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20 December 2024 | 3 replies
He didn’t just make a decent profit; he sudenly saw himself as part of a network where trust and reputation were the real currency.
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13 December 2024 | 7 replies
This is public info and usually it will change based on seller being there a long time or something like an elderly tax rate.What are insurance costs like (we've got a lot of local variability around fire insurance for ex.)?
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30 January 2025 | 48 replies
.- Tax Benefits & Currency Arbitrage: Some overseas markets offer better cash flow, tax incentives, and lower property costs compared to the U.S.How You Could Structure It- Create a Private Syndicate or Real Estate Fund: Raise capital from U.S. military, contractors, and government workers to invest in properties near U.S. bases overseas.- Focus on Key Military & Expat Cities: Target locations like Ramstein, Wiesbaden, Rota, Naples, Seoul, or Yokosuka, where thousands of U.S. personnel need housing.- Offer Fractional Ownership or Managed Rentals: Investors own a share of multiple properties while you handle property management.- Leverage Serviced Housing & Co-Living Models: High-end, furnished rentals for military professionals, digital nomads, and traveling contractors.Example Strategy- Raise $1M from 10-20 investors (military/gov personnel) to buy 3-5 properties in Germany or Spain.- Use seller financing & local bank loans to maximize purchasing power.- Rent properties to military families, U.S. contractors, or co-living tenants for stable cash flow.- Utilize local tax incentives and investment visas to increase ROI.Why This Could Be a Billion-Dollar Play- Solves a real problem for U.S. military/gov professionals looking to invest overseas.- Provides stable, built-in demand (military personnel have guaranteed salaries & housing stipends).- Creates an alternative wealth-building strategy for a niche group of investors.- More scalable than traditional rentals.
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21 December 2024 | 14 replies
What currency do you get paid in?
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12 January 2025 | 54 replies
China manipulates there currency and the situation to gain from such trade imbalance.
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9 December 2024 | 98 replies
It is mostly acts like a foreign currency today and that might require currency conversion beforehand to find any same day US dollar value.
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4 February 2025 | 87 replies
Glad to hear that you have actually done a partnership like this, or any partnership in fact, therefore you're qualified to share your opinion unlike some of us who have not done a partnership and should not be allowed to comment.Despite investing through through the tech bubble, Argentine currency crisis, the shale boom, through the GFC, through global markets, through polar vortex's, through the oil drop in 2014 with Russia, there's no way I could qualify to come up with a legitimate and qualified response to such a partnership.
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17 December 2024 | 20 replies
US dollar will stay the dominant currency.
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9 December 2024 | 3 replies
Investing in the US will smooth out some currency volatility if you are in it long enough.