Top Investments

The top investment opportunities from around the world…

At Overseas Property Alert we understand that not everyone wants to live or retire overseas. Some of our readers are more interested in diversifying their investment portfolio to include overseas opportunities. This page is where we share the latest news about international projects and our personal picks for the top investments around the world.

Our team offers several decades of research and investing our own money, and we believe that real estate and agriculture are some of the most secure investments available. No investment is guaranteed of course, but in general, real estate defies most challenges and people will always need to eat.

Sometimes an exciting investment has a short window of opportunity or a small number of available units and potential investors need to act quickly. Other times, we have enticed the developers to create additional offers, exclusively for our followers to make sure everyone has the chance to participate.

Real Estate Investment

Some of the top investments you’ll see featured here include real estate developments in locations such as Panama, Brazil, Northern Cyprus, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. We’ll share stories about green living in Lisbon, Medellín, Ljubljana, Saint-Chinian, and the Cayo District. You can also learn how to establish a second residency or citizenship through real estate investment.

Since the real estate purchase process is different around the world, we strive to educate you about what to expect, the pitfalls to avoid, and how to protect your investment especially if you don’t live near the property you purchase. You’ll find insider information from other expats with their boots on the ground in many desirable locations and experts you can reach out to with questions.

Whether you are considering a beachfront property in a tourist destination for rental income returns, or a quiet place to visit occasionally and maybe use for full-time retirement down the road, or a quick turn on your investment dollar, we have you covered.

Agricultural Investments

On the agricultural front, some of our top investment suggestions include solar-powered hydroponic farming in Thailand, fruit orchards in Central America, timber forestry projects in Colombia and Panama, truffles in France and Spain, and new opportunities arising from post-pandemic businesses.

We continue to cover the world, looking for more investment opportunities to meet your needs and diverse options to help you build a solid investment portfolio.

Your Own Vineyard in Argentina’s Los Arbolitos For Under US$50K

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Profit From Your Own Wine Vineyard For Less Than US$50K We’ve been touting yield-generating hard assets, specifically agricultural land, for a little over four years now. In addition to providing investors with cash flow from harvests (in some cases, within nine months after their initial investment) and capital appreciation, productive land also provides you with […]

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The 3 Coastal Property Markets That Deserve Our Attention

Beach property that deserve your attention.

Plus: Assisted Living In Cuenca, Ecuador Buying Overseas Properties With Your Work-Sponsored 401K Many who want to buy a home abroad focus in on the world’s beaches… not only for retiring overseas but also for maintaining a part-year or vacation home. Time and again, there are a number of well-known beaches that seem to grab

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How To Cash In On Cali, Colombia’s Lucrative Rental Market

A Low Entry Point Into Cali’s Lucrative Rental Market Plus: Receiving Medicare Abroad, And Pairing Belize With Mexico For Overseas Living I was out taking photos of Cali, Colombia, and I came across an attractive Italian bakery on a corner in the El Peñón neighborhood. In a provincial style, it had a heavy wooden door

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How To Take Total Control Of Your Self-Directed IRA

Making Offshore Investments

Plus: “My 8-Year-Old Students Can Write Better Than You…” I’ve often made reference to self-directed IRAs, and the fact that you can use them to invest in property overseas… as well as for many other non-traditional investments. I’ve even compared them to self-directed 401Ks. This is a popular and important topic, and many of you

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Reasons You Should Be Buying Property In Medellin, Colombia

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Plus: Getting The “Real” Story On Belize “I can’t believe this place has stayed off the radar,” said my friend Lou… for the third time in as many days. We were having dinner in an open-air French restaurant in Medellín’s Zona Rosa, the city’s upscale dining and shopping area. Lou lives on Manhattan’s Upper West

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Searching, Buying, And Renting Property Abroad In 2016

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Plus: Crime In Mazatlán… And Where To Settle In Brazil I’ve been here in Mazatlán looking at houses and condos since mid-December. And as usual, I’m struggling to find the perfect property. I have two problems that continue to slow me down when looking at real estate abroad. Counterintuitively, it’s actually harder to pick a

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The Most Surprising Overseas Property Markets From 2015

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Plus: Property Spreadsheet, Return Calculator, And Gringo Pricing This time of year is a good time to pause and take stock of the bright spots of the year gone by. And this year, the year-end assessment has been a particularly rewarding experience… including some discoveries that top anything I’ve seen over the past 15 years.

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Predictions: Best Overseas Property Markets For 2016

Overseas Property In Medellin, with its tree lined streets , Northeast Brazil, with gorgeous beaches, and Panama City, the Manhattan of Central America.

Plus: A Reader’s Low-Cost Country That Offers Everything Ever since I boldly predicted that The Beatles would fade away by the end of 1965—overshadowed by The Dave Clark Five—I’ve learned to be wary of making predictions. But predictions are part of the business when it comes to buying property abroad (or writing about buying property

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The 5 Best Places To Buy Property In Australia

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Plus: Finding properties on the non-gringo beaches of Nicaragua US$1 equals $1.42 Australian dollars For North Americans, there’s no better place to ride out the winter than here in Australia. South East Queensland, with The Gold Coast, The Sunshine Coast, and the regional capital city of Brisbane, is one of the most beautiful areas in

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