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Author: Lief Simon

10 Nov
Don’t Let The Election Results Put A Wall Around Your Future

Don’t Let The Election Results Put A Wall Around Your Future

The political pollsters are all looking for new careers and Canada’s immigration website went down for some time late Tuesday night as this week’s U.S. presidential election result was becoming clear. Few thought that Trump would win. Now that he has, stock and currency markets aren’t sure what to do. A running joke throughout this […]

07 Nov
Punta Cana dominates the "fast-Track" back up residency game.

Backup Residency In The DR: Your Post-Election Promised Land

The agony of the current U.S. election cycle ends tomorrow. Next comes the agony of the new administration. The choices this year are perhaps the worst lesser-of-two-evil options we’ve seen in decades. So you need other options. Fortunately, key places around the world are stepping up to oblige. On my radar specifically right now in […]

03 Nov
Building A Real Estate Investment Portfolio

The Keys To Building A Real Estate Portfolio Using Leverage

Leverage is the Holy Grail for just-getting-started real estate investors in the United States. A mega-industry has developed around no-money-down gurus and their systems. I bought the program of one of the best known of these guys, Carlton Sheets, more than 20 years ago when I was getting started at this myself. Indeed, I followed […]

11 Oct
Sundays Presidential Debate had me wondering if it's a no-win for the country, whoever candidate we choose.

Sunday’s Presidential Debate: More Painful Than My Tax Returns

I listened to the presidential debate last night while finishing my 2015 tax return. I’m not sure which one bothered me more. My tax return is more than 50 pages. It’s mostly information forms reporting my assets rather than actual income reporting. My non-American friends laugh when I complain to them about what a pain […]

06 Oct
anti capitalism. It seems everyone hates capitalism these days.

The Rise Of Anti-Capitalism: The Death Of Free Trade?

4 Predictions For Our Anti-Capitalist World The world seems to hate capitalism these days. Teresa May, Britain’s new anti-capitalism prime minister, just outlined her goals. She railed against the "international elite." I think that term might include you and me; I’m not sure. According to the Financial Times, PM May set out an "agenda of [...]
03 Oct
mazatlan mexico offers top beaches at affordable prices.

Uncovering The Best Condos For Sale In Mazatlán, Mexico

Earlier this year, I closed on a brand-new condo right on the boardwalk in Mazatlán, Mexico. This came after two years of exploring up and down the Mexican coast and then evaluating one neighborhood against another within Mazatlán’s 20 miles of beaches. I preferred Mazatlán on Mexico’s west coast for a number of reasons… 1. […]

29 Sep
tulum mexico riviera maya

Best Place To Invest In Mexico’s Riviera Maya? Think Tulum!

I’ve just returned to Panama City following our Live and Invest in Mexico Conference in Tulum this week. It was my first visit to the Riviera Maya region in four years. Most everything is as I remember it… the beach, the water, the palm trees… with three important differences. First, the value of the peso […]

26 Sep
Here’s to a diversified life.

My Diversified Life: From Student Loans To Sunset Coasts

Sitting on the porch of a friend’s house on the water near Los Islotes, the coastal community I’m developing in Panama, last week, looking out over the Pacific Ocean and listening to the surf, it struck me how different my life would have played out if I hadn’t chosen to internationalize it early on. The […]

19 Sep
freedom by passive income

How Passive Income Is Your Ticket To Real Independence

Independence means something different to each of us. For one friend of mine (let’s call him Jack), it means having enough passive income to embrace an active and interesting but relatively modest lifestyle traveling around the world. Jack likes to see new cultures, to make friends in different countries, and to study history and economics, […]