21
Jun
I’m preparing the program for my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place July 25–27 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. And I’m adding a new panel discussion to the agenda. I’m calling it: “Plan B—How To Survive Our Age.” I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our age. Cable news has got that beat covered.
18
Jun
It’s Official—Social Security Is Running Out Of Funds... Here's What You Need To Do Now The Social Security Administration will have to begin dipping into its trust fund this year... and the fund will run dry in 16 years. That's the official proclamation of the report published last week. What does this mean for folks [...]
31
May
Cash Flow Is Not An Excuse—How To Earn The Money You Need To Live Wherever You Want I decided in high school that I wanted an international life. Of course, I wouldn't have articulated it that way back then. I'm not sure that, back then, I even knew what “international” meant. What I did know [...]
10
May
Who's Packing? The Right To Bear Arms Overseas The feature article in the current issue of my Simon Letter advisory service is about guns. The movement underway in the United States right now to restrict gun ownership and certain types of guns and accessories is similar to the push for more gun controls that followed [...]
03
May
I Love Paris In The Springtime Lief and his wife Kathleen Peddicord have repositioned themselves this week from Panama City to Paris. Kathleen reports of their arrival in the City of Light at the height of springtime… At the round bistro table on the corner, face to the street and the sun, sat a man [...]
30
Apr
Why Is Everyone Ignoring This Place? Darned If I Could Say Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy might all make it into the answers of a Family Feud survey about where people like to live and retire in Europe. Portugal, on the other hand, probably wouldn't. Yet I would include Portugal among my top three options [...]
26
Apr
Why Walk Away From The US$12.99 Olive Garden Special? I'm just back from a cross-country road trip... followed by a few days in New York City. I drove from Arizona to Illinois... then hopped a flight to the Big Apple. I'm in the United States once, maybe twice a year. I don't have much opportunity [...]
19
Apr
20% Net Rental Yields? Could This Be For Real? I'm receiving emails and alerts daily from U.K. real estate promoters touting U.S. property investment opportunities to their British investor lists. One such mailing I received this week promises a net yield of 20%. Florida has been a big seller to Brits and other Europeans for [...]
16
Apr
It’s Panama 2000 All Over Again I visited Panama for the first time in early 2000. The United States had just handed over the Canal Zone to the Panamanians. Everyone was worried. Would Panama be able to manage the Canal on its own? Meantime, Panama's economy went into shock after the tens of thousands of [...]
12
Apr
How Not To Become A Complaining Drunk In Your New Life Overseas When I ask attendees at conferences what they've got planned after they've made their moves overseas, many tell me they intend to play a lot of golf... or go deep-sea fishing every day. While those activities can be fun... and you could do [...]
