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2 Critical Reasons Global Property Is Today’s Big Opportunity

Two Critical Reasons To Own Property Overseas In Today’s World

Kathleen Peddicord by Kathleen Peddicord
Mar 20, 2017
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In Panama City with us today are colleagues, friends, and real estate investment professionals from around the globe.

Day 1 of this week’s Global Property Summit has been a tour of the most compelling opportunities for owning real estate in Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Portugal, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, and beyond…

And we’re just getting started.

“The demand for beachfront lots in Brazil continues to expand significantly,” explained our man on the ground on the Brazilian coast.

“This is thanks to the rapidly growing middle class in this country,” Jan Chilian continued.

“In Brazil, we have many from the lower class moving up to the middle class. Meaning that now so many more Brazilians can afford things like beachfront lots… but there are only so many beachfront lots to be had.”

Then Jan proceeded to introduce the crowd in the room to the particular white-sand Brazil lots he is making available to them, as conference attendees, for the equivalent of US$49,000 at today’s exchange rate.

That’s an unheard-of price for oceanfront property like this.

Jan’s presentation on the best of Brazil for the global property investor was followed by Paul Reynolds, our man on the ground in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the past 15 years.

“The whole world is watching Argentina,” Paul explained.

“Because today’s post-Kirchner Argentina is working hard to make itself interesting again to foreign investors.

“The country’s political and economic circumstances aside,” Paul continued, “Argentina is a lot of fun. And I think that’s important.

“Buenos Aires is the most European city in the Americas with all of the diversions and distractions that that suggests.

“And Argentina beyond Buenos Aires is a playground—skiing, boating on the lakes, vineyards…

“If you’re going to invest in another country, it should be a place where you can have fun. You can make money lots of places. I recommend you choose to make money where you can also have a great time.”

Paul’s top pick for making money in Argentina right now? Commercial and office space in Buenos Aires.

“We are on the cusp of economic recovery, and Buenos Aires is going to see a lot of new business development,” Paul predicted.

After Paul, we traveled from the bottom of the earth to the Hub of the Americas…

“To appreciate the growth taking place in Panama,” Panama property expert Evie Brooks told the group, “all you have to do is visit the immigration department.

“You can wait seven hours for a two-minute appointment.

“And that’s not on the busiest day. That’s every day.

“People are coming to Panama from all over the world for many reasons—as tourists, investors, entrepreneurs…

“And they all need places to sleep.”

Evie introduced the group to an opportunity to tap into one of the fastest-growing markets in Panama: medical tourism. The pre-construction condo building she showcased has received a special permit to be able to accommodate medical tourists… and is being built just minutes from the new Johns Hopkins-affiliated hospital being built in Panama City’s Costa del Este neighborhood.

Like Jan’s Brazil beachfront lot offer, this one comes with limited inventory set aside specifically for our conference attendees.

The reasons to own property overseas are compelling.

Real estate is a hard asset that can appreciate in value while generating cash flow.

It’s also an investment in lifestyle. A piece of property in a location where you want to spend time can bring personal enjoyment while creating a legacy for your heirs.

That is true of real estate anywhere.

However, in today’s world, real estate overseas brings all that plus something else that is critical in today’s world:

Diversification.

Diversification of market, of economy, of currency, of political regime…

As I write, Portuguese attorney João Figueira is detailing for all of us in the room another potential advantage of owning real estate overseas:

Residency.

Portugal is one country (Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic are others) that make it possible to qualify for permanent residency status by investing in property in that country.

What’s on tap for tomorrow?

We’ll kick off with a panel discussion addressing the administrative and management issues and challenges associated with owning property overseas…

Things like taxes, transfer fees, carrying costs, rental and property management, moving funds around this post-FATCA world, options for taking title, etc.

I know… I know… doesn’t sound like much fun.

Not super fun but really important. Otherwise, you risk letting the administration kill the investment.

That information under our belts, we’ll carry on considering the world’s best opportunities for profiting from overseas real estate right now in markets from Belize and Nicaragua to Mexico and the U.K…

More from the scene tomorrow.

Kathleen Peddicord

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Kathleen Peddicord has covered the live, retire, and do business overseas beat for more than 30 years and is considered the world's foremost authority on these subjects. She has traveled to more than 75 countries, invested in real estate in 21, established businesses in 7, renovated historic properties in 6, and educated her children in 4.

Kathleen has moved children, staff, enterprises, household goods, and pets across three continents, from the East Coast of the United States to Waterford, Ireland... then to Paris, France... next to Panama City, where she has based her Live and Invest Overseas business. Most recently, Kathleen and her husband Lief Simon are dividing their time between Panama and Paris.

Kathleen was a partner with Agora Publishing’s International Living group for 23 years. In that capacity, she opened her first office overseas, in Waterford, Ireland, where she managed a staff of up to 30 employees for more than 10 years. Kathleen also opened, staffed, and operated International Living publishing and real estate marketing offices in Panama City, Panama; Granada, Nicaragua; Roatan, Honduras; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Quito, Ecuador; and Paris, France.

Kathleen moved on from her role with Agora in 2007 and launched her Live and Invest Overseas group in 2008. In the years since, she has built Live and Invest Overseas into a successful, recognized, and respected multi-million-dollar business that employs a staff of 35 in Panama City and dozens of writers and other resources around the world.

Kathleen has been quoted by The New York Times, Money magazine, MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, the AARP, and beyond. She has appeared often on radio and television (including Bloomberg and CNBC) and speaks regularly on topics to do with living, retiring, investing, and doing business around the world.

In addition to her own daily e-letter, the Overseas Opportunity Letter, with a circulation of more than 300,000 readers, Kathleen writes regularly for U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

Her newest book, "How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad," published by Penguin Random House, is the culmination of decades of personal experience living and investing around the world.

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