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International Real Estate Investment Articles
Making a Real Estate Investment in Oman – a residency and lifestyle play
The Sultanate of Oman, located in the Persian Gulf, is not your typical international real estate investment destination. It is a relatively little-known, peaceful Gulf country of about 5 million souls, 40% of which are expatriates, mostly from South Asia. There are...
Making a Real Estate Investment in Kenya, a smart move?
I stayed for a month in Kenya. My first ten days were dedicated to traveling along the coast and going on Safaris. Thereafter, I spent time in the capital city, Nairobi, to meet with fellow investors, developers, lawyers and various businessmen to analyze whether a...
Making a Real Estate Investment in Istanbul, Turkey – Overview and what to watch out for
Turkey constantly makes the headlines in Western media in a very negative light. I tried to offer a more balanced view in my first article on Turkey, which is in many ways a prequel to this one (Is investing in Turkey viable?). Making a real estate investment in...
10% yield studios and swimming in freezing water with my real estate buyer’s agent in Kyiv, Ukraine
I had a lot of fun making this video. Alex is my real estate buyer's agent in Kyiv, Ukraine, who works with individual investors. I was spending time with him looking at real estate.Alex is also a committed long distance swimmer. He swam across the Gibraltar Straight...
Highest Real Estate yields in Europe – Ukraine – $1250 per m2 with 19% yields in Kyiv
Back in November I interviewed John from Canada who helps people invest in Kyiv real estate (video here). I had been following him for quite a while and was curious.Like many of my followers, I wanted to find out more following that interview.So I booked a flight to...
Top 3 International Real Estate Markets for 2021
In my New Year discussions with friends, I was asked which are my top international real estate markets for 2021. As always, there is no absolute answer to such a question. Is your goal safety, a plan B, capital gains, yields, or a mixture of a few of these factors?...
Making a Real Estate Investment in Cairo, Egypt – a contrarian play
Cairo, Egypt, is not an international real estate investor's typical investment destination. To be frank, when I went to Cairo I was pessimistic about the market. After having spent time on the ground, talking to many people, and doing more research, I am now...
A Real Estate Investment in Budapest, Hungary?
Budapest is among the prettiest cities in Europe, but is it a good real estate investment destination? It's a market I know well, having done deals there for a number of years. We'll have a look at the following: The economic outlook in HungaryThe real estate...
A Real Estate Investment in Kyiv, Ukraine, with 18% gross yields?
I wrote a number of relatively optimistic articles on the Kyiv real estate investment market earlier this year (here & here) and was quite enthusiastic about the high yields. I've been monitoring a real estate investment fund in Kyiv for a while as its positioning...
A Real Estate Investment in Managua or Gran Pacifica, Nicaragua?
After writing about real estate in the tourist hotspots of San Juan Del Sur and Grenada, I was asked a few times about my thoughts on other cities in Nicaragua. Here’s my take on real estate as an investment in Managua and in Grand Pacifica after having spent a few...
A Real Estate Investment in Skopje, North Macedonia
Following a research trip Tirana, Albania, I carried on to Skopje, North Macedonia to have a look at the real estate investment market there. I spent about a week in Macedonia’s capital city and met with a few real estate agents, lawyers and local investors. So is...
A Real Estate Investment in Tirana, Albania?
Anyone interested both in macroeconomics and real estate will inevitably consider an investment in Tirana, Albania as it is one of the cheapest capital cities in Europe. At first glance it looks like a great deep value play. But it is really? Last year I wrote about...