My parents did it in Singapore when the market was hot!

This property manager is a "guru" who conduct seminars about investing in US real estate in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.  

Singapore. fengshui is very commonly asked when someone wants to buy a property.

So its why all turn key companies of any size have major presence in LA  SF Austrialia,, used to be Singapore but the laws changed there..

One of the biggest oil traders of the world got wiped out in Singapore a couple years go. 

Foreign currencies have merit, unless the issuing country is debasing its currency.Commodities look interesting as Asia continues growing.My local cash is short term and I still remember the high t-bill rates of many years ago.An adventurous soul might look for overseas opportunities and move to Singapore like financier Jim Rogers (co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum Fund).IMO, a very interesting diversification in RE would be farmland.

Singapore is quite a ways away from the USA! 

Basel and Zurich Switzerland plus Singapore have a great feel while Frankfurt Germany seems to be a bad combination.

I am an American living and working in Singapore and surrounding countries in South East Asia for over 5 years.

Singapore is great to see how a government should be run.