“Ronan, I’m looking for opportunities that throw off a strong rental yield. Different countries have different buying, selling, property and income taxes. How can I compare…?”

This is one of the questions I get asked most frequently when I meet Real Estate Trend Alert members in person. True, things can be confusing. But the answer is straight forward: You run the numbers.

Last year on one of our scouting trips to Fortaleza (having visited a project perfect for short-term rental) bedlam broke out on the bus. We were all trying to calculate a projected yield on the back of an envelope or in our heads. We could only settle the matter and analyze the scenarios by running the numbers.

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