Yes it is, and it's cleaner than most people expect. Australians have no restriction on purchasing property overseas. In the Philippines specifically, foreign nationals can own condominium titles outright under the Condominium Act. Your name is on the title. It's registered with the relevant authority. It transfers, it sells, and it earns rental income exactly the way you'd expect. The one restriction: Australians cannot own freehold land in the Philippines, which is why we only recommend condominium title products to foreign buyers. No grey areas, no workarounds.

Primarily furnished condominium apartments in established urban and tourist corridors, such as metropolitan Manila, Cebu, [MARKET 3], and [MARKET 4]. Entry-level starts around USD $120,000. Mid-range sits between $200,000–$400,000. These are purpose-built investment-grade apartments in developments with professional management structures. They're not holiday units, not serviced apartments masquerading as investments. We'll shortlist options matched to your budget and income goals on the discovery call.

Gross yields on well-located furnished apartments in our portfolio have been running at 7–10%. Net yields after local management fees, outgoings, and local taxes typically land at 5–8%. That's two to three times what most Australian investors are clearing on comparable assets in Australian capital city regions. We'll give you actual figures from actual properties on the call, rather than a range from a brochure.

No - most of our clients complete their first purchase remotely. We do full video walkthroughs, independent building inspections, and title verification before any purchase proceeds. That said, we encourage a visit when you're comfortable, usually before or shortly after a second purchase. The clients who've had the smoothest experience are the ones who understood the documentation thoroughly, not necessarily the ones who got on a plane first.

From discovery call to exchange typically takes 4–8 weeks depending on due diligence, legal review, and finance arrangements. Settlement on completed stock can happen quickly. Off-plan purchases have a longer lead time to completion, with stage payments structured across the build period. We'll map the specific timeline for any property we recommend before you commit to anything.

Money in: most clients transfer AUD to USD via a specialist currency transfer service (we can refer you to the ones our clients use - the bank rate is rarely the best option). Funds are then transferred directly to the developer's escrow account or the vendor's solicitor on settlement. Money out: when you sell, proceeds are remitted in USD to your nominated account. There is no government restriction on repatriating sale proceeds from the Philippines to Australia. It works the way you'd expect a straightforward property transaction to work.

Rental income from overseas property is assessable income in Australia - you declare it on your tax return the same way you would Australian rental income. Capital gains on sale are subject to Australian CGT, with the 50% discount available if held for more than 12 months. There may also be withholding tax obligations in the Philippines on local rental income. The interaction between the two isn't complicated, but it does require an accountant who understands foreign-sourced income. We refer our clients to one of the world's most renowned accounting specialists who handle exactly this in the most simple and profit-driven way.

We do. Sell Rent Property provides end-to-end property management from the day you settle - tenanting, maintenance coordination, rental collection, and quarterly reporting. You get a direct line to our team, not a third-party agency who doesn't know how you bought or what you paid. You receive your returns, you review your statements, and you get on with your life. That's the whole point of buying through an operator who doesn't disappear after the contract is signed.

We handle that too. When you're ready to sell, Sell Rent Property manages the resale process - pricing, marketing, buyer qualification, and settlement coordination. You're not handed off to a local agent you've never met or left to figure out a foreign resale market on your own. We know what comparable stock has transacted for, we know the active buyer pool, and we have a direct interest in getting you a strong result, because our reputation depends on the full cycle, not just the entry. Resale liquidity varies by market and location and we'll give you an honest assessment of that for any property we recommend before you buy.

Potentially, but the structure needs to be right before you proceed. An SMSF can hold foreign property assets under certain conditions, and some of our clients have done exactly this. It requires specific legal and accounting advice upfront to make sure the structure is compliant. We'll flag this on the discovery call if it's relevant to your situation and refer you to the right specialists.

Thirty minutes with a member of our team who has personally been through the purchase process in this market. We'll cover your budget, your income goals, your timeline, and your concerns. We'll give you a shortlist of property types that match your situation and walk you through the legal and financial framework. No script, no pitch deck, no pressure to decide anything on the call. If we don't think this is right for you right now, we'll tell you that.

It doesn't stop at settlement. We stay intimately involved through tenanting, property management setup, and the first year of ownership, which the period where most questions come up and the period when certainty needs to be at its peak. Clients who go on to buy a second or third property typically come back to us directly. That's the relationship model we're built around, not a one-transaction commission structure.

Honest answer: not always. If your budget is under USD $80,000, the options narrow significantly and we'll tell you that upfront. If your situation involves complex SMSF structures, offshore income, or other variables, we'll flag what needs to be resolved before a purchase makes sense. We'd rather have that conversation early than have you commit to something that isn't right for you, or significantly complicated by comparison to your onshore options.

Most clients start with one - usually a mid-range furnished apartment in an established corridor. A meaningful number come back for a second within 18–24 months, typically after they've seen the first year of rental income and gotten comfortable with the process. A smaller group builds a portfolio of three or more across different markets. There's no right answer - it depends entirely on your goals and capital position.

You'll have a direct contact at Sell Rent Property for the life of your investment. It will never be a call centre or a ticketing system. If something comes up with your property, your manager, or your title, you can call us and we will get it sorted for you. We're not structured to disappear after settlement. The referral-driven nature of our business means your experience after you buy matters as much to us as it did before.

No. And I understand why you'd ask - the offshore property space has a long history of products that looked like investments and turned out to be expensive holiday arrangements with yield projections stapled to them. A timeshare gives you usage rights. What we sell is registered condominium title, so you own the asset, your name is on the title document, you receive the rental income, you decide when to sell, and you receive the capital proceeds when you do. If anyone in this space talks to you about "usage rights," "club memberships," or "points", that's a red flag and a signal to leave.

So have we, and some of them involve operators we know. This market has had bad actors: off-plan projects that didn't complete, developers who took deposits and disappeared, agents who collected commissions and never answered the phone again. The reason I built Sell Rent Property is that I couldn't find a firm I'd be comfortable recommending to my own family. So I just built one instead. Judge us by the clients who bought two and three years ago and keep coming back. We can connect you with them directly.

You can, and if the numbers work for your situation, maybe you should. But if you're looking at 2.8% gross yields, $800 (suburban) and $1.2M+ (metropolitan) entry prices in the major capitals, and a market that requires significant leverage to generate meaningful returns, it's worth understanding what the alternative actually looks like before you decide. We're not anti-Australian property. We're pro-making-your-capital-work-as-hard-as-possible. Sometimes that's here. Increasingly, for a lot of investors, it's not.

Property markets move in cycles - in Australia, in the Philippines, everywhere. We don't promise capital growth on a specific timeline and you should be suspicious of anyone who does. What we can point to is the underlying demand drivers in the markets we operate in: GDP growth, expanding middle class, undersupply of quality residential stock, infrastructure investment. These are structural tailwinds much more than they are a prediction. If you're buying for yield with capital growth as the long-term upside, short-term market movements matter less than the income the asset generates while you hold it.

That's exactly what the discovery call is for. You don't need to arrive informed, just curious. Thirty minutes with someone who knows these markets in detail will give you a clearer picture than weeks of reading articles written by people who've never bought here - all in a no-jargon way so you don't end up more confused at the end. Book the call, ask every question you have, and decide afterwards whether it's worth exploring further. The worst outcome is you spend half an hour and decide it's not for you. That's not a bad outcome.