These restrictions weren’t all bad. The lockdown made us slow down and figure out what’s really important. Before the pandemic, I’d become used to the fast pace many of my North American clients worked at. Today, people are more thoughtful about where they want to invest their money and what will bring them happiness. They’ve […]
We are in the midst of a boom in demand for organic foods… And it’s just getting started. The agricultural group in Panama that we’ve been working with for the last four years is just barely able to keep up with this demand. They have either sold out or closed out all of their active […]
“If you want to grow, you have to go to a place that’s growing.” –Panamanian businessman Jose Bern “Panama has three things going for it—location, location, location.” –Expat investor David Stubbs “What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear ‘Panama’?” expat-investor David Stubbs asked the crowd in Panama City yesterday morning. “The […]
Gurus and pundits have long been predicting the collapse of the U.S. dollar, yet the dollar has appreciated against many currencies over the last 18 months, in some cases markedly so. It’s at a 12-year high against the euro, a 6.5-year high against the Colombian peso and the Canadian dollar, and an 8-year high against […]
One part of diversifying your life internationally is choosing where you want to spend your time. The world is a big place with many options. Europe offers Old World charm and history… Asia offers vast cultural diversity… Latin America is sunny and accessible, plus you can get by in most of the region with a […]
“Panama City today is unrecognizable from the Panama City I discovered for the first time 16 years ago,” I explained this morning to the crowd convened for this week’s Live and Invest in Panama Conference. “This city has reinvented itself over the past decade-and-a-half. When I arrived on the scene 16 years ago, this was […]
Investing pre-construction, which gained a bad rap post-2008, is again a viable option. If you were a pre-construction investor stung by losses in pre-2008 bubble markets from Florida to Spain, you may be understandably wary. However, in certain markets, pre-construction is again interesting. I recommend you take a look at Istanbul, for example, where the […]
Last year about this time, I announced the launch of a new agricultural investment opportunity in Panama—a mango plantation where you could participate as a small investor, taking title to your piece of the farm and earning yields along with the developer. Today, that mango plantation is nearly sold out. In less than one year, […]
The most cost-effective, hassle-free invest-for-residency program we know of available anywhere in the world today is in Panama and takes advantage of this country’s “Specific Countries” residency visa program. The Specific Countries program was initiated under Ricardo Martinelli’s presidential administration through an executive order that the new president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, has so […]
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.
