These will all be very normal," he told a conference in Beijing.As well as cutting interest rates on Friday, the PBOC lowered the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves.Both moves were bids to jumpstart growth in China's slowing economy, a drag on global growth that has been of major concern in emerging markets and other leading economies.Monetary policy easing in the world's second-largest economy is at its most aggressive since the 2008/09 financial crisis, as growth looks set to slip to a 25-year-low this year of under 7 percent.Yi said China in the future would lower the reserve requirement ratio for banks, the amount of cash that major lenders need to keep on hand - at a "normal" pace."

Hello Eduardo and welcome to BP glad to have you on board this ship of lollipops and gum drops.Ok maybe not lollipops and gum drops but a good ship nonetheless :mrgreen:

The risk factor can be based on your current net worth, liquidity, global cash flow to out earn making a mistake with your regeneration of monthly cash.

Eventually the house of cards collapsed and nearly took the global economy with it.

I dislike pretensious names that want to imply that you're a big company Global Investments LLC. 

Your a science guy, spend your time saving us from global warming...LOL and let the other guys fix and find houses...

Global real estate license (https://grel.org) has pretty useful real estate courses.

If it's a high end property, many of the larger brokerages have fine tuned marketing systems that expose your properties to global buyers, etc. 

Rental Returns and Cap appreciation rates varies depending on the country you choose to purchase.Markets that tend to be less dependent on credit are faring better with the global credit crisis.According to the recent survey by AFIRE predict that foreign investors in real estate expect to spend in '09 than in '08.

This is how I would categorize lenders with some basic limiting underwriting factors:Banks/credit units - long seasoning, GLOBAL DTI, rigid documentation, good/long-term ratesTier 1 private money (institutional private money) - Short seasoning, property DTI, rigid doc, good/long-term rates (not as low as banks)Tier 2 private money (institutional private money) - Short seasoning, NO DTI, asset based, moderate doc, higher long term ratesTier 3 private money (institutional private money - bridge term lending, typically interest only type loans for 12-24 months.