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So 20% ROI is fake promise? Even 10% is not there?

Do you only pay 10% taxes on EBT, or are there other taxes that you pay?

wow okay, would have expected a lot better for a good area in canggu

Thank you so much for being so transparent! I truly truly appreciate it. I have been orienting what business to start and just can feel it in my gut that now is the time for me after contemplating it for years. I have a love for real estate and thought this might be it, but now I am not too sure. Thank you for the reality check, this just means an redirection. Your approach is very finance like and with my experience in that field for years, I got to grasp the concept of this quite easily in your video so I once again thank you for the explanations you give and please keep up the good work! May you have good luck and success in your future endeavors. And if we ever come to Bali (we wanted to come for a holiday soon either way), would love to meet you in person. You truly inspire me :)

Wish I saw this video 4yrs ago!Thanks for sharing!

Wow!Great video!love your transparency!THINK I WOULD BUILD A TREE HOUSE OUT BACK TILL IT WAS PAYED OFF!THANKS FOR SHARING!GOT MY FOLLOW!

Super interesting. Thanks a lot. Love the idea that the trip starts at the airport.

Thanks, great video! Have you already calculated how many years you would need in order to return your 200 000 $ you spent on this investment? Also, what is the solution against mold in Bali ? Do your properties often suffer from it in rainy season? Thx 👍

love your content, want to know if 219k for a 2 bedroom in pererenan close to obsidian is a good buy?

Could you do a video for investment in 2025 for villa, apartment or land for leasehold. thanks

If you can get to 300 days occupancy per year you will be fine. I think you should be able to reach 10% minimum roi.

great video

Hello really enjoy your videos! I’m currently building a 4 bedroom villa in Pererenan, but I’m wondering if there is any license required to operate it as a short term rental, would appreciate ur insight on this

Thank you for your sharing bro🎉

Things have changed recently in Bali regarding foreign ownership of land. Buying freehold is now possible, but you must meet certain criteria, monetary criteria. As long as you are spending more than US500k (it might be less) you can have your name on the certificate. I dont know more than this but look more into it rather than writing off the idea as it has changed now.

Great video, do you still advise on investing in a villa in Perrerenan or Ubud?

Thanks for the video, C3PO

very usefull video

Such a great video. Thank you. 🙏🏼

He forgot to mention its illegal for a foreigner to run short term villa accommodation as a foreigner cannot hold the pondok wisata licence, and for a business to run in Indonesia for short term rental it or owner who is in the end receiving the income and paying the tax must be the holder of the licence. if he is running it through an agency, this is called a nominee and is also illegal and hopefully will be shut down in the upcoming moratorium from Minister Luhut in the next week or so.

Seems like a lot of work and stress for 8%… USD bonds paying 5%, IDR bonds paying 7%, SP500 up 21% YTD…

I’ve just come back from Bali, spent a week on Lombock as well. Bali is absolutely awful. If you want a swimming pool villa and never leave it, order western food it just might, might, might might, be a place for sun ☀ and fun in the pool, but that is all. Way way too much rubbish, traffic is a nightmare , noise no matter where you are, food dreadful, not so cheap in reality. Ridiculously high prices for western food in a western supermarket, a must buy if you don’t want to stave to death. Rip offs, paying to park you moped everywhere, ( in the hands of the local mafia of course) can’t really go swimming and the way they treat animals ( they cut dogs throats as a ‚sacrifice‘ when opening a new temple , YES THEY DO THIS!) The plastic rubbish is EVEYWHERE, it’s mind blowing. It’s filthy! And then to even contemplate buying/building a villa to live in this shit would be MADNESS. I know personally of a man who paid up front for material for his villas and they did a runner to the tune of 40,000 Euro 💶. Police not interested of course, probably paid in advance not to be. Yes, one can argue build with a reputable builder, but that isn’t a safe as seems. Corrupt beyond corruption. Too many projects half finished, instergramm pictures will only show you what you need to see to be influenced. Surprised nobody has made a film to show the REAL side of Bali. Lombock nearly no traffic, but full of Muslims who hate dogs, resulting in starving dogs. They throw puppies into the jungle to stave to death, I experienced this personally. Dreadful dreadful dreadful experience. Prayers will wake you up almost everywhere, and if you are located close to the beach 🏖 the crashing waves will sound like your sitting next to a jet engine on the plane which brought you to Indonesia 🇮🇩. Restaurants are good in Kuta in Lombock , thank you 🙏 for saving me! A bit long winded , and the general feeling , NEVER EVER AGAIN! Buying there madness, visiting there a complete waste of money. Thailand much much better.

