Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It's been eleven months to the date since I last departed Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh. To say that this city, and this country, is no...
Does foreign real estate qualify for a 1031 exchange?
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...
Countries with No Property Taxes Where You REALLY Own Your Home
When in 1848, influential thinker John Stuart Mill said, ‘landlords grow rich in their sleep, without working, risking or economising’, he did so as a critique of profits he felt...
Is Citizenship by Investment in Austria Actually Possible?
These days, more and more sovereign countries are offering citizenship by investment programs to those seeking a second passport. The process is simple: for...
Canada shuts Immigrant Investor Program, bails on real estate owners
Dateline: Sigulda, Latvia If you're a property owner or real estate agent in Vancouver or Toronto, you just got screwed. We discussed earlier this week why I prefer investing in...
Getting Second Residency in Latvia | Real Estate or Business
Dateline: Riga, Latvia As they say: you snooze, you lose. Truer words cannot be spoken when it comes to international diversification and the topics we discuss here. One of those...
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...
Hospitals and real estate in Nicaragua & Social Security for renunciants
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua I’ve had a productive two weeks in Nicaragua and I've shared a number of interesting opportunities here. Tomorrow I’m heading to the USA for a quick...