but who was I to educate them on timber values.. that's why they hired an agent.but when your dealing direct  well that's a different matter.. and we can all say they are big boys etc etc.. folks here in the US are tend to be much softer than foreign investors just culturally..  

I cant find one exactly on the main drag for under 100k but as long as its within walking distance it fits the culture i want.

Being from Minnesota which is steeped in Norse culture, I immediately craved a horn of mead and HAD to know the back story.So I read through all of your posts until I got to this one knowing there must be an explanation.BTW, to answer the question you last asked in this thread, I specifically went pro to see who had been looking at my profile and blog, and the very handy benefit of being able to PM anyone on the site.

Disclaimer: Before I'm labeled as being racist, I want to recognize that every culture has it's idiosyncrasies.

I remember going to a park where we walked around the bubbling geothermal springs, and also spent the afternoon at a Maori Cultural Center.

I guess different cultures could do things differently but here that is certainly not normal.

Our culture is still trying to go through a transition to accept mass transit since it is new to town.  

We created a culture in our crew that these little things make a big difference.4.  

I'm just one data point, but am probably not completely unrepresentative of cultures who put education as a top priority.Again, just my $.02...I'm certainly no expert here...

I have a client that is from a culture where you live with parents until married who does this with pretty close to zero mortgage qualifying traditional job income, just her rentals.