Shanae,You’re getting input and advice from all across the spectrum, but I’ll take a gander here and offer something a bit different.I moved my new bride to SE Asia 27 years ago to invest our lives into helping poor families.

And shockingly, for being in the middle of IL, we have a lot of tourists (especially from Asia for whatever reason!

I spent (and spend) more money per week living in Hawaii or Alaska, than traveling throughout South America or Asia.

My wife, @Erin Spradlin, and I are traveling through southeast Asia for five weeks.

Or what about Egypt, which has one type of economy and government compared to Botswana, which is really quite different.I actually think Africa and Asia have one thing in common, which is that you cannot make any generalization about either continent without it being largely untrue.

I can confirm that investors in Asia do plan to buy more US real estate than ever before.

I believe the last plot of land has been built on (Asia building) and prices went up again.

@Anthony Kaleta , I work quite a bit with investors who use a HELOC on their properties in Asia to invest in the USA.

Europe, Asia or somewhere else?

I've lived in SE Asia for many years and I've also considered buying.