Reid Kirchenbauer

Investing in Korea Property: The Ultimate Guide

Investing in Korea Property: The Ultimate Guide

Last updated November 13th, 2022.   Compared to neighboring Japan, anyone investing in South Korea property saw significantly better performance over the past few decades. South Korea is located in a triangle of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sea of...

Top 10 Indonesia Property Developers: Complete Guide

Top 10 Indonesia Property Developers: Complete Guide

Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia famed for its natural beauty, but don’t let this fool you into thinking it’s undeveloped. It's the largest economy in the region and classified as newly industrialized. Indonesia property developers are among Southeast Asia's...

Top 10 Japan Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Top 10 Japan Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Last updated March 16th, 2023. In many respects, Japan is unique in its history and culture. Investors will find that Japanese property developers are also unique in their finances and approaches to real estate. If you come from the Western world, you’re likely not...

Why Frontier Economies Will Outperform in the 2020s

Why Frontier Economies Will Outperform in the 2020s

Last updated February 8th, 2023.   Frontier economies will outpace developed economies in the 2020s because of a simple mathematical truth. 1+1 equals 2, which is a 100% increase. Meanwhile, 100+1 equals 101, and that’s merely a 1% increase. In other words, a...

Best Countries to Invest in 2021

Best Countries to Invest in 2021

Update for January, 2022: We’ve finally entered a new decade as 2022 begins. Here’s our updated article with the top countries to invest in 2022.   2020 was a particularly interesting time where many investing myths were tested. A year ago, we were talking about...

Resort Property Investments Are a Big Mistake

Resort Property Investments Are a Big Mistake

Last updated January 16th, 2023.   On the surface, buying real estate that caters to tourists seems like a fantastic idea. Not only are the locations and buildings beautiful but the tourists often have a higher disposable income than the locals. However, after...

Buying a Condo in Thailand? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t

Buying a Condo in Thailand? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t

Last updated June 9th, 2022.   Want to hear an unpopular opinion? If you're thinking about buying a condo in Thailand, the investment opportunities have largely come and gone. Don’t get me wrong, Thailand is among the most popular places to invest in foreign real...

Don’t Buy From Property Developers in Asia

Don’t Buy From Property Developers in Asia

Last updated May 24th, 2022.   When people hear that there are good business opportunities in Asia, they often act as if investing their money into any enterprise (whether a real estate development or otherwise) will make them a fortune. Naturally, this demand...

Top 10 China Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Top 10 China Property Developers: A Complete Guide

China is Asia’s quintessential success story. Since the 1980s, the country has transformed into an economic powerhouse. And Chinese property developers have certainly helped fuel nation's rapid change. The Chinese construction boom has attracted investors from around...

Why You Shouldn’t Buy Vietnam Real Estate

Why You Shouldn’t Buy Vietnam Real Estate

Last updated January 10th, 2023.   Imagine that you buy a house... but a few decades later, somebody comes up to your property and says that time’s up, it’s no longer yours. Welcome to real estate in Vietnam! You may think this is an exaggeration, but I’m afraid...