American Real Estate: The Global Investor's Best Investment

 restructuring of laws, banks, and companies.
Why are investors around the world rushing toThe signs of recovery are already beginning to
buy American real estate?appear. And when recovery comes and American
A History Of Support For Investors real estate prices rise? Those who invested will
The first reason is one that's driven business hereprofit tremendously.  
since American began. It’s because the UnitedBut the time to make that investment is now,
States of America is more open to investment,when American real estate prices are as low as
and because it encourages private enterprise likethey will ever be likely to be.
no other nation.And if you're a European, an Australian, a New
America provides not only a vast range ofZealander, the price of American real estate is
markets and resources, but allows for tax optionseven lower than it looks.
and governmental supports that -- by comparisonA Favorable Monetary Exchange Rate
-- lift a huge monetary burden of regulation fromWhy? Because of an exchange rate that now
the shoulders of investors domestic and foreign.greatly favors the Euro and a vast range of
Fewer Taxes And Regulationsother global currencies. 
Listen to what one Australian investor had to sayThe month I first wrote this article, April 2009,
online:  “I’m interested in investing inone Australian dollar is as strong as 0.7131
properties throughout the world. I live in Australia,American dollars. So if an Australian with ten
but every time a property is purchased here, Ithousand Australian dollars spends seven thousand
am hit with stamp duty which is a very largeAustralian dollars buying an American property --
government tax - I can often pay $50,000 just inhe or she has almost an extra three thousand
tax for one property.”Australian dollars worth of purchasing power!
$50,000 in taxes on just one property! In AmericaHe or she can use that to fix properties, to pay
now you could buy five entire properties for thatoff debts, to buy more land, to do any number
much, with no stamp duty at all added. And notof profitable things.
shabby, distressed or unsaleable properties, butAnd when that person brings those American
American real estate that could easily doubledollars back home? Then his American dollars
and triple in value as the American economyturn to almost a third more in Australian dollars!
recovers and the American dollar grows stronger.As low as American home prices appear,
And the cost penalties are sometimes there evenin reality they’re even lower, because an
after you buy.  A Swedish homeowner I spokeAustralian investor’s purchasing power is
to on behalf of the Syd Chase Group informedautomatically increased when they buy houses in
me that Swedes not only have continuingAmerica. In America -- not at home. 
adjustable mortgage rates that can skyrocketAnd that is changing. 
anytime, but that after purchasing a home, aThe Coming European Economic Crisis
form rent is still paid -- to the government!Many economic indicators clearly say that the
An Environment That Encourages Building WealthEuropean and global economies are even now
The simple fact is that many of the governmentsundergoing signs of stagnation and recession.
of the  world are openly socialist or heavily One magazine reported that where American
regulated. We may respect individuals who holdcompanies are roughly $500 Million in debt,
those views, but when governments hold thoseEuropean companies are $800 million in debt.  A
views, they make it just plain hard to accumulatefree Syd Chase Group report, Investing In
capital! America, outlines several reasons why the
America by contrast wants people to achieveEuropean economy is faltering even now. 
wealth, to own property, and to make a profit.Concerns are being voiced from The Economist
And it makes it easier not just for its ownto Le Monde, and the message is the same.
citizens, but for foreign visitors and investors. Investing in European properties means taking a
Yes, there are costs and legal fees here too. Butfall.  For how long, is anyone's guess.  
as a rule they're so much less than the equivalentBut when it comes to American real estate,
elsewhere that many an investor who invests inprices may be rock-bottom, but all the indicators
American real estate profits immediately andare pointing up.
instantly, purely because the time and moneyAmerican Real Estate:  The Place To Invest
wasted dealing with punitive regulations are goneSo -- why are so many of foreign investors
or minimized when you transact business inbuying American real estate? Because if they buy
America.real estate at home, they pay extremely high
Historical Lows In American Real Estate Pricesprices, add extremely high taxes, endure an
The second major reason foreign investors areextremely large number of regulations, and face a
investing in American real estate?future where the value of what they buy will
Timing.shortly go down. Maybe way down, and for a
The United States nation is in the middle of thegood long while.
biggest American real estate sale in its history.But if they buy American real estate, they have
American real estate is now selling at bargaina continent of variety to pick from, the prices are
prices that were once considered to berock-bottom, they pay far less in taxes, and they
unthinkable. The man or woman with money tohave every reason in the world to expect their
invest in American real estate could easily seeinvestment to rocket up. And in the
their investment rapidly double, and even doublenot-too-distant future at that.
again.It doesn’t take an Einstein to see why global
That moment of opportunity will certainly pass.investors are buying American real estate.
America is undertaking measures ranging fromOr why you should be buying American real
economic stimulus packages to rigorousestate too.