Let’s start by looking at some of the basic numbers on the demand side and the supply side Demand Side First time home affordability is at a 20 year low. Prices have risen by 25% in the last 3 years In 2003, the average starter home price was $144,500. As of the last quarter of 2005 it was $181,100. In just three years, new “starter” home prices have risen 25%!

 I love traveling mainly because it gives me a chance to catch upon my readings. One such occasion chanced upon during my visit to chennai this week . I devoured 3 books in three days! You can imagine how book starved I am, since my office work for the past 1 month did not give me any breathing space to read.Now about the books.The first book was by Daniel H Pink titled " A Whole new mind" .

A company started by 2 MBA friends which has been featured in the Inc Magazine in 2004 and 2005 does something interesting. It acts as an interface between energy traders and energy producers , which in most of the cases are plants run by private enterprises. Energy Producers install a product from Genscape which is helps the energy traders get real time energy generation and transmission. What’s unique about the company was they closed on the gap which was : to measure something that was not measured before and sell the measured information to customers.

“Few people travel here. There’s no real profit to be made from wandering through it, yet like this high country of the material world all around us, it has its own austere beauty that to some people make the hardships of traveling through it seem worthwhile.” - Pirsig

A job is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem. - Roberto Kiyosaki