The family is sitting around watching football (American or European football - doesn't matter).Daughter is in the full bath, plastering on the war paint (makeup) for a big date and she's taking her sweet time, as daughters are wont to do.  

Some months the apartment went unoccupied, sometimes it was rented.Nearly ten years after he placed the property on the market for 5x buying price, a very wealthy European sending his daughter to school at NYU called the owner, met him at the apartment steps, walked inside, and bought the apartment for asking price.If you are willing to wait, as Jon pointed out, a fool very well may emerge.

It's buying votes, so we will see more of it.Hey, at least this one goes to USAicans instead of to European banks and Japanese car manufacturers.

Well to keep a broad answer, in America (most major metro areas) the rule of thumb is 1% of property price is the rental goal.

That said...For anyone interested, there are huge concerns from the European perspective: devices like Ring are prohibited in the EU.

It appears that, other than Mike's tip regarding audible noises from the floor, most major issues with the foundation can be spotted by a careful, naked-eye inspection.As a follow-up, do both of you (or anyone else that joins the thread subsequently) rule out properties at that point or consult first with an expert to see if the issue is a deal breaker? 

In the post-crisis period, since the slump of the realty market in 2008, European countries followed the USA in trying to support small business initiatives.

I enquired further and was infomed that a some european company is selling pre-fabricated blocks of 20 units manufactured by a local company for a price of 45000 dollars per unit....inclusive of closing costs and finders fee.........its also an arm chair investment....Let me know your thoughts....

Hundreds of Chinese (I think it was their New Year) and tons of Europeans since it is relatively close,Of the 107 countries I've now visited, this was undoubtedly the richest and probably the most fascinating to me.

Our culture emphasizes independence, which doesn't bode well for the philosophy that we will have European-style multi-family households.