With talk of a devaluing dollar, and the realization that the world today is increasingly global, I wanted to start a thread on REI diversification.Now, for most of us it is not feasible to buy property Cambodia or India, for example.

Then I go to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and other Danube River countries and feel sticker shock at the cost "in dollars" of a Big Mac and I see the hidden inflation and devaluation of our dollars' power.

In addition, at least in my business model, I don't have to speculate and leave my investment up to others, with flipping RE, I control the market and investment by controlling my acquisition price relative to actual value and control the market by getting in and out within 3 to 4 months which drastically reduces potential for devaluation over time.I can not do that with gold investments and I can not live inside of gold either.

Or even worse the fed may print more money and devalue all the money we now have and earn.

We are building in the 600s, thats where the economics work much better for a builder.I believe it's long clear for the FED that their plan to deal with debt is inflation - we have printed enough money over the last years that it has to devalue the dollar natuarally, they will just try to manage that process and keep it stable - I hope they succeed and we are not comming down hard.

I would not advise S8 in a B class as it will devalue your property community wise and you are simply taking on a higher level of management that should never be necessary in a B class investment.C/D class property depending on investor possibly a option where  blue collar tenants are limited.

Too many people devalue themselves when creating these splits.

The big topics of our time are the devaluation of currency world wide, which means both savings and debts loose value.

The detriment to our nation of using COVID-19 as an excuse to devalue our currency is going to be major. 

Also- noting for possible devaluations like train tracks, factories, construction, shelters, etc being near the property can be instrumental when analyzing market value.