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My statistics come directly from the Site Meter on my blogsite...www.RealEstateSizzle.com. I can track all of my visitors by location and referral source.  The graph comes directly from the site meter.

Over 50% of the international investors in the Tampa Bay Area(and Florida) come from Europe, since their currency is far more favorable than the dollar right now.  They don't use relocation companies and the business comes via a network of international agents and personal referrals from those connections. In Europe, Buyer's pay their agent's commission, so European agents that I know have an incentive to send me referrals, since sharing commissions is not done throughout most of the continent.   I was in Vienna earning my CIPS(Certified International Property Specialist) designation, which is held by less than 1% of all agents,  and now I am part of a vast International network and have spent the past 2 weeks studying and networking(not vacationing) with agents and appraisers all over Europe. 

International business is vastly different from US business and it requires a knowledge of those differences and how to facilitate an International Transcation. You can't use the American perspective on a European transaction. I already have considerable  connections in Central America and Europe, which have resulted in over 4 million in volume , so the CIPS Designation and my attendance at International Real Estate Conferences will increase the number of my International Transactions.