Investing overseas is not for the faint of heart. You have to be willing to move with changes.

Kitchens generally tend to recoup their cost, and bathrooms too. Those are widely appealing to the marketplace, and they tend to be more standard in form. Things that are very idiosyncratic and are customized to the homeowners' individual tastes--they don't appeal to a wider audience.

It's the long-term impact stuff we have to worry about.