Finally, after months of due diligence and negotiation, dozens of calls and even more emails, the deals for my 2021 Global Property Virtual Summit taking place later this month are set. These are private offerings across a dozen markets and including more than 24 deals. Yesterday, for example, I was able to secure an attendee-only […]
For excellent rental returns and a high-performing market in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta is at the top of my list. And if you are looking for high-quality properties in a beautiful and enjoyable city—with the potential for a good income and capital gain—then Puerto Vallarta should be at the top of your list, too. The real […]
A little more than a year since pandemic restrictions first were instituted in Panama, the country is vaccinating (including foreign nationals) at a good rate, and stay-at-home orders have largely been lifted. Beaches, pools, and gyms have re-opened, and the international airport has been again operating since Oct. 12. Now what? As is its custom, […]
Investment professionals in the United States are trained on financial products. As a result, the investment and retirement portfolios that most of them recommend include paper investments only, in three categories—stocks, bonds, and cash. Depending on your age and your risk tolerance, most financial advisors will tell you to put some percentage of your investment […]
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
Preparing for the unknown… That’s the principle behind diversification. You can’t be sure that any stock pick you make will turn out to be the next Apple or Facebook… so you buy stock in different companies. You can’t be sure stocks will always go up (in fact, you can be sure they will not always […]
Take France as an example. People generally think that France is a super-high-tax jurisdiction. When you do the math, though, you find that an American living in France wouldn’t likely pay any more in taxes than he would living in the United States. First, France has a taxation treaty with the United States, effectively eliminating […]
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