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.
Author: Lief Simon
How To Create Your Own Offshore Plan
“A partner and I built an Internet business, then sold it about a year ago. Suddenly, I had some real money, and I thought I should get serious about what to do with it…where to put it.” The young man went on to explain that he attended an international money conference, where he met an […]
What Hugo Chavez’s Death Could Mean For Investors In Venezuela…And Panama
Hugo Chavez’s death could mean that Venezuela is again an interesting investment haven; it could also have negative consequences for the condo investment in Panama City. By now, you’ve heard that Hugo Chavez is dead. Venezuela has scheduled elections to choose its new president in April. The question in the air now is: What does […]
Financial Planning Strategies For Retiring Overseas
Private Wealth Summit At Buenaventura, Panama
What Happens To EU Property Investment Markets If The Euro Disappears?
Because I own real estate in Europe, friends and family have asked over the past few years about my position on the euro. They send me articles predicting the euro’s crash or the latest report on the dire state of affairs in euro land. Some try to get me worked up with their Chicken Little […]
Live, Retire, And Invest In Ecuador
The Shrinking Middle Class In America
Self-Sufficiency In Belize
2013 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
The most important tool in the U.S. expat’s tax toolbox is the foreign-earned income exclusion (referred to in tax-planning circles as the FEIE or ‘the exclusion’). If you qualify, it allows you to exclude up to US$97,600 in 2013 foreign-earned income from U.S. federal income tax.