Category: Asset Protection
03
Jul
Some recent reader emails have me scratching my head. Some readers rail against me for writing about ways both to save taxes and to protect assets by moving them offshore. These readers seem fully to believe that these activities are illegal. The only thing I can think is that they are mis-merging ideas. Hiding assets […]
26
Jun
Vetting Your Next Overseas Property Purchase An attendee at last week’s Offshore Wealth Summit asked for specific recommendations for how to carry out due diligence on real estate investment opportunities abroad. He knows how to do his due diligence for real estate purchases back home, where he is an active investor, he explained, but he is just [...]
18
May
Back In The DR Where The Property Buys Are Better Than Ever I write from Santo Domingo, where I’m hosting this week’s Live and Invest in the Dominican Republic Conference. We have a sell-out crowd in the room, our biggest turnout for any DR event to date. I’m not surprised. This country has been at [...]
04
May
A reader emailed this week to ask: “How do I set up an offshore LLC?” That’s a loaded question that’s impossible to answer. Like most things in life, going offshore isn’t a one-size-fits-all program. Options are many and varied and must be considered in the context of an individual’s personal situation. It could be that […]
01
May
A few weeks ago I requested a certificate of good standing for one of my offshore entities from my registered agent. One of my banks has started requesting a new certificate each year as part of their client due diligence. Every year is overkill in my view, but it’s either provide the certificate or have […]
27
Apr
The left-wing parties are out of the running in France. The choice is down to Emmanuel Macron, a non-politician centrist, and Marine Le Pen, a legacy politician from the extreme right. Should Marine Le Pen win, she’s vowed to pull France out of the EU and shut the borders for immigration. Macron promises to reduce […]
03
Apr
You already know you can’t believe everything you read on the internet. You already know that if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t. So how is it so many people fall prey to scams and con men… I met my first con man almost 20 years ago. He was introduced by […]
27
Mar
Do Not Invest In A Panama Corporation (With This One Exception) When I first began spending time and money in Panama some 18 years ago, I remember the local attorneys talking to me about the need to put any piece of real estate purchased in Panama into a Panama corporation. As a rule, that’s how [...]
02
Mar
Before Going Offshore, Ask Yourself: What’s The Point For Me? You need a plan for your future. Everybody knows that, right? The trouble is that making a plan for your future is a big, daunting idea. I mean... where... how do you start? You don’t want to get this wrong... but how can you know [...]
27
Feb
Diversify Offshore? What's The Point... I'm working today to finalize the list of speakers for my Offshore Wealth Summit to see who else I might be able to fit in. My team and I have put together a powerful lineup for this year's event, with more and more diverse speakers than ever before. However, as [...]
