I live in Costa Rica! I am looking to invest abroad! i have taken about as much as i feel is good for me in one spot! i try not to put all my eggs in one basket! Anyone not invested here already should really take a strong look here first! But to what I need what is the HOTTEST place right now for investments in RE!

Hottest places are the riskiest one.Iraq properties before the end of Sadam regime were a good buy. There are few potential hot spots at the moment. Some areas in Turkey for example. I would recommend to pay for the detailed research or buy via broker who does not push people to buy ordinary properties portrayed as extraordinary opportunity in the glossy marketing materials. Best buy offers come with serious market intelligence and not with easy X% return, sun all year around, 40% sold already, etc claims


Regards,

Ale,

I guess UK is a good bet..or maybe Dubai.

Cheers,

Sweethome

i looked at dubai it is now all consesion! that is like renting for a 100 years! with no real ownership.

Risky - Argentina/Albania
Med safe - Morrocco/Mexico
Safe - Sicily/Portugal/Some areas of the US/n
Safest - Germany/Northern Spain

Just MHO and many would argue against me.

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if you are looking to invest fro a reasonably low outlay with maximum returns i know of a great investment in Hurghada Egypt and also in Brazil. I have just joined and not sure if i can put links in this message but if you want more information please ask.

Mexico once again consesion! Not for me!

Don't understand what you mean, but if you not interested no problem

SAFEST - Germany I agree, but low hassle fully managed deals hard to find

MOROCCO - I'm a safety freak, yet I did invest in a Government Plan Azure development here as the investment potential was great enough to outweigh the worry

The reason I avoided Spain and Portugal is because all the 'meat' had gone as the booms there were mature so I could'nt see the point in investing as the yield against capital introduced makes the returns lower than one could get by simply sticking the money in a Bank account.

The only possible investment case that could be argued is that you 'might' get a spurt of meaty capital growth well above the yield percentage on a cash account, but thats a big 'might'.

I felt it better to invest just accross the sea in Morocco with a project that was Government backed, that had a low capital outlay yet big potential in view of the massive amount of onsite facilities to include the biggest most modern marina in the Med.

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Been investing abroad a few years. Always amazed people invest in places that produce just a few months rent per year

It's a difficult and contentious question. There are inevitably hotpots that come and go, but isn't your investment criteria just as important? What do you want out of it? Profit obviously, but a riskier large profit, or a more certain smaller one? How much work are you prepared to put in? How much travel, language barriers, mortgage options, rental management, etc etc. What I'm saying is that there are many more points to take into account than the straight profit margin...

From our point of view, we have had great sucess in Spain, Cyprus, Germany and the US and are currently particularly busy in the Caribbean (there's current examples on our website if you want a peek)

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