Part two of the 15 Critical “Must Ask” Questions when Buying Real Estate Overseas will focus on “Buying Community.” While this seems like a no-brainer to most folks from North America, it really goes to the heart of what “big brother” does for us in North America and just how much we unconsciously depend on him.
Everyone buying property outside of North America needs to remember the famous words of Dorothy to Toto after being dropped into Oz, “I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore.”
When going offshore, especially to places that feel familiar, we must be very, very careful. In fact, the more familiar it seems, the more caution we should apply. But how do we do that?
Take a look at a favorite saying of mine, “I don’t know what I don’t know.”
Please stop and reread that....
Really! How could we know what we don’t know? We can’t, obviously, but we can be open to new possibilities and realities that vary greatly from our assumptions.