How much did you give to the Balinese people ? Or are you just there to make money from their land ?

To me real estate in Bali at the moment looks like a bubble....thoughts??

Hey mate love the video,, do you have an email or means to contact just have a few questions I would like to run by you if possible, thanks

Good insight 👌🏽

You should also tell people to get the lease you are talking about is only available to persons who are domiciled in Indonesia. Meaning you need a permanent visa kitas to lease land in indonesia. And yes lol Notories and even lawyers will do you up a lease.

What kitas do you have ?

Hi, any chance to contact you for some specific questions regarding the construction of your villa? I’ll be building next year as well and I’m curious to learn from the experience that you made. Thanks for the informative video 👍🏻😉

225k for this maybe for money laundering? 😂

Thank you for sharing. Appreciated it.

Only can lost money and never can own 100% land so spend that money for rent/lease hehehehe

Informative, honest and very interesting. The very best of luck with it, I would be really interested to see how this changes year on year and I'd like to see what issues you come up against.

Owning the land is paramount. Buildings depreciate land appreciates.

Hope you have the appropriate kitas or kitap before even considering Indonesia

Nice break down, I’m currently building in Canggu, and have designed the project where it could mostly be disassembled and relocate it or sold as materials in 25 years to minimize the depreciation and wrote it in the contract. The materials chosen are mostly steel and other metals which could actually increase in price over time, and the rest stone, and cement boards

Nice sir. I had send an email to you. Hope you can have a look

thanks so much for this very grounded video. I've been watching all of your Bali villa video series, and I've learned much from them. Bali is very alluring in terms of the non-tangible aspects (eg. dream lifestyle, trendy...etc), and its so easy to get caught up in this charm. So, I appreciate the "reality check" in your videos, especially when viewing a Bali investment vis-a-vis alternative and conventional routes. The multi-factorial approach to your analysis is also something I wish others adopt, if anything, to help cool things down to a more sustainable and rational level. The folks running Bali are being outpaced by development, and infrastructure (eg. waste disposal, water supply, roads, electricity...etc) needs time to catch up, or better still, be planned for, to accommodate all this growth. I hope to see a video from you in future about how you view these aspects, and your views (as a foreign investor). For example, would it be fair to say that many investors are only looking at a return horizon of 5-10 years, and exit the market afterwards? ie. leave the Bali market entirely. Or is it the case that serious investors, such as yourself, also have a longer term goal of spending most of your life in Bali. Also, the prospect of Bali's growing middle class and affluence weighing in for the longer term (5-10 years). Thank you again for your enlightening videos, and hope that you continue to make many more!🙏😎

nice

There is something i don't understand, for example you buy a villa for 200,000 and has a lease for 25 years. If the original owner doesnt want to extend and wants his land back do you get your 200,000 back? Im not sure how the whole lease things works when the owner wants his land back. In theory you pay for a rental business for 25 years?

hey man, awesome vids. i have a few questions id like to ask you about rental investments if you dont mind. do you have an email i could reach you at?

Your contenr is always brilliant.

And still no government infrastructure .....traffic, water, pollution is at its worst.

Thanks for an informative and honest video. I don't live in Bali and am thinking of getting an off plan villa. Do you think it's risky to have one if I don't live there? And can you recommend any villa managers?

