While investors and home-buyers can readily find information about US real estate and homes on the internet and elsewhere, there’s no good source of information about real estate in the parts of the world that have some of the best investment opportunities, including in Latin America.
For developers of property in those areas, lack of credit means that it is difficult to purchase and develop land. Lack of a centralized MLS system and relative dearth of licensed agents make it difficult to promote one’s development, and to make sales. Developers need more sales and marketing channels, in a world where business is increasingly going global and online.
For real estate professionals in these areas, the lack of standardized contracts and absence of exclusive listings make purchases and sales much less efficient. There is no collaborative marketing and sales system and that makes it much more difficult to do business, meaning more work for a lower income.
Finally, in a world where demand for food is increasing from China and India and Brazil, where there is a lack of arable farmland and water, where some foods are being used for energy, where crazy weather patterns and natural disasters are disrupting food production and distribution, farming is often the highest and best use for certain land, and sale prices for many foods, along with cash-on-cash yields for agricultural activities, are at an all-time high.
Similarly, growing demand for consumer products in a world of scarcity has lifted the prices for many commodities and metals. Eroding faith in various currencies has had a positive impact on the prices of precious metals in particular.
These trends have meant that farms and mines are among the most profitable activities for the investor, and farmland and mines are particularly good investments in today’s climate.
We have solutions for the issues above which I’ll be sharing with you over time.
