Buyers can also get a lot of value for money if they look for condos in areas that were overdeveloped in the mid-2000s, during the market's peak, such as Chinatown and near the Convention Center.

To the crime constitute of money laundering, international convention and the rules of deferent countries are deferent.

Judges who get it wrong can be overruled on appeal, but it takes time and money: the Hague Convention aims to make proceedings quick and cheap, thus making abduction less likely.