by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks
When buying offshore real estate, your choice of city is perhaps even more important than picking a country. Real estate markets are driven by local factors like employment opportunities and housing supply. Because of that, a nation’s broader economic data usually...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Recent
The global economy faces several huge risks in 2019. Between a US-China trade war, rising consumer debt levels, and absurd valuations in European and U.S. stock markets, investors are looking for ways to make money during a recession. Buying foreign property, when...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Introduction
Asia is home to many of the world’s fastest growing economies. Of course, some countries are better to invest in than others. Investors should consider several things in 2019 that wouldn’t have factored in last year. Most important are the effects of a trade war...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Guides
Asia isn’t an easy continent for long-term immigrants. You often have just two options to live here indefinitely: marriage or investment. Sure, most countries in Asia will let you get a work visa – but that requires keeping a local job. Likewise, retirement visas have...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Geography plays a huge role in any nation’s success. From natural disaster risk to trade accessibility, location usually helps define growth prospects. For example, landlocked nations are severely limited by their lack of access to the ocean. They often rely on a...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks
“Buy low, sell high” is one of the very basics of investing. Yet it’s surprising how many people seem to forget this mantra of value-seekers everywhere. China’s real estate market was on a winning streak during most of the 2000s. In fact, local property buyers...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Most methods of getting a residence visa are forever outside your control. We can’t change factors like our country of birth and who our parents are. Property investment visas are unique in that anyone with enough spare cash can buy their way into a country. Some real...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Last updated January 12th, 2019. Learning where you shouldn’t invest is just as crucial as knowing where you should. My strong belief is that you shouldn’t buy property in Dubai. Occasionally, I enjoy writing articles like these. The internet is filled with real...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Guides
Condo advertisements are everywhere in Thailand. Whether you’re on the skytrain, driving on the expressway, or just walking around Bangkok, you’ll find lots of real estate developers pitching their projects. Practically any business can lease a billboard or buy an...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Turkey’s currency has plummeted since Summer 2018. In fact, the lira decline was so dramatic that the Istanbul property market is now Asia’s cheapest in terms of U.S. Dollars. You can now buy apartments in Istanbul for well under US$1,000 per square meter (~$90 per...
