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Alternative Investment Strategies: A Guide to Asset Classes and Investment Approaches
The alternative investment market is experiencing significant growth and is projected to reach $32 trillion in assets under management by 2030. This growth is driven in part by the desire to invest in assets with low correlation to public markets. At the same time, evergreen funds are broadening access to alternative investments, creating opportunities for […]
Wine Investment: How It Works and How To Get Started
Wine collecting has long been a niche pursuit for connoisseurs, but it has steadily evolved into a popular alternative asset accessible to high-net-worth individuals looking to invest beyond traditional markets. In this article, we’ll examine wine investment as a means to diversify your portfolio. You’ll learn about: What Is Wine Investment? Wine investment is buying […]
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The best co-working spaces in Europe
Dateline: Tbilisi: Georgia Europe has long been a prime destination for digital nomads. Its diverse cultures and travel destinations can keep any perpetual traveller bouncing from one country in the region to another for more than a year. Even better, Europe has the perfect set up for running your location independent business amidst your many […]
Silvia Puchovska: Be flexible and open to new situations #NomadWeek
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we share their stories with […]
Clayton Cornell: Working from a regional base in Budapest #NomadWeek
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we will share their stories […]
Michelle Dale: On permanent holiday in the Mediterranean
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we will share their stories […]
Ryan Biddulph: Traveling for all the right reasons #NomadWeek
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we will share their stories […]
Carolin Pilligrath: Combining work and travel #NomadWeek
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we will share their stories […]
Robert Erich: Do What You Love from Day One #NomadWeek
Welcome to Nomad Week, a ten part series revealing the adventures, knowledge and travel tips from experienced digital nomads located all across the globe. I recently reached out to some of the best in the industry to get their perspectives on world travel and the digital nomad life. This week we will share their stories […]
It’s getting harder to qualify for these second residency programs
Dateline: Hong Kong Almost thirty years ago, Hong Kongers were freaking out about their return to China. No one knew what would happen, but they didn’t think the news was optimistic. Today, of course, Hong Kong is a global financial center. After twenty years back with China, not a lot has changed for the worse. […]
How My USA Visa Application Went Effortlessly
Article author, Justin Scott (@leangrowthguy), is the Head of Growth for Bench, a software startup completely changing the game for nomads and people who work remotely. He’s a South-African-born New Zealander who lives in Los Angeles, but was in Vancouver at the time of this article. I travel a lot. But I hit a […]
How to Choose The Best Offshore Service Providers?
Our founder, Andrew Henderson, has 17 years of experience making connections with professionals offshore and has made no secret of the fact that hiring the best service providers is a crucial element to success. For example, he saved nearly 30% on a property in Georgia by not only having an assistant call and negotiate in […]
Georgia Proves That Open Economies Work: Here’s How
Not so very long ago, there was a small country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. The country’s economic development had been stifled by seventy years of Soviet central economic planning. After gaining independence in 1991, it was then forced to grapple with short-term economic crises, wars on multiple fronts, and a corrupt, unqualified […]
Living and Doing a Business in China: A Story of Yuri Khlustov
Yuri Khlustov runs Laowai Career, the leading platform for international talent searching for professional jobs in China. Growing up in Belarus with big dreams for a better future. “I was always trying to be independent and flexible. So, I knew that the only way to achieve this comfort was to become an entrepreneur,” he says […]
How to Invest in Frontier Markets | Read The Ultimate Guide
