The entitlement culture in Greece is being challenged by the EU and the IMF with threats to toss Greece out of the EU altogether.

Here's his response:We were definitely happy that Mark was able to join our list of international BiggerPockets speakers that include:@Joshua Dorkin, @Brandon Turner, @Ali Boone, @Engelo Rumora, @matt faircloth, @Chris ClothierIf you're interested in hearing the full interview:Mark Shaffar Full Interview(If you listen to the end, you'll be able to hear Mark's special greeting to the Seoul Real Estate Investing Meetup members.. in Chinese!)

@Jay Hinrichs, <off-topic> sometimes is hard to convene something over "dry" internet communication. i would read it as: me and Wendell were raised in cultures where OLD meant respect based on experience/knowledge earned with time</off-topic>.

Two things come to mind. (1) An entire family got into the drug culture and ended up being evicted.

As a fellow person with a less common name, I have to ask about your cultural/ethnic background.I'm also interested in cash flowing multi family outside of Seattle.

if you want to forget about it after it rents and keep long term tenantsI would replace the cabinets with an expresso shaker style Chinese knock down cabinet available in any major city.  

There are 2 types of disclosures patent and latent Patent disclosures are one that are obvious to anyone who view the property These type are usually disclosed on the mls listing.Fire damage,mold infested,chinese drywall,illegal conversion,etcThe latter type of disclosures are disclosed,if you have or had  knowledge of  during the due diligence period after an offer has been accepted .As a buyer you also make your own discoveries after an offer is accepted and then use both latent discoveries in your negotiations 

chinese nasdaq also has fallen 30% in the recent months.

Also another 8.5% drop just today.http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/07/chinese-stock...http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/09/will-chinese-buyers...From the articles:- Chinese are the largest foreign buyers of US housing.- Chinese investors have shown the most interest in the San Francisco Bay Area (34 percent), followed by New York City (22 percent), Los Angeles (17 percent) and San Diego (13 percent) and growing interest in Miami.Does anyone have an opinion on how this will effect your market if you're in one of these big cities or if it will effect the market at all?

We talked about lots of nuts and bolts stuff about how she likes deals to run, and office culture.8/31/15 - Still no exam scores found :( - got fingerprinted today