Category: Real Estate

  • Offshore Real Estate Investing

    Entrust to Teach Investors About Offshore Real Estate Investing with An IRA Paradise isn’t lost, even in the wake of a devastating financial crisis that saw many Americans’ retirement savings vanish. It’s still possible to retire in a dream destination, and The Entrust Group will show IRA investors some of the ways to get there…

  • An often-overlooked investment opportunity: Non-traded REITs

    Residential properties are one great way of owning a piece of real estate for investors, but it is certainly not the only way. Investing in commercial real estate such as malls, medical office buildings, large properties, and hospitals – may provide investors with an income stream, potential tax benefits, protection against inflation, and substantial growth…

  • Why Invest in Real Estate?

    Warren Buffet one of the richest men in the world has some sage advice when it comes to investment “Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful“. This advice rings true for the current state of the worldwide real estate market. There is no doubt that the crash of the…

  • Brazil Beach House Recommendation

    Sao Paulo, Brazil has a substantial Expat community and a site called Gringoes.com is at the center of it, there I’ve met some of the most interesting people through my relationship with the Founder of this Brazilian expat community online hub. We’ve been friends from about the first year I moved to Brazil in ’02,…

  • Is A REIT The Right Real Estate Investment For You?

    For many years, investing in the stock market was anything but easy. As an investor, you had to carefully research which stocks to buy, decide how much weight to give to the advice of your broker, then monitor the ticker carefully to determine whether to hold, and when it was time to bail out. But…

  • The Allure of Australian Real Estate

    How Law Changes Have Drawn in More Foreign Real Estate Investors by Nadine Davis ~ Thanks mostly to new laws regarding the foreign ownership of land in Australia, there are more offshore investors in Queensland property than ever before. The Foreign Investment Review Board changed laws concerning foreign ownership in late 2008. Before that, offshore…

  • ADB Launches $9 Billion Plan for Solar Energy in Asia

    The Asian Development Bank launched a $9 billion solar energy initiative to develop projects generating 3,000 megawatts by 2012. The announcement, which came at the regional lending agency’s annual meeting in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, said that Central Asian countries would be prime candidates for siting the projects. “Given Central Asia’s growing demand for electricity, the availability…

  • Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)

    Socially responsible investing (SRI) also sometimes referred to as sustainable investing or ethical investing, is the practice of making investment decisions based not solely on financial consideration but with a social consciousness at work. SRI looks at ethical, environmental and social concerns. SRI is not a new strategy, in fact people have been doing it…

  • Uruguay Real Estate Continues To Levitate

    Uruguay real estate… Uruguay is a place that people fall in love with. The extensive, untouched beaches, old-world charm of capital Montevideo, and warm Uruguayan attitudes towards foreigners all play their part. In fact the most trouble tourists have in Uruguay is when trying to leave! But there’s something else which is attracting alarming numbers…