Dateline: Valencia, Spain I’ve been in Spain for the past several weeks. It’s one of the first times in months I’ve spent time in the western “developed” world. Before Spain, I was in Turkey, Georgia, Malaysia, and even Mexico. One thing you notice in these emerging economies is that you can barely go two feet […]
Don’t Fall For This Fake Passport Scam
There is no doubt that getting a second passport is an essential step in designing your offshore strategy. Whether to secure your Plan B, increase investment opportunities, or improve visa-free travel options, a second passport is among the most important flags to plant. But not every second passport is made alike, and not every passport program is of equal […]
If You Want to Become an Expat, Hurry Up
Dateline: Derry, Northern Ireland I first became an expat 31 years ago when I legally emigrated to the United States and successfully pursued a green card. Years later, I left the US, surrendered my green card, and became a legal permanent resident of Belize. After that, I became a citizen of the United Kingdom. And, […]
Doing Business Index Ranks Georgia Among the Best
Most of the fifteen post-Soviet countries are graveyards when it comes to private sector growth. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia heavily rely on extracting natural resources controlled by the state. On the other hand, countries like Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldova face challenges with internal instability and corruption. Only a few countries, such as the Baltic trio, […]
The Best Citizenship-by-Investment Programs for 2025
Let’s get one thing clear from the very beginning: there is no number one citizenship by investment (CBI) program. It’s never that simple. However, most people trying to sell you global citizenship will make it seem so. What they sell will always be ‘the best’ even though they know next to nothing about you and […]
The real risk to investing in overseas property
Dateline: Barcelona, Spain Here’s a reality check: all investments carry some risk. Whether you’re in your home country or traveling the world to find investment opportunities, there is always risk. I won’t deny it, every time I’m about to do a deal on something I’ve never done before, I get a little nervous. Any time […]
How to Get an FBI Background Check
If you plan to live, work, or travel in a foreign country, there is a good chance that you will need an FBI background check. Knowing the ins and outs of the process can simplify the procedure, so we have compiled here a comprehensive guide on how to get an FBI background check. The FBI […]
10 Best Countries with a Territorial Tax System
Very thought about eliminating taxes on your foreign-sourced income and what you might do with the money saved? Non-dom tax regimes, like those offered in Ireland, Cyprus and Malta, provide special schemes allowing qualifying individuals to do just that. However, other, better options exist for anyone not lucky enough to qualify for these programs or […]
Your Guide to Tax in Portugal for Expats
Although Portugal has ended its NHR program, the country can still be a relatively tax-friendly destination for foreigners. Here’s what you need to know about tax in Portugal for expats. How long has it been since you last visited Portugal? If it’s been more than a few years, you’ll likely notice that the country and […]
How I helped an Australian entrepreneur sell to US markets without getting taxed
Meet Andrew Brown, a young Australian entrepreneur and citizen who has a successful and growing business selling sports equipment on Amazon in the US. He and his girlfriend (who is a fitness guru and has her own location independent business) both came to the conclusion that getting out of Australia would be the best move […]
Are You Sure Your Second Passport Is Good Enough?
Even our founder, Andrew Henderson, while traveling with his US passport, has had some interesting experiences at airport security. On one particular incident, while flying through Switzerland on his way to Spain, after spending a lot of time in Eastern Europe, he was pulled out for questioning. Even citizens of an EU member country, like Romanians, […]
How Georgia’s Corporate Tax System Can Lower Your Taxes
We say it all the time here: go where you’re treated best. That’s true for increasing your personal freedom, as well as for finding opportunities as an entrepreneur and investor. When it comes to taxes and investing, going where you’re treated best can be categorized into three groups of countries. The first group includes high […]
Will Hillary or Trump repeal FATCA… or make it worse?
