My Personal Bug-Out Plan As the year rounds the corner to its end, Brexit is back in the news. Theresa May battles on. Meantime, the Chinese keep trying to figure out Trump’s next move, and actions by the Saudi government that would have started a world war 100 years ago are still playing out… and, [...]
Up To 24% Per Year For Me… And A Legacy Of Income For My Kids, Too My approach to investing in real estate has evolved since my first real estate purchase when I was 27 years old. For that first investment, I operated according to the principles of OPM—other people’s money. Buying a highly leveraged [...]
Why I'm Sometimes OK Paying More Taxes A few years ago, after reading an article I'd written detailing an American's ongoing obligation to file a tax return with the IRS each year even after he's moved overseas, a reader wrote in to correct me. The reader proudly pointed out that an American does not need [...]
Your Current Bank Balance Is Irrelevant I first had the thought that I wanted an "international life" when I was in high school... though at the time I didn't really know what that meant or how I'd achieve the goal. After college, I got a master's degree in international management from Thunderbird, then, with help [...]
How Trump Could Make My Grandchildren Stateless Turns out, my Monday missive on the opportunities presented by countries offering jus soli citizenship was timelier than I realized at the time. Within 24 hours of our publishing that essay, President Trump announced that he is considering issuing an executive order to eliminate jus soli in the United States. As I pointed out [...]
Cash Flow Of Up To 45% Per Year (I’m Not Kidding) 2018 has been a great year for us global property investors... And it's not over yet. In fact, I'd say my latest discovery is the best we've had all year. The numbers are compelling... For a one-time investment of US$39,000, you can position yourself [...]
Resident Of Nowhere? Full-time residency in another country or a backup residency just in case... These are two topics I address regularly in these dispatches, in my Simon Letter advisory service, and at conferences. But what about no residency? Discovering the world as a global nomad is an increasingly popular idea among the millennial crowd, but we olds [...]
What The New Tax Laws Mean For Us Americans Offshore I'd say the United States now has more tax filing deadlines than national holidays. Today, Oct. 15, is another one. Everyone knows April 15. That's the deadline for filing your personal tax return each year. This year this deadline actually fell on April 17, thanks [...]
A River Of Liquid Bullion Two or three times a year, Kathleen and I plan outings with small groups of friends from around the world. We identify a special travel adventure... and then we invite the folks we most enjoy spending time with to join us if their schedules allow. In that spirit, we've extended [...]
Cloned! What You Need To Know About Debit Cards When Traveling My son is traveling in Japan with a couple of classmates during the first break of his freshman year at university. In addition to now being able to check off his first “solo” country (that is, country that no one else in the family [...]
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