Step 6: Speculate without owning physical assets

Real estate investment trusts are required by law to pay back 90% of their profits to shareholders. Therefore, REITs have some of the highest dividend payouts in the stock market ranging for 3–12%. If house prices don’t appreciate you still receive the annual dividend interest.

The REIT market is global: if you live in the U.S. but would like to invest in Singaporean real estate, you can simply log in to your brokerage account and buy or sell the stock in Singapore.