Mercury is the only liquid that can cut a gold ring very neatly in no time or mix with it and turn into a silver-like dull metal. They call this reaction amalgamation and it is immediate. The only way to recover the original gold is to vaporize the mercury inside it, which few people are willing to do because it is toxic.

Today I am starting a major shift in the content of this blog because it is time that it focuses on its main subject: creating business opportunities, both in international real estate as well as other business and international areas. I am a fan of technology, blogging and Web 2.0 and I will be using these tools even more intensely in the future and maybe I will write an article from time to time on how to use these tools from a business perspective , but the transition is due now: I need to vaporize my old time passion for the Web as such and devote my blogging time to the main passion of my current working life, which is also where I can provide more unique content.

So what’s so special about international real estate or business selling? You have the chance of creating a win-win situation between a seller and a buyer, leveraging the availability of cash in Europe or other countries with the ample availability of housing or businesses for sale in the US. But some people get it wrong: they believe they can simply sell for an unrealistic price to someone who is far away hoping they would never find out.

With the modern tools, just anybody can find out anything in a few minutes and he can also get easily local people to check for him. So don’t do it. You will not have a second chance. So where is the win-win? You can probably get a more decent price and shorter closing terms if you involve a foreign buyer properly, but you need to do a bit of work: find out what tax advantages are available in the US as compared to the buyer’s original country. Yes, many times it is cheaper to pay taxes here than it is in Europe, believe it or not.

Find out the legal paperwork she has to sign and how you can make it easy for her to understand it and sign it. A translator doesn’t cost much and it can make a huge difference. Explain the huge advantage in renting a property in states like Florida, where prices have dropped, as compared to an average rental in Europe: it can up to be six times more profitable. Make it easier for them to get into the project with some owner financing.

And if nothing works of these, you can still ask me a few more ideas.

Roberto Mazzoni