Forget St. Barts…and Get a Real Caribbean Bargain
Date: 09/17/2007
Islands such as Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre have real estate bargains galore (as well as better beaches than St. Barts, beautiful scenery, and a far more interesting culture).
See More [+]High Prices, Bad Neighborhoods, and Good Investing
Date: 09/01/2007Forbes magazine published an article last week naming the world’s most overpriced real estate markets. The author goes through a convoluted calculation to come up with a price-to-earnings ratio for each market that he says is comparable to a stock P/E.
See More [+]Please Shut the Gate to Paradise Behind You
Date: 08/11/2007Last week's Saturday Edition generated a lot of reader response. One reader wrote to say: "I have lived in the Lake Chapala area for almost four years (thanks to IL opening up our world to the possibilities).
See More [+]The Devil's Work
Date: 08/04/2007Real estate developers are evil people. They turn a profit at the expense of destroying the environment. They create blight on the landscape of naturally beautiful places. And they exploit the local people.
See More [+]How to Negotiate the Best Deals in the Worst Situations
Date: 07/28/2007Five siblings are involved in the negotiations for a piece of property I’m interested in buying right now…despite the fact that the father is still alive and holds title to the land.
See More [+]How It's Playing Out in Panama City
Date: 07/14/2007Buying property pre-construction (off-plan) comes with risks, including the big and obvious one that the developer might not complete the building.
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Three ways to invest wholesale and make a profit
Date: 10/03/2007
An investment in real estate, like any other investment, can be made at two levels: the retail level or the wholesale level. Investing at the retail level is as simple as buying a piece of property posted in a real estate agent's window or on an agency's website.
Retail investing can be easy, quick, and even profitable. But it's not likely to make you rich. The most prosperous investors find their way to the wholesale side of the equation.
In brief, there are four ways to make money wholesale in international real estate.
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