Commodore Black has left the US for moving to Italy where he will recruit more crew members. He landed in Northern Italy, near to the Alps and has stopped for the day in Saronno, a cute little town close to the Lake of Como, one of the most romantic venues of the world, the Alps and Milan, the financial capital of Italy.
Saronno is famous for a peculiar type of bitter-sweet biscuits and liquor that both take the name from the town: Amaretti di Saronno (the biscuits) and Amaretto di Saronno (the liquor).
Walk with me in the center town.
Here is the info about the center town taken from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saronno) “The pilgrimage church of the Madonna dei Miracoli, begun in 1498 by Vincenzo Dell’Orto, has a dome with very fine architecture on the outside. The bell tower dates from 1516, the rest of the church is of a later date. Internally it is decorated with fine frescoes by Gaudenzio Ferrari, representing The Concert of Angels, while those in the choir are by Bernardino Luini and are among his finest works. These include the Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation, The Marriage of the Virgin and Jesus Discussing with the Doctors in the Temple. Most likely Luini started these frescoes in the spring of 1524.”
Roberto Mazzoni
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I have arrived in Italy and the first thing I saw in the dawn was the majesty of the Alps as the sun lighted the very top of them, reflecting away from the snow, and contrasting with the still dark outlook of the valley. I am here to set the roots for a major cross-investing project that will promote American real estate to Italian buyers. It feels so different after having been away for 9 months and still so familiar. I anticipate the beginning of a great and exciting adventure and having Alps as the background for its inception is the best scenery ever.
I have decided to stay away from Milano and the big city traffic for today and I have found a neat little hotel in a small town near the Lake of Como. The place is named Saronno and is quite famous for the special type of biscuits and the liquor they produce here. The biscuits are named Amaretti di Saronno (which means “little bitter cookies”) and the liquor is named Amaretto di Saronno (and it has a somewhat bitter-sweet taste).
You can feel the crispy mountain air coming from the Alps and the sounds of an old Italian town, with its church bells and the voices in the narrow roads.
Sometimes you need to go very far away from your habitual place of business or simply from your habitual company and friends or business associates to get a real view of what can be accomplished. It is not just a fact that you often consider the grass is more green in your neighbor’s yard but just becouse moving off the routing breaks routine thinking and you can finally see things which were apparently invisible before. I said apparently on purpose, as the most invisible things are those we always have right in front on us, every day, and we got so used to them that we don’t even see them.
Look here at an interview I have done with Sam Bell, one of the major virtual real estate investors, in anticipation of his trip to Italy.
Stretching far has become a common approach also in real estate investing where you hear more and more about virtual investing and buying homes that are thousand of miles away from you. Virtual real estate investing opens the door to international investing and that’s what constitutes my specialization. Total remoteness anyway doesn’t pay. You need to have some familiarity with the market you wish to invest or at least with the people you’ll do business.
That is why I am on my way back home in a couple of days. I am flying back to Italy where I will meet Mark Jackson and Sam Bell that are already going there on an Italian Cruise ship. We’ll have the first chance of putting together major US real estate investors and major Italian and European investors for the first time. It’s going to be interesting to watch two cultures to merge and I’ll be honored to act as a translator. I will try to keep you updated with the outcome. Hope this will open new horizons also for you.
Many believe that we are in troubled waters and that the economy as a whole is leaving them stranded in the middle of the ocean, waiting for a relief that will never come. Far gone looks the safety of the territories that were known and tested and nothing they do can really seem to have a real effect on the random course their life has taken. Others believe that no matter the distance from the coast and the depth of the sea, they can still flourish and prosper, and can still chart their course using the compass of their faith in themselves and more than anything their faith in their fellow men.
Look at the video Mark recorded on the very ship!
I am proud to know two men that have chosen to be their own beacon and to give orientation to many other like them, by growing and winning in times and territories that seem to defeat the majority of people and yet still keeping a friendly and helping attitude towards anyone who turns to them for help.
They are two among the most successful real estate investors ever and definitely two bright stars in the firmament of the new generation of entrepreneurs that are transforming the mortgage meltdown into an opportunity for anyone who cares to follow a precise investing system.
