My guest on the podcast is my good friend of 25 years from Nuremburg, Germany. Jürgen works as a commercial manager at a major German company. He also invests in real estate, managing all 9 properties himself.

Jurgen shares insight on German immigration, politics, and perceptions of Donald Trump. We also talk about how we met, if America was what he expected it to be, and the interplay between men & women.

Topics we cover:

• Festivals & Traditions in Nuremburg

• My first Euro soccer game

• What he learned about life traveling abroad

• Our grandfathers' roles in World War II

• German sentiment when Trump was elected

• Investing in real estate as a retirement plan

How We Met:

• Jürgen was turning 18 when he lived in US

• Being a high school exchange student

• Jurgen's first pool party in America

• Celebrating 25 years of friendship

• His favorite high school memories

• Why he chose to live one year in Houston

His Year Living in America:

• How proud he was to be in America

• How US high school was different from Germany

• How people treated him in the US

• What he remembers about Texan girls

• Listening to AC/DC, Guns-n-Roses, Metallica

• Developing confidence in speaking

• Determining whether a girl is being flirtatious or nice

Jürgen in Paris (and other countries):

• His time in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok

• Doing his master's thesis in Spain

• Developing an open mind through travel

• Choosing places far from your own culture

• Why Jurgen doesn't like dining out

• Appreciating little things

World War II:

• What he learned in his high school history classes

• Nuremburg during the war years

• Our grandparents' WWII stories

• Hearing screams from the back of trains

• Deciding between Army/Navy

• Visiting Zeppelin Field, Third Reich Museum, Palace of Justice

Discussion on Politics:

• Opinions on German immigration

• Increasing population in Nuremberg

• Angela Merkel as Chancellor 14 years

• Building border walls

Real Estate & Stock Market Investing:

• Investing in what you know

• Home-country bias in investing

• Types of loans he uses for investment

• Average price paid for his apartments

• Raising rents in Germany

• 70% of Germans not invested in markets

Relationships:

• Jurgen's been in a relationship for 6 years

• Differences in dating in US vs. Germany

• Many women think men are imperfect women

• Feminism / #MeToo

• Favorite books on intersexual dynamics

• Attracting women through honesty