Dateline: Los Angeles, United States For years, real estate agents here the United States have touted the benefits of using tax-friendly 1031 exchanges. Few places have seen more...
How foreign investors fueled a Montenegro property boom
Dateline: Kotor, Montenegro Almost eight years ago to the day, the semi-autononymous region of Montenegro - the smaller half of the last vestiges of communist...
Buying panic: three contrarian investing strategies I’m making
19th century tycoon Baron Rothschild is widely credited with saying "the time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets". And Rothschild took his own advice. In fact, he made a...
The financial media is wrong about emerging markets investing
Dateline: Riga, Latvia The weather here has undergone a sudden improvement. Just two days ago, I was walking through Riga's Old Town under a light cover of one of the most...
Investing in Lithuania real estate: a Euro appreciation play?
Dateline: Klaipeda, Lithuania Earlier this year, Latvia — Lithuania’s Baltic state neighbor to the north — gave up the Latvian lat and adopted the common Euro currency. Normally,...
One more reason to favor emerging market real estate
Dateline: Vilnius, Lithuania I recently got a question from a reader who asked about Flag Theory and why it is important as opposed to simply finding a new place to live, work,...
Tulum: the next big real estate investment in Mexico
Dateline: Merida, Mexico The flight from Mexico City was about as good as one can get. Interjet is one of the newer airlines in Mexico challenging the Aeromexico monopoly, and...
The Cheapest Ocean View Real Estate in Central America
Dateline: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Surf season is in full force here. You can tell by the fact that hotel owners are getting heady: I paid all of $30 for a decent room near...
How to buy and invest in Nicaragua real estate
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua I just got what could be one of the most insulting emails of my life. Like you, I spent years trapped in the notion that I should keep everything I...
What is the new “safe haven currency”?
Dateline: Taipei, Taiwan I joined with a sea of other revelers last night to usher in the New Year under the city's iconic Taipei 101 tower, the world's second tallest building....