Lief Simon Names Top 4 Overseas Property Investment Markets If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital as quickly as possible into a diversified global property portfolio, where would I invest? I get this question often, and my answer likely will surprise you. [...]
Suddenly Everyone's Recommending Real Estate—But They're Missing The Payoff After being poked fun at by stock market gurus for 25 years because I have 95% or more of my assets in real estate, right now, I have to admit, I'm feeling something that might be described as vindicated. I don't mean to rub the current [...]
An Open Apology To My Daughter (Here’s Why She Doesn’t Have A Second Passport) It wasn’t until after my son Jackson was born, about 20 years ago, that the idea of a second citizenship crossed my mind. Jackson was born while we were living in Ireland. As a result, he was both a U.S. citizen [...]
The Secret To Being Wealthy Years ago I heard a definition of "wealthy" that has stuck with me. Being wealthy, the thinking goes, is having enough passive income to cover your living expenses. I know people who make a lot more money than I do each year, but they aren't wealthy. Some of them are [...]
Just Released: Lief Simon's Report On Crisis Cash Flow Opportunities 2020 has been a beast. The events of this year have left most people paralyzed as to what to do next... which I'd say is great news for you and me. While everyone else hunkers down and hopes for the best, I'm taking advantage of [...]
You Need To Be Diversifying Into Hard Assets Overseas Right Now—How Can You Do That In The Face Of COVID-19 Travel Restrictions? Traveling to make a real estate purchase in another country is complicated if not impossible right now. COVID-19 restrictions mean Americans can't go anywhere in Europe. Panama has again extended its ban on [...]
New Independent Living Community In Panama Is A Sweet-Spot Opportunity For Us Global Property Investors In 2018, the number of people aged over 65 living in the United States was 52 million. That's expected to double by 2060. Americans are also living longer than ever. While the average life expectancy of a United States citizen [...]
The World’s 7 Best Offshore Tax Havens Post-Pandemic The United States and Eritrea, a small African nation, are the only two countries in the world to tax citizens on their worldwide income no matter where they live. Other countries tax their citizens only when they reside or earn money in that country. The bottom-line practical [...]
The World Has Gone Completely Sideways—Here's What You Need To Do Now With all the doom and gloom coming from the media, you might be feeling intimidated or even overwhelmed. For sure, we all have good reasons right now to be confused about which way to turn from here. What do you do when the [...]
My Escape Wealth Plan—Why I’ve Begun Buying Numismatics We Americans must report every asset we hold overseas to the U.S. government… with two exceptions. Two foreign assets remain non-reportable to the IRS and company—real estate titled in your personal name and precious metals held in an allocated manner. “Allocated” precious metals could be gold bars [...]
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