<prompt> Human: Through my family, I inherited a commercial property in Argentina 50 me, 50 my sister. I can potentially make 1500-2000 per month my half just through owning the property since my sister is using it and is willing to pay half rent to me. If not, my sister is considering buying me out and keeping the property at around 500,000 the property is valued at around 1M. The question is: do I cash out or keep taking in the monthly income? Could I invest that 500K here in the US and end up better off? Please help, rpersonalfinance. Thanks!  <response>: If you are accepting the rent in Argentinian pesos - cash out. Currency risk is real, doubly so with a currency like Argentinas. If you cash out, youll get US dollars. Dont accept pesos. If the two of you sold it to an unrelated third party, youd get US dollars not pesos.If you want to invest in real estate - cash out. Youll get better returns on US real estate. You have to deal with a tenant either way. Your relationship with your sister might be great now but it could be not so great in a little while if you become her landlord. The returns on this are not so great for a real estate investment. There will be things that need to be fixed and your sister will probably want you to pay for half. That will eat into your returns.What is the political climate like in Argentina? What if there is a communist revolution and all real estate is expropriated from its owners and given to its occupants? What if currency controls become harsher and your sister can no longer send you the rent payments? The risk-adjusted return for this should be much higher if you are going to keep it. 