Especially in Texas we have some of the highest property taxes and insurance rates in the country.

Driving around as a teenager I found the rural country landscape was slowly changing, and the city/suburbs were growing.

Not to mention tax districts - though AL has some of the lowest property taxes in the nation, you still don't want to pay more than you have to.It may be that investing in another country is a necessity for you -  I don't know anything about the Israeli market.

He is in the process of getting his permanent residency in the country but that takes time.

Currently I design architectural projects of many sizes across the country, but it seems that all of the value (and profit) from my efforts goes to the client.

We believe that this housing and mortgage crisis has to be fixed by the people of this country; we cannot count on government and wall street to fix it; we can only count on them to allow greed to screw things up again...and that is exactly what is happening right now.  

Probably gotta repair a lot of bullet holes in the walls though :) 1 of the worst areas in the country.

In that case, you could use a 203(k) FHA insured rehab loan.On a side note, it's hard to find HUD homes in certain parts of the country and they tend to go quickly in areas where they are hard to find.

He did a lot to influence me about business, fairness and community.Another mentor was a very successful hotel developer, another was the president of a bank.The Army drilled into my head such things as duty, honor and country, your country begins at home.

Hi Thomas,I actually lived in Nyon for a few years as a kid, and I still consider Switzerland the most beautiful country I've ever been to.