The Gulf Coast of Florida is one example of an area popular with investors, due to the robust increase in property prices over the past few years, combined with a shortage of certain types of rental accommodations. On the right type of property you can currently expect approximately a 12% rental payment annually (based on a monthly rental of $2200 on a 2100 sq ft home purchased for $220,000), plus annual property appreciation, which has been increasing at very satisfactory rates over the past few years. However, it is vital to select properties that will appeal to the American market when you decide to resell at some future date to maximize your capital gain.

There are certain developments, which have proved popular with investors where it is necessary to only put down 5% of the total building cost at the signing of the contract. This ensures the contract price cannot be increased, and therefore, when the property is completed some 6 to 8 months later there is usually a substantial financial gain. A number of investors then sell the property straight on, prior to the final payment being made, thus capitalizing on the gain.