Haha, and that's when developing country folks are purchasing a house with an average rate of 8-12% with 15 years variable-rate mortgage.Last time I checked, the GDP ratio to house pricing in the Northern America region is 25x.In the Asia region where 5-8% inflation is 'normal' and nobody care, the GDP ratio to house pricing is 65-80x.

Has anyone ever experienced RE investing in Indonesia or SouthEast Asia in General?

Some people like to have local property management services, and don’t mind paying a hefty fee, and for them that is fine.Personally, I outsource my property management to Asia for $4 per hour and I’m crushing it.  

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never borrow from an attorney with money partners"!

Reality is we live and work in Asia now and we don't have any plans to move back to US, other than going back to CA for 2-3 weeks per year to visit family.

:wink: As I’ve understood, either you as a seller pay for a cheapskate like me to view your listing, or I as a buyer have to pay for the privilege.

I'd much rather be in RE for the coming storm with assets that I owe fixed amounts of interest on.Compare Dent's opinion to john bogles recent interviewhttps://personal.vanguard.com/us/insights/article/...obviously cap rates are going to change once interest rates no longer hover near zero but with proper marketing - even in a heated area , deals will exist that easily beat these projections for "safe , armchair investments" 4-5% , we're staring down, not stagflation or anything like that but a definite slowdown globally, with africa and south america and parts of southeast asia being the last catchups for actual industrialization (I suppose a good portion of india as well but they haven't exactly been growing slowly these last few decades)Millenials prefer to rent IMO because so many are burdened with debt and so many baby boomers have yet to retire because of the double whammy to retirement funds that was 2001 / 2008 , millenials aren't stupid - just poor. 

We are actively engaged in providing RE investment projects for our world wide client base.

I am not sure which one would be the best investment so I am asking people with more experience.Both projects are in the same city and area, in south east Asia.

I am guessing it all comes in from Asia and is probably about as un-green as it gets.