Making Money (And Finding Love) Overseas As longtime readers know, 99% of my investment portfolio is in real estate. Yet my overriding mantra is: Diversification, diversification, diversification. It is the key to success both with your investments and your lifestyle. That's why my real estate portfolio is very diversified. It includes agricultural land, raw land, [...]
My Personal Bug-Out Plan As the year rounds the corner to its end, Brexit is back in the news. Theresa May battles on. Meantime, the Chinese keep trying to figure out Trump’s next move, and actions by the Saudi government that would have started a world war 100 years ago are still playing out… and, [...]
Up To 24% Per Year For Me… And A Legacy Of Income For My Kids, Too My approach to investing in real estate has evolved since my first real estate purchase when I was 27 years old. For that first investment, I operated according to the principles of OPM—other people’s money. Buying a highly leveraged [...]
Asia's Most Impressive Turnaround Tale Of Success Singapore sits on the path of ancient shipping lanes... which is why it has long been an attractive destination, first, among Asian kingdoms and then, starting with the Portuguese, Europeans. Eventually, the British ended up with the island as part of their empire and they didn't give it [...]
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 [...]
Why You Should Obtain A Second Passport Holding a second passport can be a very useful, convenient thing for the global citizen. It can alleviate potential safety issues for an American passport-holder. It can also mean greater ease of travel, a ready option for alternative residency, and the right to work in the country where [...]
Planning Your Legacy And Protecting Future Generations The idea of legacy planning isn’t new. Families from the Rothschilds to the Duponts and the Kennedys have done it for a long time, and some European families have created plans that have maintained family wealth for centuries. The idea that those of us with less substantial assets might [...]
International Real Estate As An Investment A piece of real estate anywhere in the world is a real asset that you control and that, barring some act of God, can’t disappear altogether. Further, buy right, and your property investment can grow in value and deliver reliable cash flow. Certainly, if you’ve bought right, with an eye [...]
What We Learned In Panama This Week This week's Emergency Offshore Summit in Panama City was exhausting and exhaustive. The overriding theme was one that I've been heralding for years, specifically: The offshore world is an ever-moving target...so take action when you can. Otherwise, you could lose your window of opportunity. In Panama, one bank [...]
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