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, Introduction
The best countries to invest are always changing. Thailand developed quickly during the 1990s. Soon afterwards, Vietnam saw its own phase of rapid progress in the 2000s. Both have since slowed down a lot though. Granted, they’re still growing faster than most of the...
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 of...
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 to a...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks
People sometimes want me to approve of their global investment plan. “Is buying property in (country name) a good investment?” they’ll ask. I always happily answer this question. However, I answer it relative to other investments they could make. After all, why invest...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog
Low-cost airlines have revolutionized the global air travel, bringing an end to the days of exorbitant prices and limited travel options As the slogan of the world’s best budget airline says, AirAsia, “Now everyone can fly”. It seems like the slogan is true...
