Great to hear that your sell was well-timed!
Buying distressed assets can be great︂ and I hope you made a good purchase. I personally could not sleep at night︃ knowing all my assets in this world are in one building\compound\farmland\hotel\whatever.
Regardless of the location︄ of your asset, you are still at the mercy of the local government/regulation, zoning laws,︅ or Covid\Travel restrictions (if it's a hotel), or price of labor\wood\bananas (if it's farmland) and︆ the list goes on and on. Real estate always includes political risk even if it︇ looks like just an investment. I guess you did not buy in Europe or United︈ States as you clearly hate both these "areas" which only leaves South America or Asia︉ - areas with very particular risks of their own. Good luck, definitely not an investment︊ for everybody