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I saved a sample of Hong Kong new-build flats priced from HK$3,557,000 to HK$5,335,000, and they are now averaging about 101 days before finding a buyer. This is my first attempt at tracking it, though, and the listings are moving very differently; financing costs seem to explain several...

Before committing, ask for one signed-off schedule covering the HK$5,148,000 purchase, plus a short list of matters deliberately excluded from it. Exclusions are often more revealing than another broad assurance that all normal costs have been included.

I’d ask for an itemised owner-cost schedule and evidence for the rent before setting a target net yield. Then calculate net operating income both before and after property tax, and keep financing below that line. If the deal only works at HK$29,260 every month with minimal turnover, the...