Before you invest across the Pacific, check whether you are ready to.

I put this together because I kept seeing the same pattern. Smart families, real capital, good intentions — and then a deal stalls over a structure nobody set up, a screening question nobody asked, or money that could not move in time. None of that is a capital problem. It is a readiness problem. Ten questions. About three minutes. No signup, no sales call waiting on the other side. You get a straight score out of 30 and the three things I would fix first. If the answer is "you are ready," I will say so. If it is "not yet," I will say that too — and tell you what "ready" actually takes. What you will get: your score (a single number out of 30, shown the moment you finish), your band (Foundation to Build, Structuring in Progress, or Deployment Ready — in plain English), and three fixes first (the highest-leverage gaps for your band, not generic advice).