Well sure there is a lot of bullshit in these ads, that's why the link I posted above was straight to the construction site progress rather than the marketing crap. Also I know you got to do a bit of research on your own etc. But this was not really my point. Katherine made the statement that all these overseas investor gigs in HK hotels here are ripping people off and charging 2 or 3 times what you can get locally. I challenged this by posting ads for the "The Pearl" in Doncaster Melbourne starting at AU$308,000 and "The Carlson" in the CBD Melbourne starting from $312,000 and I am genuinely asking if these deals are reasonable. To me they are reasonable and no Australian can walk into a local real estate agent and get the same property any cheaper.
These investor gigs every weekend in Hong Kong are an incredibly convenient way of investing in overseas property. Of course do your research and know what you are doing, but once you've made the decision to buy it is quite literally walk into the hotel, they have everyone you need to meet from the developer to the solicitor to the bank all lined up to talk to you one after the other, swipe your credit card, and you walk out an hour later with a new flat and enough credit card points for a free flight somewhere. Of course over the next months you have to sign DMC agreements etc but overall the experience and process is very convenient. As long as Katherine's argument of overcharging is refuted then I don't see anything wrong with investing this way.
I used to think the same way as Katherine. I used to think these glossy newspaper adverts were there for suckers. But I looked into a few of them. They seem OK to me, I bought in a country I otherwise would never have been able to (Malaysia) and I think I'm doing alright with it.