I am a US army SGT at present and currently stationed in Germany.

I know how many children he has, all of their names, His cats names, what he wants to do with the rest of his life, what he wants to do with the money from the sale of the house, He let me try on his bulletproof vest, let me hold a piece of the berlin wall and a coin he had from Nazi Germany, ect ect. 

Now think about Vikram working from India, and Uwe working from Germany, and Rich Weese being like Carmen Sandiego ("Where in the world is ...") - a real variety of time zones.

Adam Germany, thank you for the welcome and from one newbie to another, I feel like we have found an amazing resource and community here at BP!

With every government on the planet deeply in debt, you won't see any stable government (US, France, Germany, etc) paying more than a pittance to borrow money from the public.

I am from Germany and bouth my first house at the age of 24, but now (being 32) I am looking to start in the US.

I've spent time in California and Germany where my youngest daughter was born.

I take it that you were an international buyer ergo Frankfurt as in Germany.

All the Best from Germany, EuropeFlo

Having grown up in Germany, I grew up with very structured, left brain thinking.