What you have to do is find people in those countries directly (a lot of people hire people from the Philippines because their English is good, currency exchange rate is favorable to people in the States, and their accent is not as thick as people from other countries).

At least here directly in the city of Chicago there are a lot of check cashing and currency exchange stores that will make money orders for free.

HSBC which is international potentially may if they operate in that country.There are far more greater risks investing outside the US as you have currency risk, ownership risks (no title insurance), transparency risk, legal risk (corrupt courts)....Not worth it for a bank to deal with.

The collapse of currency.

International - U.S. dollar is incredibly strong against many foreign currencies right now, allowing us to purchase foreign assets at a steep discount (30%+) on top of any local market asset pricing dips. 

., and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have announced changes that will allow commercial and residential mortgage closings to happen WITHOUT an appraisal.

--Ralph Waldo EmersonEveryday is a bank account, and time is our currency.

It's tough, because we live in a fiat currency world, and if you want to accumulate wealth, taking on self-amortizing leverage is a very good thing.

In the most extreme scenario which I can't totally exclude we may see a currency and debt reset, it would not be the first time in human history.Finally, the reson why Milwaukee real estate values are bound to go up is the cost of new construction.

I do some Physical precious metals because it can’t be manipulated as easy as currencies this making it a hedge or insurance policy.