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From Chaos… Opportunity… And A Chance To Secure The Retirement Of Your Dreams

by Lief Simon
Jul 08, 2020
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We’ve all been through the wringer these last few months. And the tough times are not over yet.

But the good news is that it’s possible not only to survive the current chaos… but to thrive in the face of it.

If you’re ready to be ambitious and bold.

While everyone else hunkers down and hopes for the best, you can take advantage of a generational opportunity.

In fact, it’s more than that…

This is the opportunity of the century.

If you’ve been reading my reports for any time, I think you know that I’m not given to drama or hyperbole. But I perceive right now a once-in-a-lifetime chance to supercharge your nest egg while creating cash flow to carry you through retirement… anywhere in the world you dream of spending that phase of your life.

You have the chance right now to stake your claim to a piece of paradise somewhere exotic and irresistible… wherever’s calling your name.

Bottom line, this is the secret to setting yourself up with the retirement you deserve.

Let there be no doubt that, as the world recovers from COVID-19, a golden window has opened… creating the biggest property bargains of the last 100 years.

Overleveraged owners, bankrupt businesses, desperate sellers, rock-bottom currency values, a full-blown recession. A property fire sale around the world is igniting, and those who act in time will be able to secure bona-fide dream properties for legitimately bargain prices.

Fortunes are created from timing, ambition, and intel. Current market circumstances are presenting the first two right now. For that last part—the real-deal information and connections on the ground—you have me.

I’ve been traveling the world to scout, develop, and purchase real estate for more than 25 years. Over that time, I’ve helped thousands of investors make millions of dollars in profits, while giving other readers the chance to buy their dream homes.

I’ve also been able to develop a network of professionals I trust, from developers to government officials. With the help of these insider contacts, I’ve been able to identify the greatest collection of property deals I’ve ever seen.

Take this beachfront villa, for instance…

beach house in brazil terrace

This crisis deal features a beach house with a private
pool and backyard—for US$125,000…

I invested in one of these beach homes myself last year for a price I found irresistible.

Now, thanks to the current market climate, the price just got US$22,000 cheaper.

The community is right on the beach, each house comes with its own pool and backyard, and now you can buy one for just US$125,000.

Without even considering appreciation (which I never like to bank on), the potential return is up to 15% per year from net rental income.

To state the obvious, getting in now at a lower cost makes the return potential greater.

Here are more current examples of opportunities being created as a result of exchange rate fluctuations alone:

Properties in Colombia—in the popular and green city of Medellín, as well as all down the Caribbean coast—are now 20% cheaper for dollar holders…

In Brazil, an economic powerhouse with world-famous beaches, real estate is now 29% cheaper than it was at the start of this year…

And properties up and down the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Mexico? Here your “dollar discount” is a remarkable 30% greater than it was just a few weeks ago.

I could go on… that’s just a small sample of some of the biggest crisis opportunities available right now.

This Is Real: Your Dream Home At The Beach For Less Than US$50,000

As I said, I have been in constant touch with my top contacts worldwide during this crisis. Especially those on the ground in our preferred overseas havens. These are top-level lifestyle destinations that will bounce back, and quickly, once the world returns to some level of normalcy.

With the help of this network—and the collective bargaining power we enjoy thanks to the more than 300,000-strong Live and Invest Overseas readership—I’ve tapped into today’s chaos to negotiate savings of as much as US$40,000 on properties and guaranteed returns for up to five years.

Sitting on my desk right now are deals the likes of which I have never seen at any time before in my 25-year career.

For example, you could right now…

Claim your own Mediterranean island escape for less than US$50k… you could put the payments for this beach home on your credit card. Plus, it offers a net return of 14.95% every year if you decide to rent it out…

Secure your own private community lot in Belize with only US$7,000… and 0% interest payments spread out over the next four years…

Buy a vacation home in Cartagena that pays for itself with a 14% annual ROI… along with a “crisis discount” of US$10k…

Bag a beach home for $97k, on a stunning coastline right in the path of progress. Once travel is back, you can expect serious capital appreciation along with a 15% annual yield from rental income…

You have a chance right now to rebuild your wealth with a safe-haven investment offering returns as high as 1,066%—this is one of the most proven assets in the history of mankind, with steady returns through depressions, recessions, market crashes, and even war.

You could lock in a 100% buy-back guarantee for your property plus 10% returns—on a luxury condo in the most thriving city in Latin America—for only US$76k. This same property was priced at US$91,000 just months ago…

Build a fortune in the world’s next booming industry. No, it’s not 5G or AI or anything like that. No, this will affect every human on Earth no matter where they live… and for less than US$26k, you invest for a 352% ROI…

Add US$601,020 to your retirement income… safely outside the stock market or Social Security system, with annual paychecks of thousands of dollars landing into your account year after year for decades—like clockwork…

Not all markets will return to normal. You do need to be discriminating in where you buy. In Mexico, for example, some talking heads are touting a particular stretch of coastline, but they’re off the mark. My insider contacts have instead pointed me in the direction of the local government’s next big initiative… on the other side of the country.

Portugal also remains on my radar. With the help of contacts in this country, I recently sold an apartment—right before the crisis—for 228% more than I’d paid for it four years earlier. Those aren’t paper profits or theorized appreciation rates. Those are the actual figures for an actual sale putting actual euros in my bank account.

I’m currently monitoring another opportunity in Portugal

that I think has the same potential.

I can’t stress this enough:

Never has there been a better time to launch or expand a globally diversified property portfolio.

I’m on the job and will share more details with you when I can.

Lief Simon

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Lief Simon has lived and worked in 7 countries on 5 continents and traveled to more than 75 countries. His real estate investment career began with a $5,000 down payment on a three-flat building in Chicago. Less than three years later, Lief sold the building for a leveraged return of 3,000%—$150,000 in profit after closing costs and commissions.

From there, he turned his attention overseas and has bought property in 24 countries including France, Croatia, Portugal, Ireland, Belize, Spain, Argentina, Cyprus, Romania, and beyond. Thanks to his decades-long career as a global property investor, Lief has built a multi-million-dollar portfolio that includes rental properties, significant land holdings, and 7 personal residences.

Lief has established residency in 3 countries and acquired a second passport from Ireland.

In 2008 Lief and wife Kathleen Peddicord made the most important investment of their lives—a 215-acre oceanside finca, known as Los Islotes. There, on Panama’s largely undiscovered Veraguas coast, they’ve installed underground electricity, water, and internet and built a forever family home that sits at the heart of their ultimate vision: a gold standard private residential community for those in search of a true safe haven escape.

Lief’s latest book, “Cowboy Millionaire—The New American Pioneer,” collects all the wisdom he has learned in three decades of living and investing outside America.

He offers advice on international diversification in his twice-weekly Offshore Living Letter and monthly Simon Letter dispatches. For real estate investment opportunities, check out his monthly Global Property Advisor service.

If you’d like to meet Lief in person, join him for one of our upcoming in-country conferences. You’ll find further details here.

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