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia I’m not a fan of the idea of Donald Trump becoming president; and it’s not often you will hear me defend anything he says, but today I am going to do just that. You see, President Obama recently commented on Trump’s plan to build a wall along the Mexican-US border and make […]
Don’t become a casualty of the War on Cash
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia The 21st century has seen the emergence of a war unlike any other. On one side of the battlefield are governments, banks, credit card companies, central banks and other financial institutions. On the other side . . . cash and anybody who uses it. While proponents of a cashless society would have […]
Offshore Case Studies: Helping Cameron find the path offshore
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia One of the best ways to envision your life offshore and the steps you need to take to get yourself there is to see how other people have done it. No doubt, you can learn quite a bit from my personal experiences, but I’m just one person. So today I’d like to […]
Spanish Entrepreneur Visa: Why It May Be a Bad Idea
We receive a lot of inquiries from readers asking how they can live in Italy, Spain, France or some other country in Europe. In truth, living in Europe is the easy part. The real question is whether there are benefits to obtaining a second residency in a European country over somewhere like Panama or St […]
My Expat Medical Plans
Dateline: Pattaya, Thailand One of the major challenges of expat life is making sure you have decent medical care and coverage. I’ve noticed that the 20-somethings who travel the world seldom talk about this. But I’m 57 years old and my wife is only a few years behind me, so it’s already important to us, […]
ETIAS: What’s Replacing Visa-Free Travel to Europe for Americans in 2025
Starting in 2025, US travellers heading to Europe will face a change in how they access the Schengen Zone. The era of entirely visa-free travel to Europe for US passport holders is ending with the introduction of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). While Americans have long enjoyed seamless entry to many European […]
The Panama Papers: What the news media won’t tell you
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia I don’t often comment on news stories, and even more rarely so quickly, precisely because I’m not a news reporter. I study long-term trends, whereas the news comes and goes with every 24-hour news cycle. One of those trends is that the world is shifting from a zero tax system. Another is […]
Worried about another terror attack in Europe? Read this . . .
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia If you’re worried about terrorism in Europe and around the world, you are not the only one. Most people wake up on a regular basis to a new report of a terrorist attack or some other form of terrorism. I don’t want to downplay the situation — and even think that maybe […]
3 Reasons to Become an Expat
Leaving your native country can be a decision fraught with many pros and cons and ultimately forces you to really focus on what you value the most. A sense of adventure versus fear of the unfamiliar. Devotion to loved ones versus betterment of your own life. Loyalty to aspects of your country versus contempt for […]
Why moving to Canada is the wrong response to a Trump presidency
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Trump has people worried. Despite the support that has powered his current success in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, there are more than a few people who believe that a Donald Trump presidency could mean the worst for the Land of the Free. My concern about freedom in the […]
The 10 Most Powerful Passports in Africa
Last updated: July 21, 2017 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I recently wrote about the world’s cheapest economic citizenship program (Full disclosure: I got a Comoros passport to test the process, and it has worked for me in Asia… and that’s about it.) While I usually don’t recommend pursuing a second passport in Africa in general, […]
Two vital lessons from the new billionaire capital of the world
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia New York is no longer home to the most billionaires in the world; and while it only fell to second place, the new ranking is a signal of a shifting world economy. One that is making a clear shift to the East. According to the Global Rich List compiled by the […]
Help, I’m Stuck! How to push past your threshold for taking action
Dateline: Hong Kong I read one of Andrew’s Facebook posts about being “stuck” and it really got me thinking. The thrust of Andrew’s post is that sometimes we blame others for the situation we’re in. We tell ourselves things like, “That won’t work for me, because I haven’t had the lucky breaks that guy has […]
How Estonia led the Baltic economic resurgence
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Baltic countries, namely Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are a model of economic success. After emerging from the destitution that came with the fall of the Soviet Union, every single one of them has achieved economic prosperity and enviable freedom. Many of our articles have already praised the environment for entrepreneurship […]
The “Affordable” Care Act just got more expensive and unsustainable
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Refusing to buy into the “Affordable” Care Act just got even more expensive. It’s common knowledge that people respond to incentives. Unfortunately, the government of the Land of the Free has used this idea, not to create incentives to invest in the US economy, but to force its citizens to participate […]
No money down loans: US housing market sets itself up for failure