I am talking about Mark Jackson and Sam Bell who at this very minute are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, cruising toward the Canary Islands on an Italian ship of the Costa Crociere fleet. Even while doing that they are able to run their business at a distance and to plan a major development in the very middle of their holiday.
Mark and Sam have developed a system that allows anybody, anywhere in the world, to successfully invest in real estate within the United States without having to travel, unless they want to, and without worrying about a visa or anything else. Several other people claim to have the same, but only Mark and Sam can actually deliver today. I can tell this because I have explored many different systems by all kinds of real estate “gurus” in the US for many months, and none of them was actually ready for virtual real estate investment on a international scale as the one by Mark and Sam.
I am helping them do the last step in this journey, that is bridging the gap of language and culture and structuring deals so that Italians can understand them and feel comfortable in doing them. Why are we starting from Italy? Well, because I am Italian in the first place, because my compatriots are ready to jump on the project and because it is always nice to have an excuse to go an visit Italy for “business”
I am fortunate and blessed in having found Mark and Sam. They have developed a really complete system, that covers every aspect of the investing cycle, from acquisition, to reliable evaluation, to marketing. And everything can be done remote! But more than anything else, they are two open minded individuals, ready to understand and integrate with different cultures, and making business with a level of care and integrity that I rarely found.
So US investors, watch out! The Italians are coming! But I don’t see it as a competition. It will be more cooperation. You’ll have more people who can buy your deals. How about that?
Many believe that we are in troubled waters and that the economy as a whole is leaving them stranded in the middle of the ocean, waiting for a relief that will never come. Far gone looks the safety of the territories that were known and tested and nothing they do can really seem to have a real effect on the random course their life has taken. Others believe that no matter the distance from the coast and the depth of the sea, they can still flourish and prosper, and can still chart their course using the compass of their faith in themselves and more than anything their faith in their fellow men.
Look at the video Mark recorded on the very ship!
I am proud to know two men that have chosen to be their own beacon and to give orientation to many other like them, by growing and winning in times and territories that seem to defeat the majority of people and yet still keeping a friendly and helping attitude towards anyone who turns to them for help.
They are two among the most successful real estate investors ever and definitely two bright stars in the firmament of the new generation of entrepreneurs that are transforming the mortgage meltdown into an opportunity for anyone who cares to follow a precise investing system.
I am talking about Mark Jackson and Sam Bell who at this very minute are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, cruising toward the Canary Islands on an Italian ship of the Costa Crociere fleet. Even while doing that they are able to run their business at a distance and to plan a major development in the very middle of their holiday.
Mark and Sam have developed a system that allows anybody, anywhere in the world, to successfully invest in real estate within the United States without having to travel, unless they want to, and without worrying about a visa or anything else. Several other people claim to have the same, but only Mark and Sam can actually deliver today. I can tell this because I have explored many different systems by all kinds of real estate “gurus” in the US for many months, and none of them was actually ready for virtual real estate investment on a international scale as the one by Mark and Sam.
I am helping them do the last step in this journey, that is bridging the gap of language and culture and structuring deals so that Italians can understand them and feel comfortable in doing them. Why are we starting from Italy? Well, because I am Italian in the first place, because my compatriots are ready to jump on the project and because it is always nice to have an excuse to go an visit Italy for “business”
I am fortunate and blessed in having found Mark and Sam. They have developed a really complete system, that covers every aspect of the investing cycle, from acquisition, to reliable evaluation, to marketing. And everything can be done remote! But more than anything else, they are two open minded individuals, ready to understand and integrate with different cultures, and making business with a level of care and integrity that I rarely found.
So US investors, watch out! The Italians are coming! But I don’t see it as a competition. It will be more cooperation. You’ll have more people who can buy your deals. How about that?
Here is the info about the center town taken from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saronno) “The pilgrimage church of the Madonna dei Miracoli, begun in 1498 by Vincenzo Dell’Orto, has a dome with very fine architecture on the outside. The bell tower dates from 1516, the rest of the church is of a later date. Internally it is decorated with fine frescoes by Gaudenzio Ferrari, representing The Concert of Angels, while those in the choir are by Bernardino Luini and are among his finest works. These include the Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation, The Marriage of the Virgin and Jesus Discussing with the Doctors in the Temple. Most likely Luini started these frescoes in the spring of 1524.”
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