by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Recent
Despite all of the gloom and doom about Japan’s aging population and China’s trade war with the US, Asia is still home to many of the world’s most promising emerging economies. You just have to know where to look. Multinational companies have now turned their...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks
When buying offshore real estate, your choice of city is perhaps even more important than picking a country. Real estate markets are driven by local factors like employment opportunities and housing supply. Because of that, a nation’s broader economic data usually...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, 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, Frontier Markets
You may have seen the terms “frontier markets” and “emerging markets” if you’re an international investor or simply well-read. But it’s not as obvious what they really are. Sure, you can probably guess these economies are faster-growing and generally less developed...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog
Short-term bumps in an economy are unavoidable. Except in a few rare cases, recessions strike about once every seven or eight years on average. There’s not much you can do about an occasional recession. But either way, we’re more concerned about the...
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, Editor's Picks
Last updated May 20th, 2019. Investors usually buy property for two reasons: rental yields and capital appreciation. Rental income and appreciation are both equally important. After all, cash flow does not help much if you have a depreciating asset. Likewise, real...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Blog, Editor's Picks
Last updated February 7th, 2019. You probably already know that Asia is growing quickly. It’s among the fastest growing regions on the planet with countless opportunities spanning 48 different nations. Some have better opportunities for investors than others though....
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 | Countries
Last updated November 12th, 2018. Buying Philippines property is a bet on economic and demographic trends. The archipelago is not just Southeast Asia’s second most populous country with over 100 million people – it’s also the region’s fastest...