As many of you know, I’m not a big fan of real estate in the US. However, my opinion has softened recently as I recognize that it may be a good choice for some. If you’re a US citizen, you’re already filing and paying taxes, so if you find a really cheap investment property, you […]
What the AIIB means for the dollar
Dateline: Merida, Mexico This Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing. Despite the US government boycotting the bank, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Germany, Australia, South Korea, and the UK will be among over 50 countries joining. The AIIB is expected to lend $10-$15 billion per year for the next […]
The Nomad Entrepreneur’s Toolkit
Dateline: Cancun, Mexico What do the top nomad entrepreneurs use to keep their businesses running, organized and on schedule? We asked each of our guests on the Nomad Capitalist podcast about the top tools that they use for their businesses. Nomad entrepreneurs name their top business tools Ep.35, Kathleen Peddicord – Skype “I couldn’t run […]
10 ways to use the Law of Abundance with Flag Theory
Dateline: Barcelona, Spain My new year’s resolution last year was to focus more on action, and I invited readers like you to share in that with me. That’s why I announced a goal to help fellow Nomad Capitalists plant 5,000 flags and diversify with offshore bank accounts, passports, and more. This year, I’m resolving to […]
The Top Five African Countries To Invest In For High Yields
Many in this investment field tend to focus on opportunities in emerging Asia, Latin America, and Eastern European markets. But one continent usually gets left out, and that’s Africa. Smart investors are going behind the scenes and taking advantage of opportunities on the continent that really is the last frontier. In fact, the Chinese view […]
What US-Cuba Normalisation Means For Caribbean Investments
In December 2014, the United States and Cuba shocked the world by agreeing to begin partially normalising relations. Since then, investors have been clamouring to become a part of a potential inflow of growth into a country that had received the largest US-based investments in Latin America (outside of oil-rich Venezuela) up until Fidel Castro […]
Must Have Nomad Gadgets
At Nomad Capitalist, we’re always looking for ways to increase our freedoms. One way to improve your entrepreneurial life is to use the best technology and gadgets for nomads. For exclusive hand-picked insights on nomad life, global investments, citizenship and residency, real estate, tax strategies, and diversified living, sign up for our Weekly Rundown. These are […]
What Mauricio Macri’s election means for Latin America
What will Mauricio Macri’s election mean for Latin America? Argentina holds the dubious distinction of being the only first world country to BECOME a third world country in modern history. Yes, as most emerging countries are gaining ground in the world, Argentina has practically gone from “first to worst”. In the early 1900s the country […]
How to get a gold bank loan and precious metals liquidity
Dateline: Singapore Owning gold is an excellent way to diversify your portfolio into hard assets without any management hassle. We’ve discussed how privately vaulted gold and foreign real estate are the only two non-reportable assets US citizens can legally hold overseas. Whether you believe that hyperinflation will affect your portfolio or you just want a […]
What if you had a financial crystal ball?
Dateline: Guangzhou, China Every few weeks, I receive an e-mail from someone who asks me when I think the big financial collapse will arrive. A couple of things are interesting about this. One is that I used to get questions about whether a big financial collapse would occur, and now it’s mostly about when. So […]
The 5 Best Countries In The World For Doing Business
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia One of the most common objections people bring to me about doing business in emerging economies is that they’re afraid of not having the same protection by the government as they would in the West and that they’ve heard stories of property being seized and having no recourse as a foreigner […]
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Nomad Capitalist is a boutique consulting firm that has guided more than 1,500 clients from over 100 countries in obtaining second passports and citizenships, relocating strategically, building offshore wealth structures, and exploring legal pathways to reduce tax exposure.
The firm does not provide specific legal or tax advice, but offers expert insight and strategic resources designed to help clients pursue greater freedom, international diversification, and financial independence.
We must adhere to OFAC regulations (Office of Foreign Assets & Control). We will also soon be adhering to the following standards: KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering).
There are no hidden costs. Your budget spells out exactly what is included and what is not. Planning and implementation are priced separately: the planning fee covers the creation of your plan, and implementation has its own fee based on the final scope of work.
We do not bill by the hour — fees are fixed and agreed in advance.
We cannot guarantee government, bank, vendor, legal, residency, citizenship, passport, or real estate outcomes with 100 percent certainty. What we can do is help select realistic options, prepare a strong file, coordinate the right vendors, avoid avoidable mistakes, and keep the process moving with the highest possible chance of success.
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Compliance checks may include screening for risk indicators and escalation if there are signs of tax non-compliance, fraud, or criminal concerns.
We do not look at tax, immigration, banking, asset protection and lifestyle as separate decisions. Unlike a single tax advisor, lawyer or immigration specialist, Nomad Capitalist architects the whole plan: we design the roadmap, bring in the right specialists and make sure every piece works together.