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When President Trump was elected to office, some readers wrote to say they’d decided to put their flag-planting efforts on hold. Maybe President Trump would be able to achieve his goal of making America great again, they figured. He’s certainly gotten off to a dramatic start. Love or hate what he’s doing… believe or don’t […]
The U.S. elections are finally over, and now the talking heads have moved on to discuss the minutiae of Donald Trump’s transition plans. Meanwhile, friends, colleagues, readers, and consulting clients are writing each day to ask what Trump’s victory means for me… How am I adjusting my holdings, my investment plans, and my Plan B […]
“If you were to make specific recommendations for how to go about creating a Plan B, what would they be?” So I began the opening panel discussion for our Emergency Offshore Summit taking place in Panama City this week. On stage with me were our favorite legal eagle from Colombia Juan Dario Gutierrez… Cayman Islands […]
The U.S. election season is winding down… thankfully. This election has been more embarrassing for this American abroad than any previous such season in my nearly 20 years living overseas. Watching the debate last night, I kept waiting for Jack Bauer to come running into view on the TV screen and save the day. The […]
Over the weekend I read one of those Q&A articles in a mainstream financial publication. A reader had written in to ask how he should invest a windfall of US$250,000. The answer was typical mainstream financial advice that boiled down to: Determine your level of risk tolerance based on your age and then allocate some […]
Neither Doomsday Prepper nor Wilderness Mountain Man you need to be… but, with the right systems in place, living can be free. The new reality TV vision of self-sufficiency is hairy rawhide-clad mountain men and women jumping into frigid rivers in the wilderness to wrestle salmon from giant grizzly bears. It’s as comically ridiculous an […]
Using the wrong type of entity can create tax and administrative issues that can be costly to remedy… especially for Americans. If an American uses an S.A. (Sociedad Anonima) from Panama to hold passive-income-producing investments, for example, he can
Meanwhile, my real estate portfolio has held steady this week, as it does most weeks. No violent, overnight ups and downs with real estate. Yes, prices can go down, even dramatically, as they did in many markets in 2008/2009. Those downs present buying opportunities… just as this week’s down stock values created buying opportunities for […]
Example: Croatia Croatia was a good example of this a decade ago, before this country joined the EU. Back then (which is when I invested here), Croatia imposed a restriction on the foreign purchase of real estate… a form of reciprocity. For you to be able to buy property in Croatia, Croatians had to be […]
Administering your offshore life isn’t sexy, but it is necessary. As I write, I’m sitting in my apartment in Medellín staring at a property tax bill that needs to be paid. These bills come quarterly. However, based on the bill in front of me it appears that our property manager (really our maid Claudia who […]
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