If OPEC decided tomorrow that they'd like to denominate oil in a "basket" of currencies we'd be in deep doo doo.

Talking to a CPA, she says that you only need to buy next property worth your profits from the sale(say for ex. $400K).

So, for someone with a lot of money in a country where the currency is volatile, they may consider "storing" money in SF real estate a better idea that possibly losing 40% this year from fluctuations (SF is one of the most well known cities in the world and draws a lot of international interest).Secondly, for those doing this locally, you also have to remember that the very poor condition home that was rehabbed could easily be worth a few hundred thousand dollars more now depending on where it is.

Europe continues  have problems caused largely by their poorly designed monetary system the Euro as a shared currency.

The DOT.com, Home Mortgage, Gold, Currencies, Oil, you name it.

It is indeed possible to buy insurance policies in a foreign currency by using an ATM card (although it seems that there are challenges to deal with too)http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/...Using a Chinese ATM card to buy a property in California is not something that will work.  

Many investors from countries where currency is strong, are considering international real estate opportunities as a viable alternative.

Currency risk 3.

Multi-currency support is a plus. 

I think inflation will still remain high in Argentina and the peso will continue to deval in the next few years...but, with the upcoming elections in the fall, many are predicting the release of many currency restrictions which prevent firms and individuals from exchanging local currency for USD and remitting back to the states.