Whether it was post French revolution France putting price controls on grain, Poland price controlling TV's, Japan in the 80s setting prices on stock brokerage fees, post Dodd Frank limits on fees lenders charge. 

And with cool videos like you just saw earlier and the comments that were made in reaction, I think they're succeeding.So before you know it, people from Oakland, Richmond, Fremont, San Jose, San Francisco and everywhere else in the Bay Area will start viewing Sacramento as the new hip spot that's way cheaper but still has several professional sports teams, a major college, an international airport, and the sparkling new Golden 1 Center to host all the music concerts their heart's desire.

China has more gold then us, they have created their own global bank (which has been backed by our allies - Germany, France, and Britain.

As far as commute, we are about 30 minutes to both Austin and San Antonio international airports. 

Income-Expenses=profit: This is our income statement and determines the health of your businessAsset-Liability=Equity: This is your balance sheet and tells you if you are building wealth.ROI: Income+Equity gain/ Cash invested: Tells you if your money is gaining the required return.IRR: Internal Rate of Return: More complex but takes into account cost of capital and time value of money and value at exit. 

This tool is a great resource to budget and save, and it helped me to save up for a new car and then buy an investment property.But what isn't cool is my determination to save all my money, and this little internal goal of mine to spend as little money as possible.

The best ratio  for real estate is the MIRR, manager's internal rate of return.

I think my internal struggle was trusting that the process/ return was too good to be true but I suppose like any other business there are those who are good and bad.

The people with the most say at these "International Code Hearings" are usually vendors who have a vested interest in seeing new, more restrictive codes put in place.

The money should arrive in the US recipient account same day unless your bank is inefficient.For a transfer cost should be between $20$ to $40 for an international wire is typical.You'd better have the money transferred from a USD account, a 3% of fx conversion fee would be typical for most banks I know, unless you call a personal banker and gets you the fx converted for 0.5%-1%.