039: Jiah Kim, Avoid Free Things, Asset Protection Trusts
Be very wary of the word ‘free’. Free often means it lacks value and gives you a bad opinion over things with value that are worth the high-price tag. Andrew talks about how the island of Pitcairn is offering free land to those who want it, as long as...
Offshore Trust: Asset Protection with a Foreign Trust
Offshore Trust Protect your assets, reduce your taxes, increase your investment freedom, and more with an offshore trust. Offshore TrustProtect your assets, reduce your taxes, increase your investment freedom, and more with an offshore trust. Admit it. You’ve...
060: Travis Bennett, How the Young Can Protect Their Assets, Chinese Moving to the U.S.
When people talk about asset protection, very rarely does a conversation come up on how a young person with not much wealth can protect their assets. Truth be told, asset protection is important to everyone, no matter how little you have. Andrew discusses what threats...
Your asset allocation strategy for foreign investment
Dateline: Valencia, Spain I just left Georgia. Though I won’t be back for a while, the two months that I spent there were highly productive in terms of advancing my personal foreign investment strategy. While there, I did a number of deals, including a commercial...
Your safe deposit box isn’t safe from government asset confiscation
Dateline: Vilnius, Lithuania Before walking in to lunch, I stood in the small park on Vokieciu gatve in Old Town Vilnius, watching the local parking enforcer hand out tickets to cars whose meters had expired. It’s a funny thing how government works: if anyone...
The two non-reportable offshore assets you should consider
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I was talking to a Thai small business owner the other day who basically told me, ‘We don’t listen much to what the government says. We do our own thing.’ While that attitude may fly in a smaller, thinly-regulated...
Foreign Real Estate Advice for International Investors
Dateline: Bogota, Colombia Part of diversifying your assets is making smart choices when it comes to your investments. No one wants to invest in something that is sure to be a dud. Overseas real estate can be an excellent investment opportunity. But there’s a lot...
The Problem with “Own Nothing, Control Everything”
Dateline: Bogota, Colombia “Own nothing, control everything,” is an oft-repeated phrase credited to John D. Rockefeller that people like to use in the offshore industry. Typically, people refer to this phrase to mean that you should be smart enough to protect your...
Avoid This Business Mistake: the Name Brand Trap
Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia If you’re reading this article, chances are that you are painfully aware of the fact that doing business in the West and other high-tax places and putting all of your eggs in one basket is not a good idea. I often come across news stories...
4 Things to Consider When Investing in US Real Estate
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia While I personally no longer invest in US real estate, I know that a lot of foreigners like the idea of buying property to rent out in the United States. They like the idea that the United States is a transparent market. The pricing...