The China tariff thing is affecting this some. 

With the political turmoil in HK and the CCP cracking down on wealth in China, more are trying to invest here to get money out of mainland.  

What is the price of tea in China.

As a result, the Dominican Republic and Panama have had the strongest economic growth in the whole Americas over the last 20 years, at times surpassing that of China.

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Because eager China and hungry India are not just catching up, they're kicking our complacent American/European butts ;-)

Getting Cash Buyers and owner financing Buyers is not that hard.Without private lender money and joint venture money you really can't do real estateGoogle "TRUST.ETC private lender concept"Buy the book by Patrick Rice on Amazon called "iRA Wealth"Center of influence marketing works well, I hand that book  to CPAs and financial plannersYou can use that book to create a PowerPoint presentationBe careful of SEC rules on marketing a securityOne my favorite sayings is, "don't diversify your investments and Wall Street, diversify by having some money in Wall Street and some money in Main Street, do you want something crazy issue in China or the price of oil to drop your mutual funds by 20%? 

He goes into what he thinks about China.

Is there a nice looking pedestal sink on the market that is not made of ceramic, china or some other fragile material?

Because China slowed down in the buying all the steel and aluminum and oil and lumber etc.