Kathleen and I just came back from a scouting trip to Turkey, where we put boots on the ground to assess its lifestyle and investment potential. We have a long history in Turkey. We spent our honeymoon here over 25 years ago, so we were excited to return to it. It’s a beautiful country that’s […]
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Where is the best place to invest in property overseas? At this point in my career, I’m confident I could go into pretty much any overseas real estate market and find a good deal. It’s just a question of how much time, research, and exploration I want to put in. There are, however, markets I
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Renting out a property that you also use can be complicated. The Paris 2024 Olympics reminded me of this. A friend in Paris swapped apartments with someone they know. They wanted to be out of the city during the games, while their friend wanted to be in the thick of things. He’s an Olympic-holic who
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I consider overseas real estate to be the most valuable commodity in the world and the number-one investment opportunity in the world. After all, what’s the most valuable stuff in human history? It’s not gold… or oil… or even food… It’s land. Property is the basis for civilization. It’s where you can base a city,
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I’ve never been much into stocks. It’s not that I have any ideological objection to them or anything like that. I always just thought they took too much time and management. The market goes up and down all the time—I would have to be looking at my portfolio every day and judging when to buy
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For decades now, I’ve tried to educate people on how to do some basic analysis on investment real estate. One of my rules is that you shouldn’t just look at the list price of a property. A low-priced property isn’t a good investment just because the price is low (and something you can afford) and a
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Two years ago, I bought a preconstruction condo in Northern Cyprus. Today, that condo is worth double what I paid for it, so I’m selling. Returns like that are impossible to ignore. I’m not looking to get out of this market. I’ll take the profits from the sale and look for a next buy in
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Faced with an exploding world population and dwindling arable land, food production is without a doubt the world’s biggest supply-versus-demand crisis. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that agriculture production needs to increase by 70% in less than 30 years to meet the demand of an extra two billion people. While this information
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At last year’s International Property Summit in Panama, one attendee asked me what gets me excited about real estate at this point after 25 years of investing in real estate overseas. I didn’t have a good answer. Honestly, I’m a real estate junkie. Even when I’m on vacation, I stop and look in real estate agency windows
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