It may simply be that with the advances in technology, education, access to information on a global scale has made it possible for more folks to find a path to becoming millionaires and even billionaires.

Here we are today, and if those people had spent as much time and energy focused on investing as they did on "preparing for the end," they'd have made a lot of money over the past few years.Nobody knows where the economy is headed, and even economic geniuses can't account for the non-monetary factors that influence national and global markets.

There are 10 Hotspots...http://www.inman.com/reports/global-buyers There is an association you need to check out for resources...Asian Real Estate Association of AmericaFounded in 2003, the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a nonprofit professional trade organization dedicated to promoting sustainable homeownership ...areaa.orgWhile here check out 3 different local REI club meetings, connect in advance with the President and vendors listed to get going.Go to a couple of landlord association meetings, look for distressed owners.Remember you are here to build your team, realtors, attorney, inspector, property manager, bird dogs.Follow below to get a better head start on the REIA meetings.Paul

Ultimate Goal in REI: Enable "simple folk" like ourselves to capitalize on global markets previously available only to multi-national corporate strategies by facilitating affordable, high-yielding property purchases in as many countries as possible around the world (currently researching our expansion to Italy).

We used to be top 5 in good things, education, (now way down list), #7 in influence globally now-used to be #1.

It's been a long battle but low and behold she was finally approved for the new plan that Chase, BofA, Wells Fargo, etc. has going (Global Settlement Act *I believe).

Making a statement that we are globally out of hot water is not going to work.

Because I travel so much for business, we have been using Trex-global for our accounting software.

:crazed: I know it seems crazy to you now, but if you stick with it there will be a day when buying a house is like buying a pack of gum at the convenient store.

Thanks Global, do you have a lot of success with subject to deals?