18
Sep
About 10 months ago, I told you about an aquaponics opportunity in Thailand. This, I explained, is a turnkey chance to earn 15% a year for 20 years… with the first payouts coming in just 12 months. Before making that initial recommendation, I carried out due diligence over many months, including making a trip to […]
24
Aug
What’s Your Property Investing Strategy? Here’s Mine… When I first started out investing in real estate overseas, my personal investment process was less refined than it is today. Twenty years ago when I got started at this, I would scout a new location to see what opportunities were available, and, because I could almost always [...]
17
Aug
All That Glitters—Is It Gold? Ever since the discovery of precious metals as a means of payment, wealth storage, and vanity, there have been forgers trying to replace the valuable metals with lesser ones to make a higher profit. Early attempts may seem crude from today's perspective, but they worked for quite a long time, [...]
10
Aug
This Is The Sweet Spot For Investment On This Coast Right Now I first scouted the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico for real estate investment opportunities some 15 years ago, when the Costa Maya was just coming on to the world’s radar. The Costa Maya has developed some since I first looked at the region, but [...]
27
Jul
Funding Your New Life Offshore How much money do you need to move to a new country? That’s not the question to ask. The question to ask is this: How much money do you have to live on? In these dispatches every day, I introduce you to places where you could live comfortably on as [...]
20
Jul
A developer I work with in Brazil wrote to me this week to say that several recent reservations he’s received from would-be American buyers have been cancelled after the buyers have spoken with their financial advisors. Reasons these financial advisors have counseled their clients to pull out of purchases after having signed contracts include: It’s […]
06
Jul
Wandering around Lisbon and its suburbs during my most recent visit, the more I saw, the more I wanted to see. And the more I was sold. The opportunities for real estate investment in central Lisbon right now are many, varied, and compelling. This is a big area made up of
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 [...]
08
Jun
Panama Avocado Plantation Sold Out—This Is Your Last Chance To Get In As I remind you often, when you find a flag-planting opportunity that interests you, you should take advantage of it while it's available because, in the offshore world, things change. Usually, when I make this point I'm referring to residency programs, banking opportunities, [...]
01
Jun
Frequently a consultation at my office begins with someone telling me that his lawyer told him he couldn’t pursue some estate planning strategy he wanted to pursue. In my experience, “can’t” either means the lawyer doesn’t know how to accomplish the goal and so says it can’t be done… or it means that the strategy […]
