From what I am seeing, there is (and have been) foreign capital flowing into the US real estate sector every year and as much as $50 billion in 2012.Regarding the variances in foreign securities law, it depends on which countries are involved and which particular route is utilized.

I had success buying notes from local thrifts and credit unions.. however I walked in got an appointment with the manger or president and then presented my plan.some of htem were way cool I bought the note 2 weeks before the sale.. and I would either get cashed out by a 3p purchase at court house steps or end up with the asset either way I was happy.you can for sure buy notes in low value areas that have plethora of bad paper and dubious value RE.. but if your thinking WEST coast then I agree this horse left the barn long ago.unless your buying 100 million to billion dollar blocks.. however one off I don't see it ... only private lenders would do that..

some of it to me was pretty crummy stuff land lords saying they were hurt when they were not.. to get BP payoffs.But gozone did what it was suppose to do it stimulated BILLIONS of dollars of reinvestment into New Oreleans MS and parts of Alabama

@Arun Chandra not to mention the "Five Billion Dollar Mile" on its way.

You can have billions in assets, thats fantastic.

Later they met in court to settle their disputes about ownership and rights to Facebook’s billions.

It's not like you aren't on a billion posts or anything ;)

In my opinion if they used some of the 10 billion they spend on  the IRS to simplify the tax code you might be able to do it yourself but today its tough just understanding and correctly completing the simplest tax forms. 

I've been doing pre-construction development marketing for the past 5 years and have successfully marketed over 4 billion dollar worth of real estate.

November 2015 Houston Housing StatsHighlights:Single-family home sales fell 10.5 percent compared to November 2014, marking the second consecutive monthly decline and sixth month of negative sales volume for all of 2015;Total property sales dropped 10.1 percent (5,623 units);Total dollar volume decreased 13.5 percent to $1.4 billion;At $262,064, the single-family home average price saw its first decline since February 2012;At $200,000, the single-family home median price achieved a November high;Single-family homes months of inventory climbed to a 3.4-months supply versus 2.7 months a year earlier;Townhomes/condominium sales dropped 10.3 percent with the average price down 9.3 percent to $183,884 and the median price down 15.2 percent to $130,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.5 percent with rents up 1.9 percent to at $1,707;Leases of townhomes/condominiums jumped 8.1 percent with rents flat $1,527.Great time for investors to buy right now before the Spring frenzy starts again.