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.
Category: Diversification
06
Dec
The World Is Ending… Where Should You Go? A reader wrote this week to ask where I’d recommend as the ideal destination in a doomsday scenario. Where would qualify as the best place to be in an end-of-the-world situation? The reader specifically referenced a shutdown of global trade. I would want a place where enough [...]
22
Nov
The Safety Talk: Why Diversifying Is More Important Than Ever
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, [...]
19
Nov
Why My Investment Focus Is Now On Turnkey Agriculture
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 [...]
11
Oct
Cruising Through History, Rivers Of Gold, And Lots Of Vinho
A River Of Liquid Bullion Two or three times a year, Kathleen and I plan outings with small groups of friends from around the world. We identify a special travel adventure... and then we invite the folks we most enjoy spending time with to join us if their schedules allow. In that spirit, we've extended [...]
24
Sep
Diversify Offshore So You Don’t Find Yourself Out Of Options
Trade Wars, Bureaucrats, And Brexit Some residents of the Carolinas found themselves out of options this month. Some Carolinians weren’t able—for various reasons—to heed the mandatory hurricane evacuation announcements. Eventually, they had to be rescued. Very unfortunate situation… that reminded me why I’ve worked so hard to organize my life the way that I have. [...]
03
Sep
Is Singapore A Suitable Destination For Diversification?
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 [...]
23
Aug
What You Need To Know About United States Travel Warnings
A Warning About Travel Warnings It's one of the most frequent comments I get in my feedback from readers. Every month or so, someone writes in to chastise me for suggesting people look at diversifying their lives in places like Mexico or Colombia. "Don't you know that [insert country name] is full of danger? Haven't [...]
26
Jul
Will You Be Our Next Retire Overseas Conference Success?
Because Lief is busy hosting this week’s Summit, he has asked Conference Director Valentine Fouché to share some real-life success stories of past conference attendees. Read on… I meet thousands of our Live and Invest Overseas readers at conferences we host each year. And I love hearing about their live-and-invest-overseas adventures post-conference. Past attendee Gary […]
23
Jul
Cultural Respect: Running From The Bulls, But Not The BS
Anyone Buying Into A Cultural Appropriation Argument Is A Moron Earlier this month Kathleen and I traveled with a group of friends to Pamplona, Spain, for the Festival of San Fermín... The annual Running of the Bulls that Mr. Hemingway made so famous. Kathleen reported on our expat adventure in her daily dispatch... and, well, some [...]
28
Jun
Why You Should Diversify Your Life Offshore And How I Started
“Think back,” my editor wife counseled… “Why, originally, did you want to go offshore?” Here in Paris Kathleen and I have more time for reflection. Separate and distant from the day-by-day responsibilities of the office in Panama, we’re more flexible in every way. Instead of rushing to the office each morning and diving into our […]