BRAZIL
PANAMA
ROATAN
MEXICO
Italy & Riveria
Spain & Portugal
Turkey & Ukraine
We specialize in sales of global property, facilitate project financing & arrange global property auction.
Lauri Biddick & Todd Willson
Investment
Abroad Knowledge, LLC was formed in 2006 in order to cater to the expanding marketplace of individuals crossing borders to invest in markets that are growing and developing. It may be retirees looking to find their ex-patriot home. Possibly a working family looking for that yearly fractional resort escape. Or the seasoned investor interested in boosting their portfolio in up coming markets.
Lauri Biddick holds a Real Estate license in the state of Minnesota, USA as well as a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation. Lauri has also been a Co-Owner of an Exit Realty Corp International franchise since 2006. She also chaired the International council of the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors in 2008. An avid world traveler, Lauri has visited all but one continent on the globe. She has hosted foreign exchange students from multiple countries & she is an overseas Real Estate investor herself.
Todd Willson has an educational background at the University of Minnesota in foreign politics. His International business experience includes 12 years in the Import/Export indistry with Polaris Industries, Medtronic, Inc & Canadian Pacific. Todd gained his Real Estate license in Minnesota in 2001 and joined Abroad Knowledge, LLC as a partner in 2006. Todd enjoys working in the International arena and recognizes the potential of growing markets worldwide.
Project Finance
On a larger scale, Abroad Knowledge, LLC has experience in assisting global Developers in achieving various types of financing to complete their projects. Debt financing, Equity, Joint Venture, Bridge finance &Private Placement - as examples. We stay on top of where funding comes from, the sectors that are getting funded today & the sources that are providing it.
Global Auction
We have a business alliance with a leading US Auctioneer to assist with selling NON-distressed & distressed property on a global basis, through a global on-line marketing database.
Abroad Knowledge, LLC has participated in the facilitation of global Real Estate project financing since 2007.
Project size we have worked on go from $20M USD into the $Billions.
Abroad Knowledge, LLC is not a financing entity, but we do facilitate the sourcing of global financing through strategic alliances and our growing global network. We stay on top of the emerging sectors for financing and we thoroughly understand how a project should be presented to investors.
We have assisted in sourcing financing for a viriety of Real Estate based projects and locations. The types of projects we can assist with are:
Destination Resort / Hotel construction
Commercial construction
Green project financing
- Waste to Energy
- Clean Tech
- Wind & Solar
Traditional Energy projects
- In ground Oil / Gas
We have access to:
Institutional Investors
Private Investors
Debt Financing
Equity Financing
Joint Venture
Bridge Lending
Hard Money Lending
Private Placement
NON-DISTRESSED PROPERTY AUCTION CAN BE THE PERFECT MARKETING TOOL THAT CREATES EXCITEMENT AND URGENCY.
We know what works and what doesn't. One tool we have decided to put into our business is the services of selected professional Global Real Estate Auctioneers.
The world is a big place and you need to be able to market on-line, to a global audience. We have made alliances with Auctioneers that are capable of delivering auctions on a global stage. Some people equate an auction to "distressed" property. That is NOT necessarily the case. In fact, most of the Auctioneer's products are NON-Distressed. In any case, traditional Real Estate marketing & sales needs to adapt. Auction creates urgency, a time frame for a transaction and market driven competition that drives prices UP, not DOWN.
Examples of items that can be auctioned are:
Single Family / Multi Family property
Hotels / Resorts - finished or partially built
Commercial property
Land
Businesses
Personal Effects
Certain kinds of assumable Debt
Click for Auction details & benefits
$995,900 USD - Mexico Beachfront Home
$595,900 USD - Buildable Lot Adjacent to Home
Link to Mexico Beach House
Link to Mexico Beach House Video
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Contact Abroad Knowledge for assistance in the purchase or sale of International property.
Abroad Knowledge, LLC References
To whom it may concern,
I have had the pleasure of knowing Todd Willson & Lauri Biddick since 2007. In their efforts to provide the quality service and attention they promised at the beginning of the relationship, they have succeeded and have done so with a level of professionalism that exceeded my expectations. It is more than nice to do business with those who consistently deliver on time and as promised. I can recommend them to anyone who is seeking honest, diligent service delivered with integrity.
Sincerely,
William Stearnes
Co-Founder
Big World Villas
Santa Catalina, Veraguas, Panama
Memo_bigworldvillas.com
June 14, 2008
Robert Mehta
President-Elect Minnesota Board of Realtors 2009
RE/MAX Results - 5201 Eden Avenue South, Edina, Minnesota 55436
In accordance with doing business with Abroad Knowledge, LLC:
I have participated in International business and real estate governing board functions with Lauri Biddick & Todd Willson for three years. I look at them as a key group in advancing International real estate activities within the CIPS designation and within the Minneapolis Association. As Lauri & I served on the board in 2007, we both have strived to further our agents participation in the International arena. Furthermore, our two groups try to conduct our International business in coordination whenever possible. I recognize that Lauri upholds the ethics of the CIPS designation throughout her business practices.
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Global Opportunities in Real Estate :
Foreign to Foreign 1031 Exchanges
"Can I purchase foreign properties for Exchange?"
Property within the United States must be exchanged for property within the United States. The IRS code allows foreign property outside the United States to be exchanged for foreign property, but not with property within the United States. THE PROCESS WILL BE THE SAME !!
The United States, for purposes of ยง1031, includes the U.S. Virgin Islands, if you are doing business there.
This sizzling foreign real estate market offers considerable real estate opportunities and specialized tools like the 1031 Foreign Exchange. Because the U.S. capital gains tax is still applicable to foreign properties owned by U.S. taxpayers, a 1031 Foreign Exchange is an excellent tool for real estate investors to utilize.
Foreign exchanges are applicable to U.S. taxpayers who are selling and buying investment property located outside of the United States. For example, if a taxpayer sells investment property in Canada and acquires investment property in Mexico, the taxpayer can defer the capital gains tax on the Canadian property. All of the normal rules and regulations of a standard, domestic 1031 Exchange apply to foreign exchanges.
ABROAD KNOWLEDGE, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lauri Biddick
Co-Owner
US Tel: 763-843-4829
Email: laurib1958_yahoo.com
Skype User
Todd Willson
US Tel: 612-308-8239
Email: toddwillson_msn.com
None of the information given about any of the real estate markets, projects and/or Clients that Abroad Knowledge, LLC promote is guaranteed in any way whatsoever. Individuals and its principals are responsible for conducting their own due diligence. No information that Abroad Knowledge, LLC provide shall be considered personalized investment advice. Abroad Knowledge, LLC is acting strictly in the capacity as international property consultants. Although Abroad Knowledge, LLC may give their opinions and answer questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address particular investment situations and no communications (verbal or written) from them shall be deemed to be personalized investment advice.
