if you have a t-shirt like this one, get rid of it.

Bad Feng Shui T-Shirt

You deserve to live the life of your dreams. Make sure that your home and office are providing for you.

If you run into any problems along the way or are looking for some professional guidance, contact me. I pride myself in adding harmony and balance while not making it look like a Chinese restaurant exploded in your home. You can get a consultation in-person or virtually via video chat.

I am a 3rd generation Feng Shui expert and have helped thousands of people add harmony and balance to their homes and offices the Feng Shui way. As your consultant, you will be able to get one-on-one advice for how to attract positive energy and improve your life with Feng Shui. I offer in-home and virtual services. Contact me today!

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Feng Shui Cul-de-Sac Cures

It is well-known that the Feng Shui for a cul-de-sac home is bad. Though I typically advise against living in such a home, I have figured out how to make lemonade out of lemons (or good Feng Shui out of bad, in this case).

Feng Shui Cul-de-Sac Sign

In years past, home builders could charge a premium for homes at the end of cul-de-sacs. With more buyers aware of Feng Shui, that is simply no longer the case.

Unaware buyers may covet a home on a cul-de-sac because it provides a larger lot and reduced drive-through traffic so that children can play. Unfortunately, many of those who have lived in a cul-de-sac home have paid the price in more ways than one.

Basic Feng Shui Advice

When possible, avoid cul-de-sac homes.  It’s really that simple.

When I work with home builders, I advise against site plans that include cul-de-sacs, especially in Feng Shui aware areas, because they typically have to reduce their price to sell the homes. Moreover, city planners avoid them because they promote a reliance on cars, as public transportation is more difficult to service these areas.

If you are looking at purchasing a home on a cul-de-sac, I would advise against it because the overwhelming energy you will experience is chaotic and stale.

But what if you already own and live in a cul-de-sac home?

Most of my clients living in cul-de-sac homes came to me experiencing problems making and keeping money and have had poor health. Fortunately, I solved their problems, just as I will for you.

Own a Cul-de-Sac Home?  Your Options

If you already live in a home on a cul-de-sac, you have essentially two Feng Shui options:

1. Sell the home, likely to someone who is not aware of Feng Shui.

2. Harness and transform the Feng Shui energy flowing to your home such that it can nourish you rather than deplete you.  This isn’t the easy option, but it is sometimes the only option given individual situations.

I am going to focus on the second option so that we can work on some cures to your cul-de-sac Feng Shui.

Negative Chi of Cul-de-Sacs

First, let’s talk about why cul-de-sac homes have such bad Feng Shui.

While any home on a cul-de-sac is bad Feng Shui, the homes in the red area get the fastest moving negative Chi.

While any home on a cul-de-sac is bad Feng Shui, the homes in the red area get the fastest moving negative Chi.

Think of a street like a river, where water flows down from a source. Chi (or Qi) is water’s equivalent, flowing down a street from its source toward your cul-de-sac. Chi is Feng Shui energy. Just like water, it can be clean and refreshing or dirty and unhealthy.

Water nourishes while it also erodes. It provides life-giving energy to plants while also slowly eating away at the banks of the river. Chi works in much the same way, as it provides life-giving energy to you in your home, it also erodes your Bagua over time.

As water flows to a dam, it churns chaotically and over time gets stale. Sediment collects, creating mud that grows like a cancer. So, too, does Chi as it flows to a cul-de-sac. While the energy is worst at the home at the end of the cul-de-sac, all of the surrounding homes must share dirty, chaotic and stale energy that erodes at their Baguas over time.

Energy that makes its way into your cul-de-sac home is not calm, refreshing energy that you need to kickstart the creative cycle of your Bagua. Instead, it is fast, chaotic, used up energy that needs to be slowed, regulated and refreshed.

Energy Transformation

If you intend to live in a home at a cul-de-sac (or a home on a T-intersection or dead end), improve its incoming Feng Shui energy much as you would regulate and filter dam water for drinking.

Start by slowing the energy coming at your home. Do this by utilizing landscaping effects such as tall shrubs, walls, fences or even sturdy posts near your front curb (this also helps prevent unsuspecting car drivers from ending up in your living room).

Next, add some water and wind features between the tall curbside landscaping and the doorway. Try utilizing a pond, pool, birdbath, or water fountain. Any calm water feature will do. You could also add a windmill or other moving garden elements. Adding these elements filters and refreshes your incoming Chi.

You can use Feng Shui to protect your home from negative energy by adding strong posts and refresh the energy with a water feature.

You can use Feng Shui to protect your home from negative energy by adding strong posts and refresh the energy with a water feature.

Now, create a winding pathway from the cul-de-sac to your front door that navigates its way through the landscaping effects at the curb and through your water or wind features to your doorway. This re-creates the calm flowing river effect, with your new filtration system working to slow and refresh the Chi.

Ensure that your doorway and the front of your home is well-lit. Depending on your home, you may want to paint your door a particular color. These steps attract positive Feng Shui energy.

As I suggest with T-intersection homes, try using a convex Bagua mirror at your doorway to bounce away any negative energy that sneaks through. It doesn’t need to be visible from outside.

Feng Shui Convex Bagua Mirror

Place your convex Bagua mirror above your door on the interior wall facing toward the street. Yes, you won’t actually see the mirror.

Lastly, make sure you have followed all of the steps to Feng Shui the inside of your home according to the Bagua. Doing so will ensure that your career, relationships, wealth, love, health and all other areas of importance are well-nourished by your newly-refreshed Chi.

Next Steps

You deserve to live a life of abundant wealth and health.  Make sure that your home is providing for you.

If you run into any problems along the way or are looking for some professional guidance, contact me. I pride myself in adding harmony and balance while not making it look like a Chinese restaurant exploded in your home. You can get a consultation in-person or virtually via video chat.

I am a 3rd generation Feng Shui expert and have helped thousands of people add harmony and balance to their homes and offices the Feng Shui way. As your consultant, you will be able to get one-on-one advice for how to attract positive energy and improve your life with Feng Shui. I offer in-home and virtual services. Contact me today!

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