[quote=spdrun]I don’t want to work in IT. Ideally, I’d be a full-time landlord, a carpenter, and/or a plumber. I’m tired of working with my brain — I’d prefer to use my hands strictly.[/quote]

Ok, but in Europe, you also have plenty of foreclosures all over the place. A few pigglords here recently stated they went to France and bought homes in France for a pretty good deal.. Spain is in the trenches right now too. And there’s probably a dozen or so other pockets of high foreclosure rate there too.. You could do the exact same thing there… Do your IT to get your paycheck in Europe, and then use your paycheck to buy foreclosures over there too. What’s the difference?