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How To Negotiate Overseas: Buying real estate overseas is nothing like buying real estate in North America. So it’s best to go into this process with realistic expectations. Here are some of the major differences that you should expect when buying real estate overseas: Language barriers. It’s likely that you will encounter a language barrier […]
Investing in Real Estate for Retirement: Just a quick note this morning as I’ve got a room full of people waiting for me to kick off day two of my International Property SummitLINKVP down here in Panama City. We started yesterday with an overview of how to launch your global property portfolio… choosing the right […]
According to recent findings from the National Institute on Retirement Security, 68% of Americans aren’t sure they’ll ever be able to retire. Meanwhile 79% of Americans polled for Intuit’s Prosperity Index for 2025 say the country is facing a retirement crisis. Self-help guru Tony Robbins has warned U.S. retirees that relying on Social Security in […]
International wealth-building strategies: I grew up in a lower-middle-class home, the son of a single mother. There was no trust fund to give me a leg up in life. I saved long to be able to pay for my first car, and I worked two jobs to cover college tuition… then grad school. I tell […]
There are a lot of scammers out there. And not all of them are trying to sell you a bridge. Some fraudsters bilk unsuspecting investors into handing money over for bogus developments. But far more common are the legal scams where a seller dupes unseasoned investors by hyping information that doesn’t have any bearing on […]
Real Estate Yield Analysis: Most real estate investments have two profit components to consider: income and appreciation. Income comes in the form of rents and appreciation comes from increased value over time. Generally, one or the other is the main reason to invest… and it is net yields that I’ve focused on for my investments […]
The Kingdom of Italy was created on March 17, 1861, and up until a few days ago anyone who could prove they had an Italian ancestor dating from that auspicious day or later could lay claim to Italian citizenship. The number of people eligible under those rules was estimated to be between 60 and 80 […]
Say Goodbye To The IRS Forever! A lot of people still seem to think that the main reason to “go offshore” is to avoid taxes. There are legitimate ways to minimize your U.S. tax bill as an American overseas but I’ve always recommended against Americans using taxes as a reason to go offshore… because, while […]
According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the Trump administration is considering a proposal to eliminate federal income taxes for Americans earning less than $150,000 a year. Trump himself has called for “no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security benefits for our great seniors.” And, with a Republican-led White […]
I bought my first property when I was 27. The loan to value for the mortgage was 98%. The property was a three-flat building in Chicago where we lived in one unit and needed the rent from the other two units to cover the mortgage. Our contribution to the mortgage was equivalent to the rent […]
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