Should you take your retirement account OFFSHORE… outside of the reach of Uncle Sam, and within grasp of a world of investment opportunities that don’t exist for most Americans?  I’m Bryan Ellis… I’ll give you a tantalizing peak into the world of offshore investing RIGHT NOW in Episode #91.----------Offshore investing… it conjures images of exotic locales, freedom from taxes and an end to the worry that Uncle Sam will go all Cyprus on your money and steal everything you’ve worked so hard to build.  And coupling offshore investment strategies with your retirement account… well, that seems to be the ultimate for a self-reliant, privacy-loving group like we Self Directed Investors. But is that the truth?  Well… I’ll tell you the honest truth about it right after this:Write this down, my friends:  S3Flip.com.  S3Flip.com.  You’ve heard me espousing the S3 Standard – SIMPLE, SAFE and STRONG – repeatedly on this show.  You’ll hear that over and over from me because it’s CORE.  It’s fundamental.  You and I, as responsible self-directed investors, have one core value:  To respect our own capital.  And we do that by employing the S3 Standard when we evaluate investment opportunities.  It’s no more complicated than that.But what about real estate flipping?  You’ve also heard me talking about that.  You’ve heard me sing the praises of my team, who facilitate fully outsourced property flips for our clientele of affluent investors who recognize the opportunity in flipping and are financially able to get involved, but who may not have the time or the expertise to handle it for themselves.But flipping is a really, really dangerous thing to do, isn’t it?  Can’t you lose a LOT of money by trying to make money that way?Well, the answer is an absolute YES… YOU can lose a lot of money by trying to be a flipper.  I mean… specifically… YOU could lose a lot of money by trying it because, well… you, my friend, are not a professional flipper.  Let me tell you something:  I personally have a vast, vast background in real estate investing.  But I’m not a flipper.  So for YOU… and for me, flipping is a dangerous thing.But my friends… what if you could join forces with someone who has done HUNDREDS of these deals?  Someone who does NOTHING BUT real estate flipping.  Someone who has an ASTOUNDING track record, available for you to review and confirm for yourself?  Someone who has a large clientele of affluent investors who come back to him over and over and over again?What if it could be YOUR money… working totally passively… and THEIR expertise and resources… and at the end of the day, BOTH of you benefit in the same way:  From PROFITABLE transactions!  What if these deals were rather short – almost all completed in 4 months or so – so that you could generate a strong return on your capital on each deal… and then do 2 or 3 deals every year?So, my friends, here’s the opportunity:  I have a team of EXTRAORDINARY real estate flippers that work with me and with some of my clients.  They are top-notch, and I’ve given you examples of their work in past episodes.  I’ll give you another case study tomorrow, too.  And RIGHT NOW… which is an unusual circumstances… I can take on a few more clients who recognize the opportunity that exists in today’s real estate market for short-term flipping.And what is that opportunity?  According to the huge real estate research firm RealtyTrac… the AVERAGE real estate flip in the first quarter of this year resulted in a gross profit of over $72,000 and gross ROI of over 35%.  That’s the AVERAGE gross profit, not an exceptional one.  And that’s across more than 17,000 flips that completed in the first quarter.  Yep… 17,000 in the first quarter alone.  Do the math on that… and what you’ll see is that in Q1 of this year, there was well over $1.2 BILLION in gross flipping profits.And guess what… our averages may be even better than what RealtyTrac has reported for the nation as a whole.So… maybe you’re already convinced of the opport