Feng Shui and Vatsu dictate real estate purchases

I wouldn't say that I consider feng shui when I'm looking at apartments, but space is a definite issue - you need to have enough room to live properly.

I remember reading an article in Cosmo or something - I was in high school at the time - about feng shui for single ladies, and it suggested putting up pictures of couples or something like that. That seems like it might be more depressing than anything.

@uptowngirl Probably true, but in the case mentioned in the article, the reason the buyers were able to request a different floor was probably because the building was quite empty and other floors were available. Maybe in a stronger market, there wouldn't be that much empty space and an Asian buyer might decide it made sense to buy up the space for financial reasons, feng shui or not.

@Uraniumfish I don't think so.. they seem really finicky about all this.. for example the Chinese don't like the number 4 and I remember telling a Singaporean friend a couple of years ago that we were considering looking at an apartment at 444, 86th Street and she deterred us by saying it would be extremely unlucky for us due the building number.