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Hong Kong, New York, Queensland, Frankfurt, Texas That's where our guests flew in from for our first ever property retreat in Tuscany. Here are my thoughts: - by day 2 people were already asking where the next one is. people don't just want a house in Italy or another country, they also want to belong to something - topics like how to stay in touch, meet regularly, swap houses once they've bought, look out for each other were coming up regularly - the day after it ended 2 of our guests were already staying at the hotel of an expat we'd invited. the community happened on its own - no little groups formed. 5 days and everyone kept mixing, talking to each other, sharing etc. - every speaker stayed with us, some for a full day, some overnight. breakfast, lunch and dinner cooked by a private chef, one table for everything. Nobody gave a talk and left, and this was key since that's where most of the bonding happened - most people want things done for them. they don't want to chase lawyers, tax advisors and agents one by one, they want the right people and one point of contact to get sh*t done for them - you can absolutely mix business with pleasure. lawyer, tax advisor, a full day of viewings, wine lunch at a winery, a cooking class..and the best bits weren't even planned. one guest loves cigars so every night after dinner we sat outside with cigars and wine laughing our heads off - buying in Italy is simpler than most think once you have the right team - on the last night I sat down one on one with every guest. We got top marks across the board. One of them is an investment banker with a wealth of experience in real estate/seminars/community building, and his only note was more breaks for people taking work calls - what I'd change: more breaks, clearer info on dress code, and keep it to 10-12 people max so it stays one group - Tuscany was the right call. Val di Chiana in October is hard to beat We worked hard to get the organisation right, so I expected it to run smoothly. What I didn't expect was people from 4 continents and completely different backgrounds clicking this naturally. Might be luck, but glad everything worked out so well. AI is going to automate a lot of things, but sitting around one table with real people isn't one of them, and I think it's only going to get more valuable. p.s. I wasn’t sure if this would be the first of many or the first and last one, but having experienced this week and after hearing everyone’s feedback (both from guests+speakers) it would be criminal not to continue and do more of these. Not sure about the country for the next one - repeat Italy? Or Spain, Greece, Portugal, France?

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That's where our guests flew in from for our first ever property retreat in Tuscany. Here are my thoughts:

- by day 2 people were already asking where the next one is. people don't just want a house in Italy or another country, they also want to belong to something
- topics like how to stay in touch, meet regularly, swap houses once they've bought, look out for each other were coming up regularly
- the day after it ended 2 of our guests were already staying at the hotel of an expat we'd invited. the community happened on its own
- no little groups formed. 5 days and everyone kept mixing, talking to each other, sharing etc.
- every speaker stayed with us, some for a full day, some overnight. breakfast, lunch and dinner cooked by a private chef, one table for everything. Nobody gave a talk and left, and this was key since that's where most of the bonding happened
- most people want things done for them. they don't want to chase lawyers, tax advisors and agents one by one, they want the right people and one point of contact to get sh*t done for them
- you can absolutely mix business with pleasure. lawyer, tax advisor, a full day of viewings, wine lunch at a winery, a cooking class..and the best bits weren't even planned. one guest loves cigars so every night after dinner we sat outside with cigars and wine laughing our heads off
- buying in Italy is simpler than most think once you have the right team
- on the last night I sat down one on one with every guest. We got top marks across the board. One of them is an investment banker with a wealth of experience in real estate/seminars/community building, and his only note was more breaks for people taking work calls
- what I'd change: more breaks, clearer info on dress code, and keep it to 10-12 people max so it stays one group
- Tuscany was the right call. Val di Chiana in October is hard to beat

We worked hard to get the organisation right, so I expected it to run smoothly. What I didn't expect was people from 4 continents and completely different backgrounds clicking this naturally. Might be luck, but glad everything worked out so well.

AI is going to automate a lot of things, but sitting around one table with real people isn't one of them, and I think it's only going to get more valuable.

p.s. I wasn’t sure if this would be the first of many or the first and last one, but having experienced this week and after hearing everyone’s feedback (both from guests+speakers) it would be criminal not to continue and do more of these. Not sure about the country for the next one - repeat Italy? Or Spain, Greece, Portugal, France?

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