I have a few things that your viewers should be aware of. 1. You must look at the sales price more carefully, it is lower outside the peak periods, which is the majority of the year. To maintain the sort of occupancy you are assuming you will have to be constantly adjusting the prices. This means you may not be able to achieve even near $175 pn for most of the year. If the villa is run by a third-party they will likely not put in the effort in to achieve this. 2. The running cost can vary massively depending on who is managing the property and what their role is. From the owner running everything, to full management can change the costs considerably. You will not have costs of 50% if the villa is fully managed for example. 3. One crucial part of costs that is often overlooked and most likely underestimated is maintenance. Building standards in Bali are generally not high and the climate is brutal on buildings, A brand new beautiful villa can be a leaking, moldy and ugly mess in a little as 1 or two years, I have seen this many times, if maintenance is not carried out properly. While labour is cheaper here, this item can turn out to be one of, if not the biggest expense. It is worse as you may have to black out rental for serious problems. 4. In Asia generally if the owner is not around standards will likely slip and dodgy practices take place. If you are in this situation, you must make allowance in your revenue and cost calculations. Having a reputable company or trusted person may help but they will likely be more expensive. 5. Tax on villa sales is I believe 10%, booking company commissions can be 15-20%. To get higher exposure on sites like Booking.com you should budget for the upper end of this. Achieving a 50% cost base is unlikely if you have to pay for villa management and budget for maintenance correctly. 6. There will also be hidden costs, even with the most extensive research. You may well not have permits, rules change and there will be local costs you have to make provision for. This list is not extensive but covers a few of the more important points. You can have a good business from villa rental in Bali, especially if you plan to stay in your villa during the year. However, for an investor who has no knowledge of this business in Bali, is not planning to run the operation, or oversee it closely, would struggle to maintain the sales and cost levels you are suggesting and reach those levels of occupancy. I hope this is helpful, my wife and have run a successful villa rental while living onsite for well over a decade in the Canggu area, from a time where Batu Bolong and Echo beach was empty compared to today. So I can comment from experience and from mistakes made and observed.

Really interesting. Have you or will you do an analysis of Nuannu?

Hi Villanomics, thanks for the great content you make. I also want to buy a villa in Bali and rent it out. Which property management to you use and have you formed a PT PMA? Thank you.

Hello! I’d like to contact you directly but I can’t find your email. I have a few questions because I have a quite particular, and probably advantageous situation to build villas in Bali.

Thank you for the video, very interesting because have thought of that region. Right now my house in Spain in a touristic beach village that i rent out gets me 45,000 a year at 85% occupancy. I could rent it out close to 100% but i have to be there myself to do maintenance and improvements. I still have a mortgage on it so i pay interest on that thats why my expenses are a little higher still, at 20,000 a year. I bought it for 300 and spent 200 on reforms. So im getting less than 5%. BUT i get 15% of the year a free stay, which is a plus, although im working during that time but that also increases the value of the property. But its “freehold” ofcourse, and the value of the property went up 70% in ten years. And because you rent it out the property is always in excellent condition because every issue will be solved quickly and to the better. If you add that, i get very close to 10% a year on the investment. BUT all the work, all the energy, all the stress by having people in your house, i would still choose to get 6, 7 or 8 percent with stocks/bonds or whatever there is. It doesnt give you any work, stress, disturbing phone calls when your relaxing or on a holiday etc etc. But i continued to do it because i plan to live in this house when i get older, and this way i was able to make it exactly how i wanted it to be. But i would never recommend this kind of investing if its just an investment, and not the house you are planning to live in later on in life.

Good breakdown and very informative. In my 14 years of working in Indonesia/Bali you'll def to adjust your expectations to account for some absolutely terrible years. Volcanos/Earthquakes/Foot in mouth disease etc. If I can get 8% growth in the stock market and retain my capital after 25 years I think you'll need to hit that 9-10% range to justify the risk. Massive supply coming online too. Also put 5-10% away on the side for suprises that you will almost certainly have in the form of certain government checks