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Update on property investments: South African Investors in 2021

Following the global challenges from COVID-19 and how it has affected economies and investment planning, Scott Picken Chief Executive Officer and founder of Wealth Migrate and scenario planner Clem Sunter have joined forces again, to provide a much-needed update for South African investors on the state of property investments.

Sunter’s latest book co-authored by Mitch Ilbury on Thinking the Future – New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants, seeks to futureproof strategies to restructure SA’s economy and create local opportunities for growth.[1] While Picken’s perspective on this is still the same, and he wrote this in his 2014 book Property Going Global, “The challenge is: do you have the right information, are you choosing the right partners, making the right investments and, most importantly, asking the right questions?”[2]

In line with this ideology, they’ll team up in an exclusive upcoming interview on 17 August 2021 to expand on the following factors:[3]

  • The scenarios for the global economy
  • The scenarios for the South African economy
  • What do we plan for and is there a future in property investments?
  • How does this impact your investment strategy?
  • What types of investments and asset classes are good decisions, and what should you be aware of when investing?
  • Which countries offer profitable real estate investments?
Scenario planning for the South African property investor

Picken authored the book Property Going Global, and it detailed his expert advice on investing with confidence to create global wealth.[4] As a prolific author, Sunter has written a series of books based on his best-seller The Mind of a Fox co-authored by Chantal Ilbury, which focused on a technique for speculating on the impact of future scenarios by assigning “flags” for the probabilities.[5]

Based on Sunter’s methodology, Picken provided his outlook on investing in real estate with his four-dimensional model, which covered fundamental theories on the Global Investment Due Diligence System.[6] His framework considers the implications of worldwide economics as well as local factors from the South African viewpoint, that play into making investment decisions. His vision with his business Wealth Migrate, is to offer investors a convenient online method through crowdfunding to acquire residential and commercial property in South Africa and globally.[7]

When deciding to invest, knowledge and a solid understanding of the real estate industry is key, not only is thorough research required, but you also need to decide how much