FL insurance companies are also underfunded relative to how much reserves they are supposed to carry and rely on European re-insurance companies.

I’m interested in the European rental market, either vacation or leasehold.

Americans and Canadians go to Mexico and Northern Europeans go to Southern Europe.

The least corrupt countries are the "Socialist" northern European countries.http://my.ynet.co.il/pic/news/06112006/CPI_2006_Table_Sources.pdf

Foreigners can get mortagages for up to 50 years @ 2%, when Europeans can get 1%.

I don't TELL these tenants that their swanky European shower setup was free for me, of course.

Like you, I'm a European living in North America so I can compare the two systems.I invest internationally and, in Europe, I've been focusing on residential properties in several Southern European countries, which I'm most familiar with.

I mean, most people would say that high levels of public education are one of the biggest advantages a country can have but hey, you do you.What you are proposing as a consumption tax is essentially the VAT, which a lot of European countries have.

250k is a low purchase price target in most major OR markets, especially for 2-4 unit.

Also most major carriers now require ALL txt message blasting companies to include a opt-out message ie "reply STOP if you'd rather not receive these texts" now (including batch leads).