The big topic among U.S. tax planners as we move into this year’s tax season is the estate tax. Trump increased the lifetime exemption in his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It’s set to revert to its previous level—US$5 million, adjusted for
I’m back in Panama after having been away for a year. Kathleen and I arrived in the country about a month ago and headed straight out to the Veraguas coast. We remained in residence at Los Islotes until this week. After months of lockdown in
Greece’s Golden Visa program stands out. Nothing else in Europe matches this golden ticket. For a 250,000-euro investment in real estate (just under US$300,000 at today’s exchange), non-EU citizens and their families can get residency of Greece. The visa covers children up to 21 years of age and is granted for five years. After that, […]
A few years back, while everyone else was still raving about Tulum, I’d already moved my sights across the other side of Mexico. If you took my advice then you got a heck of a deal on an ocean-view property situated in the heart of Mexico’s next big push in tourism. As I expected, significant […]
I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two different things. Staff in Panama have been living through the various lockdown measures since last March, but their accounts of the pains of the restrictions, which at times have been even stricter than they are […]
We’re more than midway through January, and the massively discounted real estate deals expected as a result of the pandemic have yet to materialize. Au contraire, dear fellow
In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smart investment choice. Property is a safe bet, but where offers the best return on your money? Let’s go about this using a question I get often: “What would you buy right now if you had a budget of US$150,000 to invest in real […]
A study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calls out the danger to food security created by an overweight global population. Larger bodies require more energy even when sitting still. The global population is expected to grow by 1.9 billion people between now and the year 2050. The added strain on the […]
My picks for the five top property markets for 2021? I reveal them below. These are the five markets I’m most bullish on post-COVID-19. In each case, you can invest for a healthy cash flow… and—wait for it—for less than six figures. In fact, in most of these markets, you can get in for under […]
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