Just take steps every day towards your goal and in a year you will look back and realise how much closer you are or how far you have come. 

I would guess one of the biggest deterrents to building a new park would be the length of time it may take to actually fill the lots to the point of realising a actual positive cash flow. 

We do have more than a few US and Canada clients these days, however - they seem to be more open minded than they were in previous years, at least as far as Asia is concerned, and Japan is Asia Pacific's biggest investment market, second only to the USA globally - it was just a matter of time before they got over the cultural fear and realised what a cashflow heaven the place is...Good to hear from you man, let's make a point to catch up soon!

It is not like in monopoly, when the more money you get, the more prices go up (remember, at first you dont have much money, so deals are cheap, but as the game progresses and everyone has tons of cash, the bids get higher and higher, hmm, sounds like the housing bubble), but rather that people realise that there is inflation, and that the currency is not a store of value, and they go out to spend (get rid of it, ie exchange it for something of value) it before it is worth less.

What needs to happen is they must realise it is their responsibility to curtail their extravagant spending habits.

Most novice investors do not even realise they are starting a business that comes with long hours, hard work and high stress.

You woke up this morning only to realise the MLS has vanished.

Ignoring bad debt with the belief that it will not interfere or have a negative impact is fool hardy when eliminating it requires little more than additional time.Taking risks based on assumptions and preparing to deal if the risk is realised is reverse thinking. 

But we realised we'd better rent the place we live in (in Barcelona) and invest our capital in a few units further away from Barcelona where the acquisition costs are way lower.

My clients know how I get paid and they realise the value that I bring to finding the right property for them.