Money can buy you a new apartment or a big house. But it can’t buy you discernment and wisdom. Being a property enthusiast, I have stepped into a hundred showflats and gone to hundreds of flat/house viewings. I am often surprised by all the wrong types of landed houses, private projects and condominium units that home owners bought. Trust me, all of them have nothing to do with budget: Some are related to Feng Shui. Many can be screened from experience. Most are just common sense. You may argue that these home owners are westernized or are foreigners. They are not superstitious and don’t believe in Feng Shui. But I can tell you that, in most cases, the owners are Chinese and they do set up a Chinese altar at home. Buy a home facing a T-junction? I often pass by a new mid-size condo project under construction. It is ......