Hi everyone, I am an undergraduate student from Singapore and I am relatively new to real estate investing (I have only been reading real-estate/business books and listening to biggerpockets podcast for the past one month) and I would like to ask for your opinion on the feasibility of doing a long-distance real estate investing for a newbie's first property. 

MLS  and if you want to do a buyers broker arrangement a broker may bring you fsbo as wellthey just want to get paid for their efforts.. they will go the inspections for you.there are many great brokers who will do this.My wife is selling one right now for a lady in Singapore..

We have a lot of investors from CA, CO, WA as well as several international investors from Canada, Israel, Singapore, Australia, and more.

Sam Chang is a fighter he never lose, so he got back into the hotel business in 1990s. 

All the other cities I've lived in (Brisbane, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore) you can't get within 10 miles of the city if you're not prepared to pay a huge premium and the previously dodgy areas have been gentrified.

MichaelMichael congrads and welcome.Curious where are you located over seas.I been dealing with a lot of international folks for years as we used to offer financing for international folks on USA properties.Working on trips to Hong Kong then Singapore as we speak.

I would take one of the cruises that starts in Athens or Istanbul and ends up in Singapore... catching the holy land suez canal arab emertis few stops in India  Sri Lanka  then over to Thailand and end up in Singapore.. then from there fly to Sydney and take a reposition cruze back to San Deigo  via south pacific route or over to south America. 

Rich:Notice that ex-Soros Quantum Fund partner Jim Rogers is now an ex-pat living in Singapore because of what he fears for this country -- this very same country that gave him the opportunity to earn his money.ACORN has been hijacked by those clever enough to manipulate it for profit, regardless of ideology, and so far they're pretty succesful at it.Next time you attend a foreclosure sale bring a trunkful of your books and give 'em away -- maybe you can generate your own positive spin!

Hot" places like Singapore, Hong Kong, China?

@Crystal Chang I think there's an "underwater" joke trying to surface.I think the basic concern that you ought to have is that other people will never treat your money like you will.