--For dummies

Includes index

"The real estate world can be a particularly difficult place to do business, and this book helps aspiring international investors of all skill levels avoid some of the pitfalls first-timers often make. Expert author Nicholas Wallwork opens your eyes to how accessible international real estate can be and provides an excellent introduction to some of the main strategies and nuances when investing at home or away. Investing in International Real Estate For Dummies covers expert strategies for investing in international real estate, going beyond the more obvious tactics like buy-to-lease and flipping houses. It gives you a solid roadmap for successful property investing that actually works in any market. It lays out checklists of tasks and offers step-by-step guidance and advice based on over a decade of in-the-trenches experience working in the international real estate investment sector." --Amazon.com

Introduction -- Introducing real estate investment strategies -- Investing at home or abroad: which Is right for you? -- Treating your real estate portfolio as a business -- Protecting yourself against market fluctuations -- Getting into the mind-set of a successful international real estate investor -- Weighing traditional finance options -- Understanding property valuation -- Looking at more creative financing options -- Developing properties -- Dealing in property information -- Making rent-to-rent work for you -- Leveraging lease options -- Delving into houses in multiple occupation -- Renting to students and low-income-housing tenants -- Providing services accommodation -- Providing vacation rentals, at home and abroad -- Ten (or so) practical ways to get into the mind-set for success -- Ten (or so) other real estate strategies to consider