Things To Consider When Buying Property With A Different Currency
Dollar-euro parity? We’re closing in. As I write, US$1 equates to 1.01 euro. The U.S. dollar holder has noteworthy buying...
Lief Simon has lived and worked on five continents and traveled to more than 70 countries. In his long career as a global property investor, Lief has also managed multimillion-dollar portfolios of rental properties, for others and for himself.
He offers advice on international diversification in his twice-weekly Offshore Living Letter and monthly Simon Letter dispatches.
His new book, “Cowboy Millionaire—The New American Pioneer”, collects all the wisdom he has learned in three decades of living and investing outside America.
Dollar-euro parity? We’re closing in. As I write, US$1 equates to 1.01 euro. The U.S. dollar holder has noteworthy buying...
Renting Real Estate Overseas I have a friend who moved to Paris a year or two before Kathleen and I...
Years ago, a friend told me about a guy on the conference circuit. This guy did one thing, had one...
I've discovered a real estate investor's dream. This is a market poised to explode onto global investors' radar... Meaning a...
After months of due diligence and negotiation...Dozens of calls and even more emails...The deals for my 2022 Global Property Virtual...
Important news from Ecuador...This country's residency program just got better. Under new regulations that took effect March 10, 2022, Ecuador's...
Last year Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, dumped US$6.7 billion of his shares in Amazon... And poured millions into...
I've lived in Panama for about 15 years and I've invested more money here than anywhere else. From farmland and a...
Portugal is the oldest country in Europe, with the same defined borders since 1139. Before that, it was part of...
Kathleen and I are en route today from Paris to Lisbon in time to host this week’s Live And Invest...
U.S. property markets are hot, hot, hot… Overheated and overvalued. Likewise, the U.S. stock market. What’s an investor to do...
We Americans have it rough when it comes to taxes. The Big Bad Wolf of the world’s financial arena—the IRS—calls...
Crisis is all around us these days. Inflation is eating into your savings... Wall Street was a scary proposition even...
Hidden away on a lush green clifftop site, boasting incredible ocean views, lies our chance to get in on Mexico's...
I’m looking forward to returning to Medellín next month for the first time in more than two years. Kathleen and...
If you aren't taking at least some of your profits out of the U.S. stock market and putting it into...
Belize—specifically a self-sufficient community in the heart of this country’s Cayo District—could be the perfect “Plan B”…
Other than for random, one-off real estate investment opportunities, Ecuador has never been high on my list of top offshore...
I want you to conduct a little test for me... This Thursday, when you're sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with...
In January 1994, I moved to Argentina. By that time, I had already done short stints in Chad and Kazakhstan....
As I continue my mission to uncover the best deals—world-class properties in prime locations that I know will recover fast—Panama...
What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years… continuing terrorist threats… war… threats of...
Here are three pandemic-era options for acquiring a second passport and establishing residency overseas—some new, some existing but offered now...
One big loss can wipe out a lot of gains. After more than two-and-a-half decades of property investing experience across...
Would you like to know my definition of "wealthy"? For me, wealthy is when the cash flow from your investments...
Moving your life abroad is one of the most rewarding things you can do, but this life-changing shift inevitably involves...
This month we introduce our first-ever Global Property Investment Index. It’ll be an annual affair. The objective is to present...
I traveled to the Dominican Republic for the first time in 2005. I made the trip with a straight-up agenda:...
In times of economic uncertainty and inflation, savvy investors flock to hard asset investments. But this time around, something interesting...
Cash is king, right? Not really. It’s cash flow you should care about. Cash flow is critical to most aspects...
At our most recent Live and Invest in Portugal Virtual Conference, it was exciting to see how that country's market...
A little more than a year since pandemic restrictions first were instituted in Panama, the country is vaccinating (including foreign...
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve heard me say it often… If you’re interested in taking an action offshore, do...
In a make-or-break year like 2021, it’s critical to make the smartest possible investment choices. Property is a safe bet,...
Tax season is in full swing. As I’ve alerted you, Americans have a reprieve this year. Tax Day 2021 has...
The global coronavirus quarantines that have shut country borders around the world have given new value to and created renewed...
Europe is comprised of 51 countries, and the EU includes 27. Among these, I put Portugal at the top of...
I’m back in Panama after having been away for a year. Kathleen and I arrived in the country about a...
I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two...
This week I’m hosting my annual Offshore Wealth Summit from Paris. For the first time ever, it’s a virtual event....
Over the weekend I read one of those Q&A articles in a mainstream financial publication. A reader had written in...
If you want to open a bank account in the United States, you walk into a branch of a bank...
The question I get more than any other is to do with structures. At every conference we host and in...
All the world is asking: Trump or Biden? But it’s the wrong question. You can’t control the outcome of next...
When establishing a Plan B or backup residency, most people look for the easiest option... but "easiest" isn't a one-size-fits-all...
I met with a friend recently who is working on his Plan C. My friend (I’ll call him Joe) already...
If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...
World events are creating chaos and uncertainty… which is translating into the greatest opportunity of our lifetimes to own real...
We've all been through the wringer these last few months. And the tough times are not over yet. But the...
Traveling to make a real estate purchase in another country is complicated if not impossible right now. COVID-19 restrictions mean...
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