Investment properties aren't cheap in SG relative to MY or IDMy two cents on Singapore's property market from an expat former banker perspective:-cap rates (income-expenses before financing relative to property market price) went through the roof since people see limited land--peaked in 2015ish, but still outrageously low-interest rates dropped low enough to sustain borrowing on these low returns-building has continued without parallel demand growth (supply>demand)-Singapore employment regulations are being more and more protectionist (and an ageing population) so you won't see foreign labour growing significantly in the next 5-10 years IMOPersonally, I would be more interested in Indonesian office/industrial/MF just from macroeconomic factors, but there's opportunities in every market if you find the right niche.

I have the renovations experience, though i'd probably have contractors do most of it since i travel (i.e. drywall or the counterpart for mobile homes, electrical, etc.)

You have already got a leg up on 99.6% of your college age counterparts by just finding this site and thinking the way you do. 

The big brokerages are usually good about that, however they will typically take a larger percentage of commission than theIr smaller counterparts.

I guess we have two things in common, NJ natives and ACC conference counterparts (Go Hokies!).

We won't have a conservative/reactionary national administration forever, and the Congressional election results (in particular, having Maxine Waters as the incoming chair of the House subcommittee that deals with housing matters, Jack Reed or Chuck Schemer as her Senate counterpart) are a hopeful sign.

But even this is subjective, since nicely remodeled will have a premium to dated, but an unusable, large home will sell at a discount when viewed as per sq ft value.For a comparable finish quality, on equally desirable street in same neighborhood, we have sold properties almost exactly at the same per sq ft price as smaller properties, but they were equally usable as their smaller counterparts, i.e. 2,900 sq ft 4 bed 3.5 bath versus a 1,900 sq ft renovated house 3 bed 2.5 bath

Lenders very much like to see W-2 income (which can be ironic, since business owners can often make much more than their W-2 counterparts).

Agreed.The 401k, and it's nonprofit counterpart 403b and their non-employer based friend IRA, are excellent tools for a host of reasons.

I was so excited about this concept when I first arrived to BP but alas I've come to realize it's probably not feasible due to all the factors Roy mentioned, plus the fact that we just have a much smaller and therefore tighter market than our US counterparts.