-JordanThe laminate from Lumber Liquidators should be avoided; they have been in the news about this problem of the offshore manufacturers producing laminate flooring products with excessive levels of formaldehyde. 

I spent some time in Southern Louisiana recently and it seemed the housing prices were low, and many people I know who work offshore were getting pay cuts if not laid off.  

I'm working for CBRE, I specialize in buy side services for offshore investors.Btw a lot of activity in the Hotel market with the institutionals.

There are plenty of disadvantages to my structure for someone who requires individual vesting for conventional bank loan qualifications and other will probably argue that the asset protection level is lower than other offshore strategies (true) however I'm a stand up guy and don't run from trouble.Best advise: keep it simple for now and focus on deal flow (and cash flow) until you have something to protect from taxman and the crazy people.

I have the option to go back to school for about 4 - 6 years, with this i have great chances of finding work in Off-shore O&G drilling sites as a medic and more opportunities to have a high paying career i care about.

there was another thread were an investor mentioned he had 10 million dollar loan lined up from off shore they just needed him to put in 10%  or 1 million and he was asking on BP how to come up with the million..the funds were to be used to buy distressed assets....I shudder to think how folks think this stuff can be any kind of real.. if you can't borrow it in the states with our lax lending policies you aint getting it anywhere else...

My name Maurice Wright, I work offshore in the oil industry as a engineer on supply vessels.

Stick with the world gold standard in a Cook Islands Asset Protection Trust or the hybrid Domestic Component Bridge Trust if you don't have a reason to go purely offshore by using a connecting "migration" clause. 

Finally, If someone’s portfolio ever exceeds $1MM in equity/cash at risk it is wise to structure offshore protection.I keep all assets separate from operations.

Yeah & Texas doesn't even have rain unless it comes packaged in a hurricane or off-shore storm system.