Mullineaux explores this topic more in a recent article from American Banker where he calls these new regulations an industry shock, “an unanticipated development or event that significantly alters the cost and or revenue structure in a particular industry.”The increasing fixed costs that banks have seen in recent years in order to become compliant with new regulations under Dodd Frank have certainly spurred M & A activity.

So many Americans in poverty, so many in working class jobs and and the educated ones with so much debt.......indicates long terms renters to me.

American Eagle offers HELOCs up to 100% of value.

Americans today want government to violate other people's rights, steal their stuff, and give it to them.

He is a property manager and can steer you to rentals that will be good buys.If you are interested in turnkey, which is a great way to go when you start, I recommend American Wealth Builders.

Do most Americans purchasing in Italy purchase the property without leverage?

Many American contractors are unfamiliar building using shipping containers while Chinese companies do this on a daily basis in large 100,000 sq ft.

Also - for rentals, I would not spring for American made -- I would go to a place like Lumber Liquidator and pickup Chinese made butcher block as it is much cheaper. 

If I am not mistaken, his business name is All American Remodeling.

Instead a group of volunteers did it for him.One quote from one of the volunteers, was “The state has yet to adopt the Americans With Disabilities Act that was passed 25 years ago, so that landlords and people could get training and know what their responsibilities are for people with disabilities,” he said.