I currently have no debt.As you might know, real estate in Switzerland is quite costy and I also feel like it is not a good idea for now (taxes).I was thinking of playing it "high risk, high rewards", by those, I mainly mean eastern European countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and as a second idea, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, even though they are next to some bully, they are in NATO, so should be ok, I guess.I know some of those countries do not allow foreigners to get a mortgage loan (Lithuania at least) and some countries have high interest rate (Romania, 7%).Here are my two questions: Does anyone have experience with those countries?

(1) Invest that money in shares of an insured money market fund ..or (2) deposit that money in a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association in this State This subsection shall not apply to persons receiving money for less than 10 rental units except where required by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance by rule or regulation.All of the money so deposited or advanced may be deposited or invested by the person receiving the same in one interest-bearing or dividend yielding account as long as he complies with all the other requirements of this act.

Although this remains a potential risk, it is more common to simply let the property sit until the redemption period expires if this scenario comes up.Regarding the appraised values, your master commissioner will likely have them.

.- Bureaucracy: European countries can have way more bureaucracy than the US, and laws are often favorable to tenants (they definitely are in Italy).- Appreciation is often slower than the US. 

If you are doing that, I suggest engaging a civil engineering firm to help you make your case to the Commissioners.

Europeans and professional chefs have known this awhile, but induction is finally catching on in the States.

also, I’ve had clients who are afraid of gas and CO poisonings — mainly Europeans..Good luck

These complexes do sell though mostly to European and Chinese investors (who’d have thought that !!??).

The County Commissioners have also been making changes to regulations for unincorporated Lincoln County recently, and we've been in a rental permit moratorium for about two years. ....needless to say, Lincoln County has become very unfriendly to vacation rentals over the last few years.Unincorporated Lincoln County is a high risk area for pursuing vacation rentals at this time, but the County is issuing permits for some zonings.

The US will follow the European model - first time home buyers may be unable to afford a SF in the suburbs, so their first purchase will be a condo.