First financial rule of expat finance is NEVER buy property or invest in a country where you don't own the assets and have proper legal protection. Invest in your home country, just spend the income in your new "home", rent or lease a property (keep 3-6 months cash reserve locally only).
In Thailand if you give money to a woman to buy a house its money gone forever. In my TEFL days, in a small town, a new farang started talking to me. Typical story. He bought his wife a house, a pickup truck, a bike... then she threw him out for another guy. Next sucker. Broken farangs are a dime a dozen in Thailand.
2nd rule of expat finance, any money "invested" via a spouse or gf in most countries treat as a gift. You probably won't see any return and are disposable.
This is true in any 3rd world country. One of my ex brother in laws, a Malaysian, lost everything to a Pinoy bargirl. All men of all nations are susceptible to stupidity!
Third rule of expat finance is that financial advisors abroad are all filthy scumbags!