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A friend sent me an article over the weekend about the demise of local districts’ identities in Lisbon as a result of increased tourism in that city. The writer of the piece takes the position that tourists are killing the local charm that attracted them to Lisbon in the first place. His argument is that […]
Spain’s housing bubble, Greece’s debt crisis, and recession in Portugal resulted in drops in real estate values in those countries that carry on today (though Spain and Portugal are this side of their bottoms). Meantime, U.S. dollar buyers are benefitting from an uber-in-their-favor exchange rate between the greenback and the euro. Likewise, this is perhaps […]
Getting on the plane in Paris yesterday headed for Thailand where I’m spending the week to carry out some on-the-ground due diligence for a new property investment opportunity in this country, I couldn’t help but think of my last investment in Thailand more than 11 years ago. That deal didn’t turn out as planned… which […]
Every year since moving to Panama, Kathleen and I have met with our Paris rental property manager Linda during our annual summer visit to the city. Sometimes we have to rent another apartment for our summer stay because ours is occupied. This year the timing worked out for us to stay in our own place. […]
After last week’s Live and Invest in Portugal Conference in Carvoeiro, my family and I spent the weekend in Lagos in the apartment I bought after last year’s conference in this part of the world. At the time, last July, local contacts were telling me that Algarve real estate markets were finally turning a corner […]
So the Brits are leaving the EU. At least that’s how they voted last week. Today, though, it seems some from both sides of the argument would like to revisit the discussion. Both Remain voters and some Leavers have petitioned Parliament to consider holding a second referendum. Several Leave voters have been quoted as saying […]
About 20 of us sat around the tables of the open-air “rancho on the hill,” as we call it, sipping Panama beers and Abuelo rum and Cokes and staring out at the crashing surf and the three little islands just offshore that give their name to my Los Islotes development project on Panama’s western Azuero […]
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
One of the first buyers at Los Islotes, the beachfront community Lief and I are developing on Panama’s Azuero Sunset Coast, was a man named John. John had two children and a long-term girlfriend, but he came down to visit the property on his own. John was in his early 70s. Los Islotes was just […]
From 2003 to 2005, I recommended real estate investment in Brazil, specifically apartments in Rio de Janeiro. Many readers did well with that recommendation. In more recent years, I’ve shied away from Brazil. Investing in this country comes with complications. When Brazil’s currency is strong, most opportunities are too expensive to be worth the hassle. […]
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