A World Of Options In Belize
I’ve been spending time and money in Belize for more than 20 years. It’s not the white sand or the...
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.
I’ve been spending time and money in Belize for more than 20 years. It’s not the white sand or the...
I have a tip that could save you a lot of time and money… You may already know that I...
This week, a page turned in the U.S. history books… Whether you think it went forward, backward, want to frame...
A few years ago (before the pandemic), I had a conversation with a fellow real estate investor about his rental...
Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than...
The key to living long-term overseas… and to escaping home at a moment’s notice if you need to… is residency...
In October, I’ll be in Porto, Portugal, for my annual Offshore Wealth Summit. One of the topics we’ll cover is...
Kathleen and I just came back from a scouting trip to Turkey, where we put boots on the ground to...
Europe is a continent of myths and legends. Whether it’s the “banshee,” the wailing old woman of Irish folklore who...
Is moving to Cyprus a good idea? So the legend says… She was born in the waters of Cyprus—Venus, the...
In January 1994, I moved to Argentina. By that time, I had already done short stints in Chad and Kazakhstan....
Baby Thomas James Delehanty arrived into the world in 1963 Arizona. A couple months later, having been adopted, he became...
For close to 30 years, I’ve been warning people of the risks of hanging all your hopes on any one...
Renting out a property that you also use can be complicated. The Paris 2024 Olympics reminded me of this. A...
Renovating a property overseas is something many of us dream about. But I can't go any further without asking you...
I consider overseas real estate to be the most valuable commodity in the world and the number-one investment opportunity in...
Last week as shots rang out in Butler, Pennsylvania, the U.S. came within an inch of all-out chaos. Then came...
When the King of Rock and Roll died in August 1977, his estate was valued at more than US$10 million....
For decades now, I’ve tried to educate people on how to do some basic analysis on investment real estate. One...
“How much money do I need to retire comfortably?” That question was torn apart in a recent article I read....
Cyprus—north and south—is dead center of my radar. Property markets across this island nation are not only among the world's...
I’ve been reviewing the schedule of confirmed speakers for my Offshore Wealth Summit in Porto, Portugal, this Oct. 16-18, to...
Global diversification—that is, spreading your assets across multiple countries—is the only way to free yourself from becoming just another cog...
There’s a lot of things about 2020 many of us would like to forget. The pandemic takes the top spot…...
In 1964 “Goldfinger”, the third instalment in the James Bond franchise, hit movie theaters across the U.S. It had it...
I didn’t start my investment career overseas. My investing journey began at home. I bought my first investment property in...
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our age. Cable news in the United States has got...
Americans used to be the great movers of the world. Think of the pioneers who settled the West… traveling thousands...
Special Message From Kathleen Peddicord I am delighted today to announce the release of the newest title from Live And...
Sometimes real estate is a longer-term hold than you expect. I usually go into any property purchase with a plan...
8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If...
One big downside with real estate is that it’s relatively illiquid. It may not be obvious in the United States...
People often take Europe off the list of possibilities for where to move or invest overseas because they assume the...
We spend a lot of virtual ink lately reminding you of the benefits of owning property overseas... I tend to...
Two years ago, I bought a preconstruction condo in Northern Cyprus. Today, that condo is worth double what I paid...
How do you get started investing in real estate overseas? To borrow a page from Nike’s playbook... You just do...
When Benjmain Franklin wrote, “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” few could...
In the Great Age of Discovery, ships went forth from Europe to the far reaches of the earth, bringing back...
There are plenty of advantages to living (and investing) overseas when it comes to your U.S. taxes. But not having...
Can living overseas mean you owe less to the IRS? In short: Yes. But you need to be careful. Simply...
Finding Los Islotes wasn’t easy. Nor was getting here. There wasn’t a direct road to the property. To gain access...
I’ve been spending time in Europe for decades. I’ve lived in Ireland and hold an Irish passport. I still live...
Finding Los Islotes wasn’t easy. Nor was getting here. There wasn’t a direct road to the property. To gain access...
Faced with an exploding world population and dwindling arable land, food production is without a doubt the world’s biggest supply-versus-demand...
At last year’s International Property Summit in Panama, one attendee asked me what gets me excited about real estate at...
One sunny summer afternoon in 2012 I had the most expensive lunch of my life. Kathleen, the kids, and I...
Today I’d like to speak with you about a little-known escape in Belize… Over the past few years, amid the...
I’ve been planting flags for more than 25 years at this point… long before I had ever heard about the...
For many people, the New Year’s Eve hangover had barely passed when the real headache of 2024 began to kick...
From time to time, an opportunity crosses my desk that’s simply a “no brainer.” What I’m going to tell you...
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