A finance graduate, Ronan McMahon worked in the e-business consultancy and dot-com industries before joining International Living as Real Estate Marketing Director in January 2004. Ronan has been an active real estate investor since his early twenties and joining International Living gave him the opportunity to marry his personal and professional interests. Last year Ronan took up the position of Executive Director with Pathfinder. Pathfinder is International Living’s preferred Real Estate advertising partner. Pathfinder scours the globe to find the most unique and value-oriented real estate opportunities.There are three reasons this investment does better than paper traded stocks, bonds, or securities.
The first reason is because the average person can take a small amount of money, and use it to control a comparatively large asset. That means, for instance, that with $5,000 deposit you could own an asset with a value of $50,000 or more. But when you sell the asset, you could make a profit on the whole amount.
Now, when most people hear about leveraging, they automatically think ‘risky.’ And that’s true—if you’re talking about stocks. With stocks, you need to set up a margin account with a broker… get credit checks, meet minimum balances, and fill out onerous paperwork. And when a stock price crashes, you have nothing left.
In fact, when you leverage stocks, you can owe additional money to your broker when the stock price becomes worthless. But that’s not at all the case with this investment.
Even though you use leverage, your money is actually secured with a physical asset, so there’s always an inherent value. In other words, unlike stocks you can increase your gains up to ten times without the risk of a margin account…
The second reason this investment does so well is because of the global nature of the asset. And more importantly, it’s priced individually at every place it trades. So even if prices for this investment are down in America, for instance… it can still be doubling in price in Canada, Asia, or the UK.
The final reason for such a long bull market is because it’s very easy to get started with this investment. It’s not complicated at all. And that’s why many people have taken advantage of if over the years.