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Today, our guest is Karen Williams from the Global Investor Alliance. She started her career as a commercial lender, before shifting to consulting with PWC. She learned to study businesses and markets, synthesize data to pivot quickly when needed, apply processes to elevate performance, and leverage relationships to influence positive outcomes. She has been dabbling with real estate all her life but started investing full-time the past 6-7 years.Join us, as we talk about investing in agricultural assets overseas and discuss Karen’s important insights into overseas agricultural investing.[00:01 – 05:59] Opening SegmentI talk briefly about great values that await you in this episodeI welcome our guest, Karen WilliamsKaren talks about her backgroundThe mission of their company [06:00 – 18:34] Overseas Agricultural Investing MasteryKaren talks about their target assets and emerging markets overseasThe importance of market research on agricultural productsStructuring their business to accommodate accredited investorsKaren talks about how they manage their agricultural propertiesThe parallels of managing multifamily assets and overseas agricultural assets [18:35 – 25:21] Exit strategies for overseas propertiesKaren talks about some exit strategies for overseas propertiesLong term investing in agricultural propertiesIdeal markets to invest short termOpportunities in private businesses [25:22 – 34:10] Closing SegmentQuick break for our sponsorsWhat is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?Relationships with peopleMentors and MastermindsWhat is the worst investment you ever made?My very first overseas investmentWhat is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?Never forfeit your integrityConnect with Karen. See the links below. Tweetable Quotes:"Relationships have rectified most things that have gone wrong.” - Karen Williams“It’s rare these days that you find true integrity in your partners, and that is the most important thing in my perspective.” - Karen Williams Resources Mentioned:Global Investor AllianceBuy Farm Lands Connect with Karen, visit https://www.globalinvestoralliance.com/ LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.