Author: Lief Simon
What Happens When Banks Fail
An Effective Way To Protect Your Assets
I read once about a California couple who found one thousand four hundred $20 gold coins from the mid-1800s buried on their property. The store was estimated to be worth as much as $10 million due to the rarity and quality of some of the coins. The value of the gold alone was about $2 […]
A Second Citizenship Blunder
The Key To A Successful Back-Up Plan
How To Negotiate Overseas
How To Negotiate Overseas: Buying real estate overseas is nothing like buying real estate in North America. So it’s best to go into this process with realistic expectations. Here are some of the major differences that you should expect when buying real estate overseas: Language barriers. It’s likely that you will encounter a language barrier […]
Investing in Real Estate for Retirement: Aliens, Volcanoes, And Exit Strategies
Investing in Real Estate for Retirement: Just a quick note this morning as I’ve got a room full of people waiting for me to kick off day two of my International Property SummitLINKVP down here in Panama City. We started yesterday with an overview of how to launch your global property portfolio… choosing the right […]
The Key To A Secure Retirement
According to recent findings from the National Institute on Retirement Security, 68% of Americans aren’t sure they’ll ever be able to retire. Meanwhile 79% of Americans polled for Intuit’s Prosperity Index for 2025 say the country is facing a retirement crisis. Self-help guru Tony Robbins has warned U.S. retirees that relying on Social Security in […]
International wealth-building strategies. Here’s A Secret…
International wealth-building strategies: I grew up in a lower-middle-class home, the son of a single mother. There was no trust fund to give me a leg up in life. I saved long to be able to pay for my first car, and I worked two jobs to cover college tuition… then grad school. I tell […]
Know When To Hold ’Em…
Real Estate Yield Analysis: Most real estate investments have two profit components to consider: income and appreciation. Income comes in the form of rents and appreciation comes from increased value over time. Generally, one or the other is the main reason to invest… and it is net yields that I’ve focused on for my investments […]