UK is closing two, large student dorms (with no plans yet on what they are going to do with them) and will be putting a lot of students out of a roof over their head come this fall semester. 

New Englands economy is extremely diversified, which means it has and will likely continue to fair better in a recession as opposed to other regions that focus exclusively on gambling or tourism or manufacturing.

Pre-con is speculation (gambling), condos have strata / condo corp to deal with and limit your ability to add value.

Just like gambling in a casino, you may lose several times and on one lucky day you win 5 or 10 times and walk away a big winner.

Legalizing weed or gambling or other sin tax industries can raise money, but it also costs money and affects your community.

Seems like I'm hearing a bit more from people in the US with UK properties.

Hi - I am looking to invest in reno property in the London and am open to other areas in the UK as well.

The rules vary somewhat, but overall it's a very easy process.Ireland, UK, Canada, AUS, etc hasn't varied much at all.We have our attorney create a local Ohio LLC for them to buy property into and he handles the legal work from there on filing the foreign EIN/ITIN, etc.  

Timing is everything but it's also a gamble.

Buying single stocks is gambling buy a good index fund based on your age, risk tolerance.Fee-only financial planners are registered investment advisors with a fiduciary responsibility to act in their clients' best interest.