Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Things have gotten pretty cheap around here lately. By some measures, as much as 25% cheaper. Here in Malaysia, expats and foreign visitors have...
Investing in Jakarta real estate: opportunity or turmoil?
Dateline: Semarang, Indonesia Jakarta’s real estate market has been in turmoil for several years now, undergoing the biggest increase in real estate prices of any world city, in...
Buying farmland in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil
Dateline: Atlantida, Uruguay Andrew has long outlined the benefits of farmland investment, not only in Asia but especially in South America. Although land prices have...
Investing in Nigeria: Africa’s fastest growing country
Dateline: Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria probably isn’t the first country that comes to mind when searching for a lucrative foreign real estate market. It is, however, a market with a...
How to balance risk and reward in Israel’s real estate market
The Israeli city of Tel Aviv is one of 12 cities that is likely to out-perform the prime world cities in terms of real estate value. The prices in these 12 cities are much lower...
Hong Kong and Singapore: Hubs for investors and entrepreneurs
Dateline: Hong Kong When thinking of some of the most stable, business-friendly, capitalist, and financially robust places in Asia, Hong Kong and Singapore are at, or very close...
The US population shift to the Sun Belt: Invest HERE, not there
Dateline: Bucharest, Romania I had two rather dichotomous conversations over the weekend that ended up at a rather similar conclusion. One of my calls was to a childhood friend...
Some of the cheapest real estate in the world thanks to a strong dollar
Dateline: San Marino As of today, I’ve now been to all five of Europe’s so-called “micro-states”: tiny sovereign countries ranging from 0.3 to 62 square miles in size. Each has...
Easy real estate profits… all thanks to crazy, bankrupt governments
Dateline: Monte Carlo, Monaco For years, Monaco has been a bastion of wealth and success. The Monte Carlo Casino in the city state’s main square is a legend of James Bond status....
Growing cities create investment opportunities in China
China’s economy grew 7.4% during 2014 and is still expected to grow at least 5% in 2015. This puts China on the top of fastest-growing economies in the world even...