The drug cartels are violent and are always fighting for the inroads into Texas and the U.S.

What do you do if, for example, the government or local drug cartel decides that it no longer wants foreigners investing in Real Estate and seizes the property or starts extorting fees and bribes?

My dad worked the borders as an officer - Cartel and the resorts literally have a contract where gangs, etc... cannot be active in and around tourist areas - The problems start when tourists leave the resorts and are instructed by the resorts NOT to venture in certain areas, but they do anyways....I see this all the damn time.

The Realtors' cartel has done a good job of making any appearance of brokering i.e. bring together a buyer and seller, illegal. 

They can give a discount on a policy to have other business but they can't require you buy one policy to get another one.What if a homeowner drove a company owned vehicle and didn't own a car? Telling

First and foremost, if I borrow from a "hard money lender" who has funds originated from a "Drug Cartel" or an "Organization Sponsored by ISIS" or any other shady resource, how would I know?

Joe Bertolino The pot farmers  for the most part aren't the problem, except in the  Mexican cartels that operate in the National Forests.

Socialism versus a banking cartel running things are two different things.

Yes, welcome to another addition to the Denver BP Cartel.

Between the oil boys and the cartel money, there are plenty of opportunities for investment.