Why Buying Belize Real Estate is STILL a Bad Idea

The idea of buying real estate in Belize or any of the other handful of Central American countries might be a hard one to shake for American investors. It’s exciting, exotic, romantic, and lot of other adjectives. The question Jason Hartman would like answered first...

Ven: A Digital Currency For a New Age

With the Bitcoin making world headlines, can other digital currencies be far behind? As the Bitcoin gains strength as a legitimate exchange for real goods all over the world, other kinds of digital monies are popping up too. And the creators of these specialized...

Investing Internationally in Real Estate

The gloomy picture of the current US real estate market has many investors and potential investors feeling jittery. While falling prices and long foreclosure lists make it relatively easy to buy low, it’s not clear when, if ever, the opportunity to “sell high” will...

Time to buy international?

It might seem like the most obvious way to diversify your real estate portfolio is to invest internationally. Ancient French towns, laid back Caribbean villas, or splashy Dubai condos. Surely these locations will never go out of fashion. Plus the euro is kicking the dollar to hell and back on value and has been doing so for a while.

As might be expected, there are a few factors to keep in mind. First and foremost, don’t forget the Empowered Investor Network maxim, “Does it make financial sense the day you buy it?” If it doesn’t, nothing else matters.