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15 Dec
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Investing In Thailand Aquaponics: The Future Of Farming

Passive income traditionally comes in three categories—interest, dividends, and rent. For my own portfolio, I’ve long focused on rental income. A rental property can be a great cash flow generator. Over the last several years, I’ve expanded my thinking about options for earning rental income to include agricultural properties. Like a beach house or condo, […]

12 Dec
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The Real Secret To Our Success Investing Overseas (Hint: It’s Trust)

Even I… a woman who really prefers to do things for herself and by herself… have learned an important lesson: Life the way we live it is much easier with help. For Lief and me, life can be complicated. Our constant priority is diversification. This is both a risk-aversion strategy and a personal preference. We […]

28 Nov
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Your Best Financial Strategy Now That Trump Has Won

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 […]

03 Nov
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The Keys To Building A Real Estate Portfolio Using Leverage

Leverage is the Holy Grail for just-getting-started real estate investors in the United States. A mega-industry has developed around no-money-down gurus and their systems. I bought the program of one of the best known of these guys, Carlton Sheets, more than 20 years ago when I was getting started at this myself. Indeed, I followed […]

03 Oct
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Uncovering The Best Condos For Sale In Mazatlán, Mexico

Earlier this year, I closed on a brand-new condo right on the boardwalk in Mazatlán, Mexico. This came after two years of exploring up and down the Mexican coast and then evaluating one neighborhood against another within Mazatlán’s 20 miles of beaches. I preferred Mazatlán on Mexico’s west coast for a number of reasons… 1. […]

29 Sep
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Best Place To Invest In Mexico’s Riviera Maya? Think Tulum!

I’ve just returned to Panama City following our Live and Invest in Mexico Conference in Tulum this week. It was my first visit to the Riviera Maya region in four years. Most everything is as I remember it… the beach, the water, the palm trees… with three important differences. First, the value of the peso […]

19 Sep
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How Passive Income Is Your Ticket To Real Independence

Independence means something different to each of us. For one friend of mine (let’s call him Jack), it means having enough passive income to embrace an active and interesting but relatively modest lifestyle traveling around the world. Jack likes to see new cultures, to make friends in different countries, and to study history and economics, […]

15 Aug
Latin America is full of property markets that offer much upside.

How Old Stereotypes Can Lead To Property Investing Profits

Since 2001, I’ve picked some of the world’s best places to live… places that stood out because of their fantastic lifestyle, rich culture, and low cost of living. Walking the cobblestones of Spanish colonial cities… enjoying the convenient city living in a world capital… enjoying the world’s best weather… and beachfront living on a tropical […]

11 Aug
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Living Self-Sufficiently Isn’t About Prepping

In his opening presentation for my Self-Sufficiency Workshop in Belize this month, Wade Hahn made an important distinction. Being self-sufficient isn’t the same as being a doomsday “prepper.” Preppers hoard food and supplies waiting for the world to end… for the zombies to attack, as I put it. Being self-sufficient is about being able to […]