Buying Real Estate Overseas For Cash Flow (And A Better Life)

Buy real estate overseas to earn cash flow to fund your dream retirement In Buying Real Estate Overseas For Cash Flow (And A Better Life): Get Started With As Little As $50,000, Kathleen Peddicord and Lief Simon explain how to incorporate an investment in foreign real estate into your portfolio for as little as $50,000. With a lifetime of experience on the subjects of living, retiring, and investing overseas, the authors delve deep into this complex topic. Simply put, this book is a practical guide to buying property overseas as a strategy for earning cash flow to fund your dream retirement. In the book, the authors cover topics as wide-ranging as: How to build the cash flow you need to fund the retirement you want 8 markets offering the best current cash-flow opportunities How to move money across borders in today s post-FATCA world Plus: How to run the numbers to evaluate a potential cash-flow investment Buying Real Estate Overseas includes a breadth and depth of information on the world s best markets for investing in real estate for cash flow. Its up-to-date information about this investment category puts to bed much of the outdated advice and guidance currently available in published materials. The authors identify several hot, new markets where currency valuations and market conditions make the purchase of real estate an extremely wise investment decision in today s volatile investment climate.

Buy real estate overseas to earn cash flow to fund your dream retirementIn Buying Real Estate Overseas For Cash Flow (And A Better Life): Get Started With As Little As $50,000, Kathleen Peddicord and Lief Simon explain how to incorporate an investment in foreign real estate into your portfolio for as little as $50,000. With a lifetime of experience on the subjects of living, retiring, and investing overseas, the authors delve deep into this complex topic. Simply put, this book is a practical guide to buying property overseas as a strategy for earning cash flow to fund your dream retirement.In the book, the authors cover topics as wide-ranging as:* How to build the cash flow you need to fund the retirement you want* 8 markets offering the best current cash-flow opportunities* How to move money across borders in today's post-FATCA world* Plus: How to run the numbers to evaluate a potential cash-flow investmentBuying Real Estate Overseas includes a breadth and depth of information on the world's best markets for investing in real estate for cash flow. Its up-to-date information about this investment category puts to bed much of the outdated advice and guidance currently available in published materials.The authors identify several hot, new markets where currency valuations and market conditions make the purchase of real estate an extremely wise investment decision in today's volatile investment climate.

Preface xiIntroduction: Earning Cash Flow from Real Estate Overseas is the Same as Earning Cash Flow from Real Estate at Home ... with These Three Important Differences 1I Buying Real Estate Overseas is Not Only a Top Cash-flow Strategy--It's Also a Sure Way to Improve Your Lifestyle 91 Buy Overseas to Make Travel and Adventure Part of Your Life Right Now 132 Cash Flow from Property Overseas Can Fund Your Dream Retirement 353 Cash Flow from Property Overseas Can Pay for a Second Home You'd Never Be Able to Afford at Home 454 Cash Flow from Property Overseas Can Make You Rich (While Creating Diversification, Asset Protection, and a Legacy for Your Heirs) 49II Start with This Key Question: How Much Can You Afford? 515 Consider Local Financing Options (If They Exist) and How You Can Qualify 556 Consider Shopping for Financing Back Home or with the Developer 57III Six Strategies for Earning Cash Flow from Property Overseas 597 Short-term Rentals--Airbnb is a Double-edged Sword 638 Long-term Rentals--Here's the Single Secret to Success and Maximum Return 699 Hard Money Loans--Earn Double-digit Returns Helping Other Investors 7510 Preconstruction--Buy Before the Property is Built to Leverage and Flip and Multiply Your Return 7911 Agriculture--Buy Land to Rent to a Farmer 8312 Fixer-upper--Make Money While Learning the Local History, Language, and Culture (If You Can Survive the Experience) 91IV World's Top Cash Flow Markets--Where to Buy Whether You Have $50,000, $250,000, or $1 Million to Invest 9713 Where a Strong Dollar Creates Opportunity 10314 Where Tourists Rule 10715 Where You Can Buy Preconstruction to Flip or Rent 11316 Where You Can Leverage 11917 Where a Productive Land Investment (of Less Than $50,000) Can Deliver Regular Pension Checks for the Rest of Your Life 123V How to Buy Real Estate Overseas in Eight Easy Steps 12718 Do Your Research and Identify Three Destinations That Fit Your Budget and Your Lifestyle Goals 13119 Figure Your Budget, Including the Round-trip Costs of Buying and Selling 13320 Build an In-country Network of Reliable Contacts 13721 Identify a Purchase 14322 Negotiate the Purchase 14723 Close the Deal 15124 Take Title 15325 Manage the Asset--Understanding Your Tax Obligations as an Overseas Property Investor 157VI How to Sell for Top Dollar 159VII How Not to Lose Money--Confessions of a Couple of Overseas Property Investors Who Have Made Costly Mistakes 16526 Don't Be Tempted to Take a Second Bite 16927 Know Who You're Buying With 17328 Understand the Local Bureaucracy 17729 Be Sure of Your Exit Market 18130 Manage Your Rental Manager 18531 Remember the Fundamentals 189VIII What Every Overseas Property Buyer Needs to Know About Transferring Money Across Borders in Our Post-FATCA, Anti-money-laundering Age 191Appendix A: How to Do Overseas Cash-flow Math 199Appendix B: Market Data 201Appendix C: Due Diligence Checklist 203Appendix D: Understanding Your Tax Burden 207Acknowledgments 211Index 213