In this week’s Your Overseas Dream Home Digest…
- Incredible Response to the Live RETA Index Launch
- Is Argentina Finally Turning a Corner?
- VIDEO: The Strategy Behind 100X Real Estate Returns
- The RETA Index Reveal Q&A
On Thursday evening, my editorial director Ciaran Madden and I held our most important Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) online event of the year—The 2026 RETA Index Reveal.
At this live webinar, I unveiled our definitive list of the 25 best places to buy real estate in 2026. And I launched the complete 2026 RETA Index Report—our 181-page guide to all of these destinations.
The Index was the culmination of a year’s worth of boots-on-the-ground scouting, macro research, and gathering intelligence from our global network of insiders. It’s our most important research project of the year.
I want to thank everyone who attended the live event and made it such a huge success.
We got some amazing questions and comments during the event. I’ll share some in a moment, but first a quick rundown of what’s been in Your Overseas Dream Home recently, starting with scouting from Argentina…
Is Argentina Finally Turning a Corner?
Argentina is a fascinating place…blessed with extraordinary natural resources, excellent demographics, and enormous swaths of productive land.
But through generations of bad policy decisions and endemic corruption, it became trapped in perpetual economic chaos, with regular currency crises and bouts of hyperinflation.
Now things seem to be changing…
Inflation has collapsed from nosebleed levels. The government’s posted a fiscal surplus. Real estate transactions in Buenos Aires are picking up.
Which raises a question: Is there an opportunity in Argentina?
That’s why I asked RETA member and seasoned global investor Kim Iskyan to put boots on the ground there to investigate.
Kim’s a veteran global investment analyst and writer who’s spent much of his career—and life—abroad, dissecting markets and opportunities in real time.
Kim wanted to soak up the stunning colonial architecture and the laid-back vibe of this charming and friendly city.
Read a report of his scouting from Salta here.
The cathedral in Salta. The city is known for its bright colonial architecture.
The Strategy Behind 100X Real Estate Returns
Did you catch my latest YouTube video?
I recorded it recently in the leafy neighborhood where I have a base in the booming city of Guadalajara, Mexico.
A decade or two ago, this neighborhood was made up of family homes, farms and cattle land. Today, it’s a billion-dollar urban district filled with cafés, offices, and high-rise condo buildings.
Its transformation is a living example of a real estate strategy that can deliver 20X…50X…even 100X returns for investors who spot the signs and get in ahead.
In my latest video, I break down how this strategy works, the risks for investors, and how my Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) group captures those same dynamics—but faster, safer, and with much less speculation.
Click below to view the video now…
Guadalajara is living proof of how quickly a place can transform when all the right forces collide. Click to view…
In my video, I explain…
- The tried and proven way to make incredible returns—even 100X and more—from real estate.
- The “inflection point” every great real estate boom passes through—and how to recognize it.
- Why the secret to fast, life-changing real estate gains isn’t buying raw land and waiting decades…it’s something far simpler, safer, and more conservative.
And when you’re done watching the video, I want to hear from you. You can ask me questions in the comments.
The RETA Index Reveal Q&A
As I say, during Thursday’s live event unveiling The RETA Index, we got some great comments and questions. Here are a few…
Dana H. asked: Is the anti-tourism sentiment in Spain overhyped?
This is a great question and it’s one I get a lot. The answer is definitely yes.
Spain is a very welcoming country for foreigners. People are friendly and it’s one of the easiest places on my global beat for foreigners to get financing.
Like many countries in the world, Spain is experiencing a housing supply crisis. This has led to some protests against tourists, and the enactment of short-term rental restrictions, in places like Barcelona. So consider that as part of your due diligence if you plan to buy there.
However, in general Spain is a hugely welcoming country with a vast expat community and a rich lifestyle.
We also had a question on the availability of financing in Panama for U.S. citizens.
This is generally very difficult. RETA members-only deals in Panama typically have financing direct from the developer. But it’s really difficult, if not impossible, for non-residents to get a typical mortgage in Panama.
Melissa asked: Does Caminha in Portugal have strong long-term rental income potential? And how would you define the short-term rental market?
The short-term rental market in Caminha is good for the right type of properties but very short. My wife and I are going to make our Caminha home available for short-term rental in the summer, when we like to be in Ireland. The rental manager we’ve been working with is quoting €500-€650 per night in short-term rental income in July and August with very strong occupancy. So just in July and August we could gross maybe a 6% yield. This was a home that was bought primarily as a lifestyle play with a medium-term capital appreciation kicker.
The long-term rental market in Caminha is weak. Apartments rent for €700-€800 per month so it’s not a place to go and buy an apartment and make a business renting it long-term. The flipside of that is if you want to go and check out Caminha for six months or a year, you can rent out a place very inexpensively.
Wishing you good real estate investing,
P.S. If you have a question about buying real estate overseas or have suggestions for destinations my team and I should put on our scouting list, drop me a line here.
