You can do a lot of your own due diligence by researching Texas' Securities Laws: http://www.ssb.state.tx.us/Texas_Securities_Act_and_Board_Rules/The_Texas_Securities_Act.phpAlthough I have not raised capital in Texas, the process is much similar in many states.As you already pointed out, you'll likely need to register with the commissioner and target only accredited investors.

I have been to Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany and other Eastern European areas, but not as a tourist.

In my state the Commissioner of Banks has explicitly identified the conditions of when Non Owner Occupied funding would require a registered NMLS licensee.

Between a person's state law and a state's commissioner of banks, most investors can figure out where they stand without paying for or listening to an attorney.

They've built a "semi national government" either the European congress and the euro zone and are really paralyzed.The overall economy is a much tougher nut to crack.

This information came from the Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner.

In the Bangalore airport, they have labels IWC and EWC for Indian and European.

He is a criminal.He basically went short on the British Pond, then held a press conference and said so Currency speculation On Black Wednesday (September 16, 1992), Soros became immediately famous when he sold short more than $10 billion worth of pounds, profiting from the Bank of England's reluctance to either raise its interest rates to levels comparable to those of other European Exchange Rate Mechanism countries or to float its currency.

(though I think a revenue-neutral rate is likely, several county commissioners have already mentioned this as a goal in the newspaper)MikeOH- I hear what you are saying on rents nationally, but I believe that the local market fundamentals are different here.

The strange thing is I have seen and heard of many europeans coming in and buying up real estate.