In his book “The World is Flat“, Thomas Friedman explains how the world is a giant playing field being leveled, or made attainable by everyone because of the global reach of the internet. Bennett Voyles, a columnist for National Real Estate magazine, wrote “A Gusher of Arab Investment” where he expounds on the challenges facing Arab investors and the opportunities found outside the USA. The USA is no longer the first choice for wealthy investors from overseas- simply because our economic market is still going down.

With the global reach of the internet, even my CCIM colleagues are working investments for their clients in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, Russia and India.  For now, it seems like the smart play, only time will tell when the final internal rate of return calculation is made.  Robert White of Real Capital Analytics predicts that foreign investors will return before the New Year. I agree, although I am not sure about the timing.  Foreign investors appreciate US assets because of our stability, albeit shaken for the time being. How long will it take to remove uncertainty from our economic climate is anyone’s guess.  Risk is manageable, uncertainty is not.

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