It would take many more investors worldwide, but 220 million would be a start.

The key to this thing is that you want to become an investor not a gambler.

Now they own like half of all foods brands and sold in every super market world wide... ice cream --- super food Giant.

Edwin,I hate to tell you that you are being silly, but you are.You want to find people in a specific area via the WORLD WIDE WEB.

For information on worldwide real estate investing, nothing beats Global Property Guide: http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/They have statistics for most every country with the information parsed down to even realtor, lawyer, and accountant recommendations.Also check out http://www.iproperty.com/It

That is a given, that every strategy, every method or that every aspect of RE will be compliant in all 50 states or even accepted practice in all places.When someone on a world wide forum gives straight cut advice about what you can and can't do in a very specific field of investing and doesn't disclaim geographic limitations of the advice, I guess I assume that the advice is based around generally accurate principles that would apply to most or many of the people who would be reading the advice.

US residents pay tax on their world-wide income.

But I really like the idea of being able to wholesale properties to a worldwide audience - provided the signing and payment issues can be solved.

In the globalized world that we live in, might there one day be some worldwide uniformity in tax rules?

http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2010/08/12/how-to-understand-american-decline.htmlCurrent Newsweek article lists The United States as # 11 in countries worldwide.