Investing in a real estate

My friend surprised me one day when he said he is going to invest in a real estate and buy his family a house. Although skeptical I am with my friend, I played along with him. “Yes, it’s true,” he said. “I’m going to buy a house at the Puerto Vallarta real estate,” he added as a matter of fact.

Curious, I said to him “That sounds like an elegant village you’ll be living in, you must have struck a goldmine my friend. Care to let me in your secret?”

“Well,” he started talking, “remember the saying being at the right place, at the right time? Boy! Was I ever in a perfect timing! Never thought I could get lucky like this!”

“Really? So what is it?” I asked anxiously.

“I met an old millionaire inside a bar one day, and he was looking for anybody to take his bet, offering a fortune for the taker.”

“And what was the bet all about?”

“He was asking four stupid questions and will pay anybody who can answer all of them.”

“And what were those questions?”

“Well, they were; 1) How can you lift an elephant with one hand? 2) How can drop the egg on a concrete floor without breaking it? 3) How can you for seven days without sleeping? and 4) What will happen if you throw a limestone into the Red Sea?”

“Hmm… sounds like tough and tricky,” I murmured.

“They are, but if you’re a smart-aleck like, those were peanuts!”

“Okay then, how did you answer them? I might bump into the same millionaire one day, you know.”

“Okay, here they are:”

1) How can you lift an elephant with only one hand?
I will show you how, but first you need to show me an elephant with only one hand.
2) How can drop the egg on a concrete floor without breaking it?
I can drop a dozen eggs on the floor, and I’m sure it won’t even crack. The floor is concrete, remember?
3) How can you for seven days without sleeping?
Simple! I will sleep at nights!
4) What will happen if you throw a limestone into the Red Sea?
First, it will get wet… and then, it will sink.

“Oh, by the way, don’t be absent on my housewarming!”