Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Seventeenth century Holland was ruled by a class of wealthy patricians known as the regenten. Similar to Rome's patricians, the regenten was a...
Five reasons I’m investing in Cambodian real estate
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It's been eleven months to the date since I last departed Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh. To say that this city, and this country, is no...
Does foreign real estate qualify for a 1031 exchange?
Dateline: Los Angeles, United States For years, real estate agents here the United States have touted the benefits of using tax-friendly 1031 exchanges. Few places have seen more...
Countries with No Property Taxes Where You REALLY Own Your Home
When in 1848, influential thinker John Stuart Mill said, ‘landlords grow rich in their sleep, without working, risking or economising’, he did so as a critique of profits he felt...
Is Citizenship by Investment in Austria Actually Possible?
These days, more and more sovereign countries are offering citizenship by investment programs to those seeking a second passport. The process is simple: for...
Canada shuts Immigrant Investor Program, bails on real estate owners
Dateline: Sigulda, Latvia If you're a property owner or real estate agent in Vancouver or Toronto, you just got screwed. We discussed earlier this week why I prefer investing in...
Getting Second Residency in Latvia | Real Estate or Business
Dateline: Riga, Latvia As they say: you snooze, you lose. Truer words cannot be spoken when it comes to international diversification and the topics we discuss here. One of those...
Investing in Lithuania real estate: a Euro appreciation play?
Dateline: Klaipeda, Lithuania Earlier this year, Latvia — Lithuania’s Baltic state neighbor to the north — gave up the Latvian lat and adopted the common Euro currency. Normally,...
One more reason to favor emerging market real estate
Dateline: Vilnius, Lithuania I recently got a question from a reader who asked about Flag Theory and why it is important as opposed to simply finding a new place to live, work,...
Tulum: the next big real estate investment in Mexico
Dateline: Merida, Mexico The flight from Mexico City was about as good as one can get. Interjet is one of the newer airlines in Mexico challenging the Aeromexico monopoly, and...
Hospitals and real estate in Nicaragua & Social Security for renunciants
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua I’ve had a productive two weeks in Nicaragua and I've shared a number of interesting opportunities here. Tomorrow I’m heading to the USA for a quick...
The Cheapest Ocean View Real Estate in Central America
Dateline: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Surf season is in full force here. You can tell by the fact that hotel owners are getting heady: I paid all of $30 for a decent room near...
How to buy and invest in Nicaragua real estate
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua I just got what could be one of the most insulting emails of my life. Like you, I spent years trapped in the notion that I should keep everything I...
Philippine Pesos: Ones Reason to Make Real Estate Investment Philippines
Dateline: Manila, Philippines It’s been eight months since I was last here in the Makati central business district of Manila. It’s amazing how much has changed since then....
How to buy Malaysian real estate as a foreigner
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia It's no secret that I'm a fan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In fact, I like it so much that I dubbed it the third most livable city in booming...
Buying Foreign Real Estate to Get Airbnb Rent Yields
Reporting from: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A few months ago, I met with several expat entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Among all of the business talk, they threw out one...
Is it too late to buy real estate in Thailand?
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Property is all the rage here in Bangkok. In the last fifteen years or so, the country has seen a major recession, the bird flu and a coup. And,...
Is the World Service Authority passport a real second passport?
We frequently discuss easy ways to get a second passport. When people hear that I zip through the diplomatic line using a government-issued Global Entry card when entering the...
Buy Real Estate and Get Second Residency in the Philippines
Reporting from: Makati, Philippines The real estate market here in Manila is exploding. Everywhere you turn, there's a sign for a new development. Condos are the thing in this...
The Coming US Real Estate Bubble: Housing Bubble Collapse
Reporting from: Phoenix, Arizona Sometimes it's easy to understand why we keep making the same mistakes over and over again. And why there is another US real estate bubble...
