All home categories improved by double digits.

Or suggestions on a private lender willing to do something like this with a single digit interest rate and a medium- long term (i.e.

Is this really that odd of a habit in today's digital world?

With values rising double digit percentages each year for a lot of reasons, even as value growth slows, rents will eventually catch up.

Besides crucial elections, international economic wars, and propped up currencies, people seem to be pulling back in fear of the unknown, which is how we get OVERHYPED.

Have you looked into currency hedging?

@Aisha Young I have a close friend who is a digital nomad and invests in US real estate.

I am starting out in real estate and wanted to read some books around real estate finance, validating deals, calculating returns on investments etc.Are there any books or digital material that are a good starting point to learn about the financial aspects of real estate investing?

That was before I lost far over the low end of 7 digits on my other diversified investments. 

@Jean SantiagoHi Jean, Welcome to BP, I would usually mention meetups we one of the best resources to meet likeminded people, but until the restrictions of meeting in groups is lifted it would likely be digital education and some have made zoom meetups a thing now.