Lief Simon

Lief Simon is the Director of Overseas Property Alert . Lief has lived and worked on 5 continents and traveled to more than 70 countries. His real estate investing experience began more than 20 years ago with a multi-unit building in Chicago. After selling that building for a leveraged total return of more than 1,800% in 2 ½ years, Lief began to diversify internationally. In the two decades since, Lief has personally purchased more than 45 properties, investing in 26 different countries around the world. He has developed land, managed rentals, and flipped pre-construction buys. Lief has more experience buying and profiting from real estate around the world than any other individual investor you’re likely to find anywhere.

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The Real Estate Portfolio Mistake That Can Cost You Everything

Modern villa with pool and garden

I regularly get good questions from seasoned real estate investors whose experience has been limited to their home country… in most cases, Americans with portfolios in a single market they’ve done well in since the 2008 global real estate meltdown. An interesting question to me came from a gentleman who wondered why he would buy […]

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Scouting Trip Takeaways—Lief’s Thoughts On Turkey’s Turquoise Coast

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Kathleen and I just came back from a scouting trip to Turkey, where we put boots on the ground to assess its lifestyle and investment potential. We have a long history in Turkey. We spent our honeymoon here over 25 years ago, so we were excited to return to it. It’s a beautiful country that’s

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