The Experts Have Got This All Wrong My first work overseas experience was more than 25 years ago… in Chad. I was sent to the country on assignment by the oil-drilling company I was working for to fill in for their administrative manager while she took her six weeks annual vacation. Before the trip, the [...]
My Wife Assured The Guy That What He’s Looking For Doesn’t Exist "I disagree with you about Ecuador," a friend told me last night over drinks. He was referring to my general position, which is more to do with Quito, really, than Ecuador overall. Still, I wouldn't qualify either Quito or Ecuador as a great [...]
My 6 Favorite Cash Flow Investment Opportunities Right Now (Earn 23% In 24 Months) If you were able to join us in Panama earlier this month for my annual Offshore Wealth Summit, it was great to spend time with you. If you weren’t able to be in the room, I want to be sure that [...]
Lief Simon's 4 Favorite Overseas Property Markets Today I'm all in on real estate overseas. It's the cornerstone of my investment portfolio and of my personal Freedom Plan. In our world today, international property stands out more strongly than ever among investment options because it is both a hard asset and one of the best [...]
This Is My Personal Freedom Plan For my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place in the W Hotel in Panama City this week, I added a new panel discussion to the agenda: "Creating Your Freedom Plan" I don't need to remind you of the challenges of our age. Cable news has got that beat covered. My job is [...]
My Wife Insists You Don’t Understand Me My wife keeps telling me that no one understands me. Maybe she has a point. When making an investment recommendation to you, I reference something known as Internal Rate of Return… or IRR. It’s a tool for analyzing and comparing different opportunities. I get that most people aren’t [...]
New Crisis In Hong Kong Means An Opportunity For You Last spring, I had a chance to visit Hong Kong. It is, without a doubt, one of the most astonishing cities in the world. At the time, the protests were still a peaceful and orderly affair. However, there was a sense of growing unrest. Having [...]
Win Huge Or Lose It All—Using Leverage When Investing In Property Overseas At a conference 20 years ago, an elderly gentleman came up to me after I’d presented a real estate investment opportunity to say he didn’t invest in real estate anymore. I figured it was because, at his age, he probably wasn’t buying any [...]
Oct. 15 Looms—Here's What You Need To Know To Stay Compliant That is, any American who filed for an extension is now buckling down to prepare his 2018 tax return... myself included. One related topic that has been generating lots of questions for me, both during last week's Retire Overseas Conference in Houston and in my inbox [...]
How To Beat Estate Tax And Probate When I bought an apartment in Portugal three years ago, my standard offshore holding structure ran into a snag. Portugal has a blacklist of tax-advantaged countries that includes Nevis, where my LLC holding structure is set up. Using that Nevis entity to hold title to the apartment would [...]
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