I want to just thank you again for your time, and I hope that you continue to see success from it in the future!

I have desires to continue having homes in both.I have looked at deals or started down the path to completing deals in Bali, Prague, France, the Costa de Sol in Spain and other locations.Investing internationally is fun and interesting.

Decide which thread you want to continue and mark the other one as closed (just add a reply where you suggest people go to the other thread plus provide a URL).John Corey

All of your equity is transferred and continued in the replacement property and sometimes it's difficult to trade equal or up.

I just think we are seeing some AMAZING changes that not everyone is grasping yet and trying to stir some discussion.

As you learn, I hope you can continue to stick around and share your knowledge with the rest of the group!

Continual learning is a key ingredient.

This doesn't mean we've hit bottom - the credit crunch wasn't in effect in July.On the other hand (and yes, I'm a positive thinker to a fault - I drive some of my colleagues crazy), I look at it this way: If foreclosures and home prices continue to get worse (and that may well happen), people are still going to need a place to live.

That kind of runaway appreciation will not continue.

Twenty plus years of retirement requires a lot of capital.In your case I would imagine that you will always be looking for deals and will continue to generate income.