I am looking to invest some of my money into overseas property. A few of my colleagues have done this and seem to be making some substantial profit. My problem is I am not 100% sure where to invest?

There appears to be a lot of experienced investors on this forum and I wondered if anyone of you could offer some suggestions. I have heard that Brazil is good, as is Egypt, Italy, Malaysia etc. I good freind of mine has also just invested in an Eco project in Belize. There just appears to be so much choice. What criteria should i be using to choose my first investment?

I have about 50K sterling to invest and I am really open to advice and suggestions

Thanks

Nick