Global Real Estate Profits Made Easy

 

May Day 2008

 

Dear Overseas Opportunity Letter Reader,

 

When a developer needs money, he has two choices. He can, on the one hand, go to a bank and ask for some. He knows, though, before he launches that conversation, how it will progress. The bank will require him to fill out forms, to assemble dossiers, and to compile references, and, then, over the course of weeks or months, will interrogate him as to his financial history, his prospects, his plans...

 

No developer working in a fast-moving emerging market has that kind of time...or that kind of patience.

 

That's why he'll typically go with option #2 if he can--that is, he'll go private. He'll seek the capital he needs from individual investors. And he'll gladly pay these guys much more for the use of their money than he would have had to have paid the bank for the privilege of borrowing its.

 

Indeed, for a "hard-money" loan of this kind, you can yield 13% to 30% per year. These returns are locked-in from the start, and they're underwritten by the real estate in question.

 

Furthermore, they don't include the potential currency upside.

 

I made a hard-money loan to a developer in Queensland, Australia, for example, a year-and-a-half ago. The interest rate for the loan was 19%. However, during the period that the Aussie developer had use of my U.S. dollars, the Australian dollar strengthened. So much so that my real gain was 38%. The currency upside doubled my return.

 

Last month, I made another loan of this kind to a developer in the Philippines at a rate of 30% (for a term of 13 months).

 

Developers, especially developers in emerging markets, always need money. No, lending it to them isn't without risk. You want to lend to developers with track records and who come to you on the recommendation of someone you trust. And you want to diversify your lending, by market and by currency.

 

The returns can be substantial, though--enough to make the risk worthwhile.

 

Right now, there are at least six markets where this kind of little-talked-about investment can pay off big...and where you can start with as little as $10,000.

 

The trick is the timing. You've got to find the right opportunity at the right time.

 

June 2 and 3 in Cancun, Mexico, my husband, Lief Simon, is hosting his Second Annual Global Real Estate Profits Summit. Of the 13 global real estate investment professionals he has invited to join him for those two days at the JW Marriot, three will be detailing current developer (that is, hard-money) loan opportunities.

 

This alone is worth the price of admission and reason enough to be in the room. These are the kinds of connections and introductions that can pay off big over the long term.

 

However, in this case, they are but the beginning of the story. In addition to private developer loans, Lief and his team will detail three other ways to position yourself today for big upside in the world's key emerging, under-valued, and under-appreciated real estate markets.

 

More to the point, however, they'll tell you not only how to make money investing in international real estate...they'll also tell you where, specifically, to put your capital to work for you right now.

 

Lief promises 13 specific opportunities.

 

This event is not for everyone. It is for you, though, if you want to get in on the world's top real estate investment opportunities today.

 

Contact Judy Holloway by e-mail: Hollowaymeeting@yahoo.com or by phone: 410-374-5522 with your questions and to reserve your seat in the room.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Kathleen Peddicord

Publisher, Live and Invest Overseas

 

P.S. Yikes, I almost forgot perhaps the most important point: As an Overseas Opportunity Letter reader, you have a window of opportunity to arrange to join Lief and his A-list of speakers in Cancun for 50% off the regular cost.

 

Why in the world would Lief do this? The truth is, because I asked. I asked him if I could invite my readers to attend his conference at half-off. He didn't agree right away...but, eventually, he was on board with the idea. You have until May 15 (or until the event is sold-out; attendance is limited).

 

Register by May 15, and you'll pay only $1,250 (half the regular price). Consider it a May Day present...and a gesture of goodwill. Contact July Holloway, Hollowaymeeting@yahoo.com, tel. 410-374-5522, right away to reserve your place.

 

You can read full details of the heavy-hitting event Lief has planned here.