Reid Kirchenbauer

Resort Property Investments Are a Big Mistake

Resort Property Investments Are a Big Mistake

 Last updated January 26th, 2024. 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. And with that thought...

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

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

Last updated May 14th, 2023.    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...

Top 10 China Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Top 10 China Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Last updated January 14th, 2024. 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...

Why You Shouldn’t Buy Vietnam Real Estate

Why You Shouldn’t Buy Vietnam Real Estate

Last updated April 16th, 2024. Imagine this: you buy the beautiful house in Vietnam of your dreams, where you plan to spend the rest of your life with your loved ones and hand it over to your children. But a few decades later, somebody comes up to your property and...

Top 10 Vietnam Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Top 10 Vietnam Property Developers: A Complete Guide

Last updated December 1st, 2023.   Buying real estate in Vietnam is a solid bet on economic, demographic, and political trends. And to do so, one of the most important steps is choosing a good property developer in here. Vietnam's economy and population are...

Top 10 Cambodia Property Developers: Complete Guide

Top 10 Cambodia Property Developers: Complete Guide

Last updated December 4th, 2023. Cambodia, with its strong appreciation potential and high rental yields exceeding 6%, is arguably the best place to buy real estate in Southeast Asia right now. Despite the country’s troubled past, it hasn’t experienced a recession in...

Great Lockdown: Why Southeast Asia Will Outperform

Great Lockdown: Why Southeast Asia Will Outperform

Since the beginning of 2020, the world economy has been reeling from the onset of a global pandemic, the likes of which has not been seen since the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. The economic impacts of this event have been dubbed "The Great Lockdown". Western...

China Economic Growth Slows, But They Have a Plan

China Economic Growth Slows, But They Have a Plan

Last updated July 10th, 2023.   Lately, there's been tons of media coverage about an economic slowdown in China. Financial analysts on television talk about about how China growth will soon face a “hard landing” while its economy crashes in the near future. And...

Investing in Japan Property: The Ultimate Guide

Investing in Japan Property: The Ultimate Guide

Last updated April 13th, 2024. As the world’s fourth-largest economy, Japan is one of Asia’s main growth engines. Buying real estate in Japan means investing in one of the most developed and heavily urbanized nations on the planet. Property in Japan isn’t in the...

Buying Stocks in Singapore: A Foreigner’s Guide

Buying Stocks in Singapore: A Foreigner’s Guide

Last updated March 11th, 2024. Singapore is a small country in terms of size. Yet due to its wealth and status as Southeast Asia's financial hub, both locals and foreigners want to buy stocks in Singapore more than ever. Since 1960, Singapore's economy has averaged an...