This year she will begin attending a German University (She is fluent in German and also Spanish) where she will be studying International Business and also Asian Studies where she will either learn Chinese or Japanese.

@Miranda HollandThere are multiple platforms out there like ffn, paperstac, Debexpert etc and whole loan traders.

Regarding comparisons to other countries, I have worked with the Japanese market for over 8 years. 8% is definitely high yield.

I am new to the real estate too and still learning all the terms and such (was a stock day/swing trader wanting a more passive income) so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

In the past the  sophisticated investors from Hong Kong were the dominant buyers in the Japanese real estate market.

As a stock and options trader I had to think about that in the Daily term and right now I am a Futures trader using the shortest term trading method.

There are people looking for a fast sale that are not in one of the disaster groups or are but don't like being associated with the others and they can put themselves in the want a fast sale group.Glenn reminded us of something very important, when to hand the card out, build a little rapport first.I remember one time when a group of Japanese investors invited several brokers to their hotel to meet.

Flipping reminds me of a day trader vs a buy and hold reminds me of long term investor who indexes the entire stock market.I guess it really boils down to what do you enjoy doing?

It's built on the Japanese Kanban board model and is very different in look and feel from any other CRM, and is much more visual.  

The only thing that mattered was the money to be made by "bedroom brokers" making commissions on "liar" loans and the bond traders at the investment banks, who screwed their ostensible customers and in turn the American public.Frank