Let’s start with the most common form the good, old fix ‘n flip. This process involves buying a property that needs work, fixing it up, then selling on the retail market, that is, to a person who will live in the property.This method is tried and true, and works very well. You can easily make $15 - $50k on one deal, depending on your market and how good you are at finding bargains.

Casa Latino Franchise Corporation, franchisors of Casa Latino Real Estate offices throughout the US, has announced its plan to award Master and Area Development Franchises in twelve countries as the company embarks upon an aggressive international real estate expansion in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and other South American countries.

For the past few years Dubai has proven itself to be the darling of the property investment world both within the Middle East and beyond, it continues to offer high rental yields and a very good capital growth rate of near 10% which we see today.

China reports strong investment growth in the first four months of this year, while Japan's economy lost some steam in the first quarter. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong has more on these and other business stories from the region.