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 [...]
5 Best Places To Establish Backup Residency Right Now This is primarily a lifestyle event; the focus is on where and how to live or retire overseas. However, the number of people at this year’s event asking questions about opportunities for backup residencies and second citizenships is significant… many more than at any other Retire [...]
How To Travel As A Local... Even If You're Not In a discussion about living an international lifestyle with a friend who was in Paris last week with his family, he asked if Kathleen and I get tired of traveling as much as we do. The question caught me off guard because I don't feel [...]
Cherif Vs. Lief—Reasons To Avoid An Overseas Real Estate Investment A reader got in touch recently to say: "Lief, I have seen a posting online from Cherif Medawar on international real estate investing. It appears to contradict your group's continued advice on international investments. I'm forwarding it to you for a response because it shows [...]
Making Money (And Finding Love) Overseas As longtime readers know, 99% of my investment portfolio is in real estate. Yet my overriding mantra is: Diversification, diversification, diversification. It is the key to success both with your investments and your lifestyle. That's why my real estate portfolio is very diversified. It includes agricultural land, raw land, [...]
End Of The Dollar's Bull Run? Do you travel to other countries? Canada, the United Kingdom, Portugal, China... Well, I do... a lot. And in recent years I've been enjoying how valuable the U.S. dollar has become against most world currencies. Hotels, restaurants, taxis... it's all become remarkably cheap. The Greenback has been on a [...]
Lief Simon’s Single Secret To Success I grew up as the only child of a single mother. From a sociologist’s perspective, we probably would have been classified as lower-middle class. That’s using the nine-class category system that my college sociology professor taught—lower, middle, and upper, each having lower, middle, and upper subsets. I remember feeling [...]
A Unique Low-Risk, High-Yield Opportunity In My Favorite Market One of the presenters at our Live and Invest in Colombia Conference taking place in Medellín this week is a colleague in this city who has put together a factoring investment opportunity that has its basis in the struggles this country has faced over the past few decades. [...]
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