Offshore Living Letter is a publication of Live and Invest Overseas. Our goal is to provide timely, actionable information on all things offshore, including: how to go offshore, diversifying your portfolio, wealth creation, protecting your assets, and much more.
Category: Diversification
10
Jul
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our time in history. Cable news has got that beat covered. And in any case, I’m about finding opportunity (because I believe it can always be found) and organizing your life so you can enjoy what the world has to offer… even if you have [...]
09
Jul
How A DNA Test Led To An Irish Passport
Baby Thomas James Delehanty arrived into the world in 1963 Arizona. A couple months later, having been adopted, he became John Edward Portmann. In 2019, he decided to research his family tree. Although he had long known he was adopted, he was shocked when the DNA test he took revealed his ancestry to be 100% […]
03
Jul
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 […]
04
Feb

When Plan B Becomes Plan A
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our time in history. Cable news has got that beat covered. And in any case, I’m about finding opportunity (because I believe it can always be found) and organizing your life so you can enjoy what the world has to offer, even if you have [...]
26
Dec
A Golden Opportunity From The Emerald Isle
“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” ~ Roger Babson From time to time, an opportunity crosses my desk that’s simply a “no brainer.” What I’m going to tell you about today is one of those opportunities… Let me explain. There’s a company you’ve never heard of… They don’t [...]
23
Dec
Reduce Your Risk And Grow Your Nest Egg
I’ve been planting flags for more than 25 years at this point… long before I had ever heard about the Five Flags Theory or any of the other terms used to simplify the conversation about internationalizing one’s life. Some of my flags were accidental… or incidental at first… just part of life. My first offshore [...]
28
Nov
The Single Most Powerful Way To Create Options
In the wake of the election result you’re probably feeling one of two ways about life in the U.S. I say think long-term and beyond home borders. Whatever your world view, a Plan B always makes sense. But that doesn’t mean turning your back on the U.S. I certainly haven’t. Heck, I own a home [...]
07
Nov
A Caribbean Escape For Under $150k
This week, a page turned in the U.S. history books… Whether you think it went forward, backward, want to frame it, or throw it in the fire, doesn’t really matter. It is what it is. Following on from Trump’s win, major U.S. stock indexes soared in afternoon trading. Banks, in particular, enjoyed a good day [...]
04
Nov
It’s About To Get Crazy…
In a couple of days, a lot of people are going to be very upset, and a lot will be very happy. Let’s face it, whatever happens, it’s about to get crazy… And if you’re placing your happiness or sanity—or lack thereof—in the hands of the person set to take the White House this week, [...]
28
Oct
Keep Your Options Open
Creating a plan to internationalize and diversify your life isn’t something you should undertake as a reaction against someone else. It’s something you should do for yourself, to protect yourself, your family, and your assets. When he was in office, I met countless Americans who were planning to leave the United States because of Obama. [...]