The bucket was halfway filled with South African Krugerrands and American Eagle gold coins.

Currently, I run a real estate portal for Spain.During my years in real estate here I have always wondered why more Americans don't invest over here.

There is also one mentioned a lot on this forum that has a long thread that someone shared the investors are wiped out, just not officially because the sponsors are trying to scrape up as much money through capital calls to get back their own money that they provided to the syndication in the fashion of loans. 

Per this NY Times article, the average American knows around 600 people.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/the-average-american-knows-how-many-people.html#:~:text=The%20average%20American%20knows%20about,do%20you%20know%20named%20Kevin%3FPer the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 time in their life, which based upon an approximate lifespan of 84 years, works out to be about every 7 years.https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html#:~:text=Using%202007%20ACS%20data%2C%20it,one%20move%20per%20single%20yearSo, if the average American knows 600 people and they each move about every 7 years, that means that the average American knows around 85 people that move in any given year.How many of those moves do you want to be involved in?

My tenants ended up going straight to me because the MC wasn’t dealing with issues in a timely fashion.

Ironically, these last changes included the removal of the international sub-forum, I assume as a result of a lack of interest.Yet, more and more Americans have been investing in real estate abroad and especially the wealthy.

Most Americans are not financially literate or financially independent.

Itś more complicated in the African American Community.

No active problems, but is an old house with basement crickets, house centipedes and the occasional american cockroach  coming up the plumbing. 

Depending on the country I would first see if any local banks will loan to Americans.