Successful property investment can make you fat
It’s official – taking the plunge into foreign property investment can be bad for your health.
And not just stress level-wise either, as, according to Gulf News, expatriates who set up camp in places such as Dubai are prone to piling on extra pounds.
The publication says some people who move to the Emirate to do business are getting as much as 18kg heavier in the space of a few years, with more car use and the heat blamed as catalysts for a reduction in exercise.
Real estate professionals are not the most settled types at the best of times. As a full-time job it can involve lots of snacking in between meetings, long hours and a tendency to buy lunches rather than make your own. Those who are self-employed are even more at risk – the temptation is to completely fill your waking hours with your occupation, particularly if it’s a success, and suddenly your way of earning money becomes your life.
No brown rice for you
At this point your are probably half expecting me to go all celebrity chef on you and start barking assertions about how quickly and easily you can cook a thai vegetable curry with brown rice. Instead, let’s look at some innovative ways of investing in both property and health in one go.
For example BusinessSalesDirect has a ladies fitness company on a leasehold for sale in the West Midlands of the UK. At £25,000 for the business, it seems a steal, and why not grab a few free minutes on the machines if you get the time on a site visit?
Restaurant and gym for sale
Perhaps even better is the Turkish gym and restaurant premises for sale on the imaginatively-named BusinessesforSale.com. At $420,000, you can get an eatery to run and stoke yourself up in and a fitness centre to waddle over to and burn the resulting calories.
So if wraps and coffees are bulging your waistline why not try making cash and burning fat at the same time? Just be careful not pull any physical or financial muscles in the process.
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