Quickly...in case you don't know who that is...he was a German interrogator in WW2...he was the most successful interrogator in all of the campaign, regardless of country.

Or do people leave the country, or live with friends/relatives/in shelters, over winter?

Some old country store I reckon...

And even in the early 1990's, was not the US the richest country in the world, with the strongest banking system in the world?

In this country people like to sue.

My goal over the next ten years is to purchase individual rental homes in several different markets around the country to spread the risk and build equity.I haven't run any numbers under an AMT scenario but thanks for mentioning that point which I wasn't aware of.

Amazing the rampant entitlement this country has headed towards.

As a result of a high rank in Google, I've literally gotten hundreds and hundreds of lead submissions from all over the country over the past 12 months (enough to keep a one-man shop very busy).Keep in mind, the results didn't come immediately.

I might be jaded, but I've also gone to some of the worst schools in the country and seen the real thinking had by many in the ghetto.

- holding company in a low tax country directly owning the properties?