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Philosophy
What makes
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- Operates
independently on your behalf. No predetermined loyalties to
major property owners that can influence sound decision making,
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search results,
- Understands
the complex legal, financial, design, construction, risk, and
management issues that are involved in a transaction,
- Proficient
with financial analysis software,
- Explains
different building designs, operating systems, security systems,
and telecommunications offerings,
- Effectively
negotiates and communicates with all parties in the transaction
to keep the process flowing smoothly,
- Provides
a full range of available services including construction
and project management,
- Performs
with the utmost integrity, preserves your confidential information,
and becomes part of your valued team,
- Maintains
complete and accurate records of the entire transaction in
pdf format for quick future reference.
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What does
Talutium mean?
How is it pronounced?
Talutium ( tah-loo-she-um) is
an obscure Latin word first used by philosopher Pliny to describe unusually large mounds of gold
deposits hidden from plain sight in real estate.
It represents the
amazing hidden potential in many real estate transactions. Potential
that often translates into success and profit if you simply dig
a little under the surface. The only known reference to this obscure word is detailed below. Talutium is credited
in dictionaries for being the root word of talus, a sloping
accumulation of rocks at the base of a mountain.
From philosopher
Pliny:
"Gold
in our part of the world-not to speak of the Indian gold obtained
from ants or the gold dug up by griffins in Scythia is obtained
in three ways: in the detritus of rivers, for instance in the
Tagus in Spain, the Po in Italy, the Maritza (Hebrus) in Thrace,
the Sarabat (Pactolus) in Asia Minor and the Ganges in India;
and there is no gold that is in a more perfect state, as it is
thoroughly polished by the mere friction of the current. Another
method is by sinking shafts; or it is sought for in the fallen
debris of mountains. Each of these methods must be described.
People seeking for gold begin by getting up (searching for) segullum
- that is the name for earth that indicates the presence of gold.
(Beneath) this is a pocket of sand, which is washed, and from
the sediment left an estimate of the vein is made. Sometimes by
a rare piece of luck a pocket is found immediately, on the surface
of the earth, as occurred recently in Dalmatia when Nero was emperor,
one yielding fifty pounds weight of gold a day. Gold found in
this way in the surface crust is called talutium if there is also
auriferous earth underneath. The otherwise dry, barren mountains
of the Spanish provinces, which produce nothing else whatever
is forced into fertility in regard to this commodity."
Excerpted
from text of philosopher Pliny
By Rafal Swiecki, geological engineer
in “Gold During the Classical Period”
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