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Author: Lief Simon

07 May
Back up residency in colombia. a high rise building in colombia with new developments being built in the background

Why A Plan B Residency In Colombia Should Be Your Plan A

World's Easiest Residency? I spent the past several months working on a massive expansion of our guide to foreign residency and second citizenship. During that time I was reminded why Colombia continues to stand out among the competition whenever backup residency alternatives are discussed. Colleague Lee Harrison has long insisted that Colombia be at the top [...]
23 Apr
hand holding a pencil which has written the word tax in capital letters on a piece of paper

There Are Many Reasons For Going Offshore, Taxes Aren’t One

Last week was the end of the official tax season for Americans. We all got an extra day this year because the IRS’s online system crashed in the 11th hour. Too much traffic in the final hours leading up to the midnight deadline. Seems more and more people wait until the last minute to file.

19 Apr
view form the air of a surburban housing estate in cincinnati

Weighing Risk Vs Reward For Long-Term Subsidized Renters

20% Net Rental Yields? Could This Be For Real? I'm receiving emails and alerts daily from U.K. real estate promoters touting U.S. property investment opportunities to their British investor lists. One such mailing I received this week promises a net yield of 20%. Florida has been a big seller to Brits and other Europeans for [...]
05 Apr
Five Flags: Comparing Panama And Portugal

Five Flags: Comparing Panama And Portugal’s Citizenship, Residency, Real Estate, And Taxes

Americans tend to dismiss Europe for offshore lifestyle and investment options, thinking this part of the world is too complicated or too expensive. The truth is that some European countries can be cheaper than destinations that might much sooner come to mind for obtaining residency or investing in real estate. Portugal is one of them. […]

29 Mar
Inside an aquaponics greenhouse showing rows of produce being grown

Updates On Thailand’s Growing Aquaponics Investment

Great News From Thailand… And How You Can Profit From It I heard this week from the developer of the aquaponics project in Thailand that we've been reporting on for the past 18 months. He wrote to share the good news that he has made the first crop payments to early Live and Invest Overseas [...]
26 Mar
Timber Investment In Colombia

Timber Investment In Colombia: Steadiest Bet In The Market

A couple of years ago I asked a group I work with in Colombia if they had any ideas for an agriculture project in their country. Colombia is known for its coffee and there are many coffee farms across the country, but I wasn’t interested in coffee. I wanted something unique. My associates in Medellín […]

22 Mar
The Donald Posing with a bill which he has recently signed in the white house

How Trump’s Tax Changes Impact Americans Offshore

Trump threw us Americans with businesses overseas a curveball in December. His tax changes eliminated the deferred-tax status for U.S.-controlled foreign corporations. That opportunity to defer U.S. tax made it possible for Americans with small businesses overseas to build their businesses faster. Now what? All my global tax-expert friends and colleagues have spent the past […]

15 Mar
Choosing A Jurisdiction For Backup Residency Overseas

Choosing A Jurisdiction For Backup Residency Overseas

World’s Best Residency Program One important piece of internationalizing your life can be establishing residency in another country, either because you intend to move to that country or because you want a backup residency in your back pocket in case things go completely sideways and you decide it's time to bug out. You have many [...]
05 Mar
Donald Trump Signing A Bill In Front Of A Window. The View Outside Is Of Green Trees, Trump Is Sitting At A Wooden Table And Not Wearing A Tie

What Trump’s New Tax Bill Means For Your Offshore Business

Thanks, Trump Expats were hoping for better from the tax bill that Trump signed back in November. Rumors were bandied about that he might, for example, eliminate the worldwide taxation based on citizenship that we Americans abroad are saddled with. In fact, had he done that (he did not), it would not have made much [...]