by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks, 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, Editor's Picks, Recent
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, Recent
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
You could easily make an argument that people don’t really own their house or the land it sits on. After all, watch what happens if you stop paying property tax to the government. They’ll come seize your home and put you in jail. Paying mandatory fees every year isn’t...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Update for December, 2018: Another year has passed and 2019 is nearly upon us. Our newest article shows the top countries to invest in 2019. The best countries to invest are always changing. Thailand developed rapidly during the 1990s. Soon afterwards, Vietnam saw...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Introduction
Some people love making things hard on foreign investors. Asia’s emerging markets have immense growth potential, yet unreasonable levels of bureaucracy and corruption plague several countries. That shouldn’t stop you though. As the most dynamic region on...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Property
Property prices remain stagnant in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia’s two largest cities, which both suffer from oversupply. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Ringgit is hovering around its lowest level against the U.S. Dollar since the 1980s. Investors who bought...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
We had a recent article about the most expensive cities in Asia for property. I figure writing about Asia’s cheapest places to buy real estate, along with the reasons for their low prices, is a natural follow-up piece. I don’t recommend buying real estate (or...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Currencies
Last updated October 10th, 2018. Practically every currency in the world has depreciated against the US Dollar since 2016. Some rare exceptions, such as the Swiss Franc, have outperformed the greenback. Not many can boast a stronger performance than the USD as...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Guides
Last updated September 29th, 2018. Land is one of the few investments that can be seen and touched. Not everyone cares about that sort of thing. But some people do and those are both certainly attributes stocks and bonds don’t have. Once in a while, I’ll speak...
