This Is The Only Way To Compare One Overseas Property Investment Option With Another How to compare one investment to another… one property to another… one return to another? These are constant challenges of the global property investor. Everyone has his opinion and strategy, including developers and promotors of real estate investments. Fortunately, some basic [...]
The Recession-Proof Portfolio Secret You Need To Know At my annual Global Property Summit last month, we fielded lots of good questions from seasoned real estate investors whose experience was limited to their home countries. Many attendees were Americans with portfolios in a single market where they’ve focused their attention and have done well since the 2008 [...]
To buy property overseas, you need to transfer money across international borders. Before you do, you want to be sure you understand the administrative practicalities, including the associated fees, and, more important, any relevant compliance and capital controls.
You Need A Backup Plan—Right Now More Than Ever Before In this month's issue of my Simon Letter advisory service, I continue my "Residency Through Real Estate" conversation. Last month, I detailed the current best opportunities for this in Europe. This issue I look at your best choices in the Americas. As you consider options for diversifying [...]
A Simple Explanation Of Blockchain Though often mentioned in the news, most people don’t know what blockchain is thanks to the misinformation surrounding it. That’s hardly surprising… blockchain is new technology. First misconception: Blockchain is Bitcoin. They’re two separate things. Bitcoin is a digital currency that uses blockchain. A good analogy is a shared work [...]
The Best Place To Hold An Offshore Bank Account The question I am asked maybe more than any other by readers and conference attendees is: Where is the best place in the world to open an offshore bank account? As with any question related to your personal life, the answer is: It depends. It depends [...]
Top Retiree Residency Options For 2019 Choices. The whole live-and-invest-overseas thing comes down to choices. Because taking control of your future is all about understanding your options for action. The challenge can be that, once you've identified the going-overseas choices you'd like to pursue, following through on them isn't as easy as making a quick [...]
My 7 Top Second Passport Picks The American interested in establishing residency or citizenship in Europe has more options today than ever in history, depending on how much time and money you're looking to spend to achieve the objective. If you have the budget, for example, you could make a 250,000-euro donation to the arts [...]
Remember When America Was Proud Of Its Entrepreneurs? Did you know that, in 2014, the U.S. government officially became the country's biggest thief? To the tune of more than US$5 billion dollars. Take a look... Maybe the police are simply doing a better job. Nah, that's not it... The Department of Justice recently released an [...]
How Could Panama’s Residency And Citizenship Programs Be Better? A friend in Panama who is connected to the country’s new president is soliciting ideas for improving the country’s immigration programs. The goal is to attract higher net worth business people. His question for me was: What would make Panama more competitive? That is, looking around [...]
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