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.
Tag: Real Estate Overseas
My #1 Strategy For Storing Wealth
8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If you own foreign assets, you have to fill out IRS Form 8938 even if you’ve lived out of the country for most of your life. However, here’s an important point: You do not have to […]
Our Legacy Investment Story
Last month, I was in eastern
The 3 Best Citizenship By Investment Programs
I have two passports: My U.S. passport, plus an Irish one. Many folks will wonder why I would go to the trouble and expense of obtaining citizenship from another country… But, to those of us in the
Top Rules To Minimize Risk When Going Offshore
Most people take few risks. They go with the comfortable job, make the safe investments, and stay within the lines… With every investment I’ve made—there’s been some risk. Any investment comes with
How I Learned Diversifying Overseas Was Key To Success
This week’s Live And Invest In Latin America Virtual Conference is giving me a chance to reconnect with contacts across the region… Including longtime friend from Buenos Aires, Paul Reynolds. Paul will be addressing the group tomorrow, updating us all on the current situation on the ground in
The 7 Flag Theory Of Diversification: The Key To A Secure Retirement
How do you pack a go bag?That is, how do you create a fully diversified, profit-rich, tax-light, bulletproof life?Step by step.You’ve heard of the Five Flags. In fact, there are seven… Banking Foreign Residency Dual Citizenship Earning Money Offshore Offshore Investing Asset Protection And Estate Planning Mitigating And Managing Tax Liabilities You don’t need to […]
How To Ensure Your Overseas Real Estate Buy Is A Success
“It’s perfect. I’ll take it. How much is it?” So said the Irish hairdresser to the Montenegrin real estate agent. The agent was touring the young woman through an apartment for sale in the medieval town of Kotor. The woman didn’t get past the entryway before making her buy decision. Indeed, she had been ready […]
7 Emerging Markets In 2022 For Offshore Diversification
If you aren’t taking at least some of your profits out of the U.S. stock market and putting it into real estate overseas, you’re not paying attention. The question isn’t whether to diversify beyond U.S. markets and specifically beyond U.S. stocks… it’s where, specifically, you should be placing those gains. Where am I focused this […]
Be Aware Of These Risks Before Buying Overseas Real Estate
How do I assess the potential risks of a real estate investment opportunity I’m considering making in another country? That may be the question I’m most often asked by readers… especially by readers considering investing outside their home countries for the first time. For reasons I’ve never understood, people buying property in another country often […]