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Once you get started planting your flags around the world, you’ll eventually reach the point where you’ll ask yourself how much diversification is enough. My real estate portfolio has included investments in more than two dozen countries over the years and currently holds 24 properties in 11 countries. For some, that might qualify as over-diversification. […]
Four hotels, 11 specialty restaurants, 22 bars, 7 pools, 3 spas, 5 tennis courts, a basketball court, a beach club, and a shopping center… Plus, a championship 18-hole, par-72 golf course, as well as an executive 9-hole, par-27 course, both designed by Robert Trent Jones II. In terms of amenities and infrastructure, Bahia Principe Residences […]
I toured apartments that’d make good rentals in several cities and towns along this coast and decided to purchase in Lagos. This is the city where Kathleen and I agreed we’d both most like to return to personally. We try whenever possible to co-mingle agendas, investing in places where we’re interested in spending time as […]
Why would you want to buy a piece of real estate overseas? That was the starting point for the discussions that have taken place throughout this week’s Global Property Summit down here in sunny Panama. The big advantage of real estate anywhere is that it’s a hard asset, a real and long-term store of wealth. […]
“Welcome to Panama and welcome to Lief Simon’s Third Annual Global Property Summit…” So I began bright and early this sunny Panama morning in the meeting rooms of Panama City’s Marriott Hotel. “I’ve been scouting foreign property markets for more than 30 years… since 1985,” I continued for all assembled. “I made my first foreign […]
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 current president of Panama, Martinelli’s successor, Juan Carlos Varela, […]
I’ve just finalized the schedule for my Global Property Summit taking place March 14–16 in Panama City. I’ve targeted 19 specific markets of focus. These are the places you should be looking at for investment right now, the world’s top property investment options for 2016. In each of these markets, I’ve identified specific current opportunities, […]
Traveling in the United States over the holidays I was reminded, as I always am, that that country is one of the easiest places in the world to live and spend time. You might wonder, therefore, understandably: Why do anything offshore in the first place? Easier, surely, just to stay put. Overregulation, overreach, invasions of […]
In Panama this year, we purchased the building that houses our Live and Invest Overseas business and staff. This made sense not only because we’ll be our own tenant but also and more so because commercial and office space in Panama City are the best investment sectors in this market right now. This purchase diversifies […]
It’s possible some places overseas to invest with leverage. However, as a foreign investor, you aren’t going to find 100% mortgages. Typically, you’ll be lucky to get an 80% loan-to-value mortgage. Generally speaking you’ll need to put 30% to 50% down to get bank financing overseas… and the other terms of the mortgage won’t be […]
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