I bet that if there is a problem and you are contacted, the first thing the authorities would do, is confiscate your conmputers and your tenants' computers.

I don't want to have my property confiscated if the government changes, or end up in some ownership dispute. 

I understand the rental risk and am against it 100% for that reason, but you know this must be happening out there in some instances.But I do wonder if CPS would have to say about this--I wonder if they would confiscate the children from the Mother and put them in Foster care or something (???)

I called to have an officer investigate and they confiscated a small amount of marijuana.

I know, because I buy houses from them to relieve that stress.There is maintenance that has to be done, a new roof, painting, plumbing, electrical, appliances, replace a water heater, replace the AC, build a fence and so on.When you have a paid off house and you don't pay your property taxes, the government confiscates your property and sells it.

Ultimately government's main function today seems to be confiscating wealth from some and using it for things we need collectively or to socially engineer society.

I started to do business in Brazil 20 years ago so I kinda know the country. to a certain extent.And, precisely we don't know whether the reais will go up or down against the USD (and in my case the CAD), having some of our assets in reais is actually a positive because it provides diversification in terms of currencies, thereby reducing our risk.The risk of confiscation is practically zero, like it is in most countries.

Federal confiscation for starters.

Risks: If the government confiscates like they did in the 1930s, paper GLD is vaporized instantly.

Government confiscation of property appears to also be (or was) an issue -- not sure if this is still going on or how recent but there are quite a few horror stories regarding property confiscation in Nicaragua.Do you know about this?