It's a primarily a utility asset, and secondarily a store of value against currency. 

@Thomas YoungmanToday's edition of the "Expresso" brings an article about automatic tax exemptions for foreigners in Portugal.

They typically require a higher down payment and come with slightly higher interest rates, but they streamline the process for investors with nontraditional income.Finally, for long-term scalability, you might want to connect with lenders specializing in expat or foreign income borrowers.

(Creating a contract to protect the both of us if things go south) Nippon Real Estate does a lot of podcasts and provides value for foreigners wanting to invest in Japan.Properties newer than 2000 are structurally sound to last a level 6 earthquake.

We travel for work (healthcare) and chronically live out of MTRs, so it will be our first time operating a shorter term, but won’t be an entirely foreign situation to us.

They told me they don't deal with Foreign Laws.

There are also a lot of foreign investors looking to park cash since US real estate is considered very safe on a global scale.

I offered to buy the property from the $28B foreign company which kept them from having to tear down the buildings to mitigate the vagrant problem and also from their obligation to pay the rail road for the long term lease.

Switzerland does impose some restrictions on foreign and non-residents buying property but you can still buy and several members of my family actually own property there.

As you probably know, California includes all foreign immigration - both legal and illegal to boost the numbers.