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The second cash-flowing asset class every diversified global property portfolio should include is agriculture. Amidst and in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, this investment option remains the big winner. While short-term rentals are producing zero cash flow during the global shutdown, agricultural properties are still growing food… and people are still eating.

Meaning crops need to be harvested. The United States, Germany, and other developed-world markets rely on migrant workers for their harvests. With borders closed, farmers in these countries are worried about how they're going to bring in their crops before they rot in the fields. In the countries we recommend in these pages for turnkey agriculture investment—Panama and Thailand are at the top of this list—farmers don't rely on migrant labor. They use seasonal workers, but recruit them locally. One more benefit of diversification.

The most resilient part of any real estate investment portfolio during the current or any other crisis will be timber. Trees don't care about a virus. And, even with less attention from caretakers, they keep growing.