Look at how much controversy surrounds just the study of European settlement of the U.S. and their conflict with Native Americans! 

But that $12k could also pay for a European trip for my Husband and I and I would have no problem spending it.  

The European economy may not be robust right now, but will become better and more attractive to investors (lenders) than the U.S. in the near future.

Probably under 4% for a OO loan.3) The government policies make 30 year fixed rate loans a reality in this country where those are unheard of in European countries.

We are trying to engage the European market more to fill those voids.

There are European countries with hundreds of them stacked together for housing as well as a huge developer in LA that uses them for low income housing, just to name a couple. 

Georgia has Free Trade Agreements with both European Union and China.6.

There must be sites where Europeans, Asians, Australians, South Americans and other overseas buyers look to connect with deals in America.

A sword doesn't work"... if you get killed every time you are in battle,  or if only one person keeps killing everyone in the medieval European wars, are you going to say "swords don't work"?

The French real estate market is ripe, especially with only 2% interest rates, however we're focusing on the Texas market for now until we can accumulate enough capital to make some deals here.With the dollar/euro exchange rate improving (for those with USD,) it's an excellent time to explore European real estate, but some disadvantages include really high transaction costs (for example, a "Notaire" is required for all property sales and that typically costs 8% of the sales price.