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Real Estate Investing Offshore!

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Real Estate Investing Offshore!

If the sorry performance of today's investment markets has you wondering where to turn to make a profit you should consider the opportunities opening up in international real estate. I see a large number of unprecedented factors which indicate to me that international real estate could be a big upwards mover for the remainder of this decade and well into the next. If I am correct, and I think I am, the biggest profits will go to the first ones to perceive and invest into this market. But don't let that make you act imprudently. It is probable that even the prudent, more cautious investors are going to have plenty of time to make their move, because the conditions that are currently making moving overseas a more viable and intelligent option have both a fast and a slow evolution. ...and those factors are here to stay.
The migration to rural/resort real estate now well established in the United States has already extended everywhere on the face of the globe; which is why offshore resort properties, island properties, ranch properties, and their like are now being sought. In addition there are over two dozen cities around the world that are also attracting expatriate investors. Interestingly not everyone is headed for the sticks, which means the trend is not one of mere 'escapism' or 'refuge seeking,' but one of actual relocation.
Buenos Aires, Budapest, Prague, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Dublin, Panama City, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and others are all getting an influx of expatriate investors, (in addition to the tried and true expat destinations, such as Paris, Rome and London.)
Resort property or city property, offshore real estate is now getting a hard look by more investors with each passing day.

Real estate, no matter where it is, has remained one of the preferred investments for longer than any other investment in the world. Real estate has actual intrinsic value. As long as there are human beings there will be a need for real estate, and while real estate can fluctuate in price, its core value keeps it from being a mere 'craze' or 'fad' for any continuous period of time.
When it is overvalued it will fall back to its true value, when it is undervalued, it will eventually rise to its true value, ...but it will never fall to absolute zero except in unique areas and under unique conditions - - such as areas subject to natural or man made disasters or to areas that become crime-ridden slums. ..And yes, there are reasons why real estate rises in value and falls in value that are government caused. People vote with their actions and lately, with their feet. When a place becomes intolerable, people leave. The reasons cited by most people for getting our of the USA are: oppressive Federal legislation, a lack of morality in government, a lack of privacy, racial tensions, bad schools, and usurious taxation.

Just thought this would be a good read for everyone....

Charles

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