Were this a baseball game, there would be an investigation to see if gamblers had paid off the losing team to throw this game.

V, I agree with you, there is a great deal of resentment toward Americans, it's not just the GDP, it's also that we are seen in many poorer countries as influencing economic development with a select few in thier country and/or world wide, through our foreign policy and capitalist structure, which we do that through such competition keeps others from advancing.

It would be interesting to see if there is a report out there on the world wide web that put more clarity to factual data on consumers, speculation investors, builders, hedge funds/wall street and their perspective roles or percentages to the collapse/meltdown/downturn or whatever you wanna call it.

Willing to work with professional investors in the pittsburgh/ world wide community in order to gain valuable experience in real estate investment, all avenues considered.

Education in this country is a joke (we rank 9th in Math, 11th in Science worldwide), and without kids getting the best education in the world, the future of this country is bleak.Instead of spending 50% of my tax money to "liberate" middle eastern countries, I'd rather more of that money get spent here at home improving our educational system.As much as people think politicians are ruining this country, the decay starts at the bottom.

His affiliation with Coldwell Banker Previews International has added to his International Network locations in 43 Countries worldwide with 3500 Associates.Tom and his wife, Paula both come from real estate families.

Actually, those that purchase in brokerage circles, or directly from the holder,  NPNs or PNs that don't understand how and why a loan was originated and how it was underwritten and who can't underwrite it under it's current condition isn't an educated investor, but a gambler. 

Actually, it's quite false.Mack Companies has been around for 20 years supplying armchair investments to worldwide investors alike.

The long term problem with Kiyosaki is that without an exit strategy, in a cyclical market, you will always encounter what is traditionally called "gamblers ruin". 

Any distributions it then pays to you (or any stockholders) are not deductible to the corporation and you are correct, there is a double taxation component, however because the SA pays its own taxes under its own id, you do not get a foreign tax credit for this.IF you are a US citizen or resident alien, you are taxed on your worldwide income.