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: International Business
How To Avoid The Dreaded Expat Rumor Mill While Overseas
One thing you have to learn to navigate when you begin spending time or money in another country is the expat rumor mill. It can be a force to be reckoned with. You’ll be astounded by how quickly a story can circulate anywhere expats gather. The coconut telegraph is alive and well in the 21st […]
The Opportunity To Live And Invest Overseas Is Yours To Take
What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As we stand now at the start of New Year 2017, my question is not rhetorical, for, indeed, you could go anywhere, you could do anything, and you could spend your days and invest your capital […]
Have You Heard? Going Offshore Is Your Best Bet
First, because, for me, the flip side of comfortable and convenient is dull and predictable. Life in the United States is fully figured out, leaving little room for the unexpected and the incalculable. Then there’s the overregulation, overreach, invasions of privacy, and poor government stewardship of the people’s money that dominate this landscape. For me, […]
The 9 Best Places To Invest In Real Estate Overseas In 2017
The Real Secret To Our Success Investing Overseas (Hint: It’s Trust)
Even I… a woman who really prefers to do things for herself and by herself… have learned an important lesson: Life the way we live it is much easier with help. For Lief and me, life can be complicated. Our constant priority is diversification. This is both a risk-aversion strategy and a personal preference. We […]
Your Best Financial Strategy Now That Trump Has Won
The U.S. elections are finally over, and now the talking heads have moved on to discuss the minutiae of Donald Trump’s transition plans. Meanwhile, friends, colleagues, readers, and consulting clients are writing each day to ask what Trump’s victory means for me… How am I adjusting my holdings, my investment plans, and my Plan B […]
The Rise Of Anti-Capitalism: The Death Of Free Trade?
Don’t Let News Cycles Dictate Your Diversification Plan
Over the years, readers have called me crazy and even stupid for visiting and investing in one country or another… Argentina in 2002, Romania in 2004, Egypt in 2005, Colombia in 2011… for example… They’ve forwarded me U.S. State Department reports and warnings about various countries. They’ve asked whether I watch the news or have […]
Lisbon’s Real Estate Market Is Undervalued And Promising
Lief and I arrived in the heart of Lisbon’s business and banking district yesterday and installed ourselves in a hotel housed in a building that dates back 300 years at least. Other buildings up and down this tree-lined street are older. I’m at home here. I’m most comfortable in cities and structures with long pasts. […]