What does it really take to invest in real estate across borders—and what happens when it goes wrong?

In the first episode of Own the World, Cath Quiambao sits down with Abhii Dabas, a global property investor and founder of Intric Technologies, who has invested across 12 cities worldwide—and learned some expensive lessons along the way.

From failed developments and misleading yields to the reality of cross-border investing, Abhii shares what the industry gets wrong—and how investors can make smarter, more confident decisions.

They also unpack why global real estate is still “stuck in 1975” and how Intric is building an AI-powered platform to connect global capital with real asset opportunities—making it easier to discover, analyze, and invest anywhere in the world.

If you’re thinking about investing overseas—or already have—this episode will change how you approach it.

What You’ll Learn

• The biggest mistakes investors make in global real estate
• Why “good deals on paper” often fail in reality
• The gap in cross-border property investing (and why it still exists)
• How to evaluate demand, yields, and exit strategies properly
• How AI is transforming global property investing
• Why community and trust matter more than data alone

Key Moments

00:00 – Introduction to Abhii Dabas
00:58 – Investing across 12 cities (and what went wrong)
02:31 – Why failures didn’t stop him
03:14 – What’s broken in global real estate
06:28 – Insights from 35 countries
08:58 – Why no one has solved this before
12:03 – What Intric actually is
14:04 – The power of community in investing
20:35 – How AI powers smarter decisions
22:29 – The future of global real estate

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