GMGadvisor presents…. This week, we are doing something a little different and discussing the wildly popular Portugal Golden Visa Program. I learned quite a bit from this interview and wanted to share the findings with our audience. The Portugal Golden Visa has been very popular with U.S., Canada, and Asia-based clients looking to lower their cost…
Did you know that Dubai offers the highest rental yield of any major city globally at 12%? Our Dubai-based team has updated their loan program to make it easier and more accessible for international investors (details below). Cities with high rental yields normally don’t see dramatic price appreciation, and vice versa, but Dubai is blessed…
Our research team has put together fantastic comparisons of the average property prices of the major global cities and their respective rental yields. As you can see, property prices are high in the world’s major global cities, and gross rental yields are generally under 4% in local currency. More importantly, limited financing is available for…
As a professional investor for most of my life, I have developed systems to derive my investment choices. For real estate, I prioritise positive cash flow and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation, although both are correlated. Real estate investment is not to be confused with a second home, pied-de-terre, or vacation home. These are…
During our recent live webinar on “Need Liquidity? Discover Singapore Short-Term Bridge Loans,” our expert host, Madel Tan (MT), received numerous questions from participants. For those who have missed the opportunity to join the webinar, it is available here. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity. Q1: What is the typical funding timeline? MT: Typically,…
The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) real estate investment strategy is a popular approach that involves finding a mispriced/distressed property, fixing it up, renting it out, and then using a Cash-Out Refi to pull cash out towards another property purchase. The mindset shift focuses on 2 things: finding a mispriced property, “forcing” appreciation, and then pulling cash out…
Key takeaways: A wholesale mortgage lender is an institution that funds mortgages and offers them to third parties, such as a mortgage broker, bank, or credit union Non-bank lending accounts for about half of all U.S. mortgage origination Wholesale mortgage lending differs from other mortgage options in that it requires the borrower to work with…
We absolutely LOVE the unique advantages the U.S. mortgage market has to offer over any other country. However, we get even more excited when we launch a new mortgage loan program such as the AM Rental Coverage Plus! As a company, we focus on providing our foreign national and U.S. expat clients with the most…
Despite the overall decline in home sales in 2023 due to increased interest rates, high-net-worth U.S. real estate investors remained active in the luxury market. In the third quarter of 2023, the luxury market outpaced the mainstream market, growing three times faster. According to Jason Aleem, Redfin’s Senior Vice President of Real Estate Operations, paying…
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