Update for 2024: Some Burmese readers were upset at time, but we’re happy to have advised that investing in Myanmar was a bad idea years before it became an obvious fact. This article was originally published six years ago. Here are our unaltered predictions from back...
Last updated May 22nd, 2025. Certain countries in Asia are ill-suited to foreign real estate investors who are seeking to diversify their portfolio. Seoul, South Korea is among these cities which are best avoided. The facts about Korea’s investment potential are...
Last updated May 23rd, 2025. Foreigners are buying Turkish real estate more than ever. Home values in Istanbul are still among Asia’s lowest and the government is actively encouraging property investment. Is it possible these foreign investors are making a mistake...
Update for 2024: A new year has begun. Here’s our updated article with the top countries to invest in 2024. Thinking globally about your investments is a good idea this year. The best country to invest in 2022 probably isn’t where you happen to live. In fact,...
Last updated April 5th, 2025. Buying property in Phuket is something that thousands of foreign investors have already done. Compared to most other countries in Asia, it's undoubtedly easier to own real estate in Thailand. Thus, if you want to own property on a...
Last updated May 12th, 2025. Arguably, foreign property ownership in Malaysia is easier than anywhere else on the whole continent. The Asian continent, by and large, doesn't hold the sensibilities of allowing foreigners to own property on a freehold basis. This has...
Last updated April 8th, 2022. The process of opening up and liberalizing a developing nation is never an easy task. It's especially hard for Myanmar, a Southeast Asian country which was closed off from the world economy until 2008... and then underwent a coup barely a...
Update for January, 2023: We’ve finally entered a new decade as 2023 begins. Here’s our updated article with the top countries to invest in 2023. 2020 was a particularly interesting time where many investing myths were tested. A year ago, we were talking about...
Last updated August 5th, 2025. 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 in...
Last updated February 4th, 2025. Imagine this: you buy a beautiful house in Vietnam, where you plan to spend the rest of your life with your loved ones. But a few decades later, somebody comes up to your property and says that the time's up: your dream house is no...