Offshore Guidebook | Real Estate Investor Magazine Offshore Guidebook 2016 | Page 29

The U.S. real estate market is still moving upward and will continue to do so in select markets. Real estate is local in nature and not all markets move up or down at the same time. The glut of the world oil supply will strongly impact areas of the U.S. that rely on the oil industry. North Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma have already been hit hard but not nearly as hard as what will develop as oil dips below $30 a barrel. Every industry related to oil will be impacted by the surplus of oil. This has an economic downward domino effect on the entire region as people will have less money overall to spend in their local economies. Avoid these areas for investment. Most of our investors have become very comfortable investing in the U.S. Our laws protect most of you better than your own countries. We’re not perfect though, and just wait until you see the comical fireworks of our presidential election this year. In 2015, BuyCashFlowProperties.com (BCFP) acquired 112 single-family houses in the Atlanta area. We sold 115 houses the sa