If you’re going to invest in property overseas, the first question isn’t “how“, it’s “where“. Here’s the reasoning that led a Singaporean couple to invest in the United States. For a lot of Singaporean investors, the maths on a second local property has quietly stopped working. A citizen now pays 20% Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty on a second residential property and 30% on the third and beyond; rental yields sit around 2–3% gross; and entry prices routinely cross seven figures. So it’s natural to look abroad. But “abroad” is a big place. Malaysia is the first that comes to mind, followed probably by Thailand, Australia, Japan and UK, each getting pitched as the next great property play. When Alvin spoke with Weihan from Byte Sized Investments, the Singaporean engineer who has built a portfolio of 27 rental homes with his wife Tracy, what struck us wasn’t that he landed on the US. It was how systematically he ruled out everywhere else...