Comments on: Thought: Online Equivalent of Homes?

By: Bes

Bes — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:53:16 +0000

Hi Mike, and thanks for the comment.

Like you mentioned, many games are actually charging people money for different online things like properties, objects like clothes and armor, and more. People pay actual money through their debit or credit cards online to get online credit to have stuff in the game. We are entering a phase where our money is being spent on online stuff that resides only in our mind, and our monitors. Maybe what the mind thinks and see is real?

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:51:43 +0000

i have read somewhere about what you said here… it is happening now… having your own online property has become a reality… or better call it a virtual reality… this is because of online games like second life, an online graphic RPG… where you can have a virtual representation of yourself… where you build civilizations, interact with other people, and basically do whatever it is you do in the real world, online… and yes, some large portions of property that bears a resemblance to a real world property are selling for hundreds of dollars an acre… the idea is, you buy a property and do whatever you want to do with it… even your very own, precious home…

By: Bes

Bes — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:48:34 +0000

Thank you for sharing that thought and information MN Home Investors [may I ask if there is something else I can refer you with, please, if that is ok?].

I see from the url you listed that it is a website related to investing in the real estate arena: do you invest yourself also? Does it make money? What kind of virtual realm are we considering here, by the way? Do you mean selling offline real estate through the online world, or something like in games similar to the Sims?

Since January, have the prices or value in MN area gone up or down, in your view? Can someone make a good living by selling real estate offline, or is the online world taking over that job sector also by combining it with the online job counterpart?

Thanks.

By: MN Home Investors

MN Home Investors — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:53:49 +0000

I’ve heard that there is people making big money selling virtual real estate online. These are properties that exist exclusively in the virtual realm. One gal makes over a hundred grand a year selling these virtual properties.

I sell real estate for living in the real world, and heck, maybe I should get in the selling real estate online, virtual real estate, that is…

Eventually, mankind will become digitized and live in “the matrix” anyway.

By: Bes

Bes — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:43:04 +0000

Valerie, thanks! Our conversation prompted me to think of this idea, actually.

The real estate prices are indeed, and the story of houses being cheap before is what I encounter regularly also. Many times, the landmarks and the areas haven’t changed, but the concept of owning lands has caused people to start something similar to a gold-rush, and the bubble keeps popping slowly and forming repeatedly at the moment.

I wonder if we can have something similar online, where something equivalent of a home is also considered important or dear in the online world. Do you think there is such a possibility, and what it could be?

By: valerie

valerie — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:18:47 +0000

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By: valerie

valerie — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:18:25 +0000

Hehe, I’m always amazed how you can take such an “offline” thing and turn it into an “online” one.

My issue is that it blows my mind not only that so much money can be spent on such a small thing (relatively small in terms of the world) but that there are actually that many people out there who can afford such things. The prices of homes just floor me, everywhere. Man, I know people who bought their first house in the 50’s for around $10k and today those houses with next to no land are worth over $100k. Inflation annoys me.