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How To Avoid Losing Money When Buying Real Estate Overseas From vacation rentals to productive land, we talk a lot here about ways to make money in overseas property. But it’s equally important to understand how things can go wrong out there on the battlefield… so you can defend yourself. Today, OPA Senior Editor Lief […]
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4 Things You Should Know Before Jumping On A Portuguese Property Languishing… According to an article in The New York Times last week, this may just be the dominant emotion of 2021. When we’re languishing, we’re able to drag ourselves out of bed and go through the motions. But we’re missing much of our old
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Do This In 2021 And You’ll Be Prepared For Life “The first Pandemic Paddy’s Day was one like no other, as was the first Easter, the first summer, the first Halloween, the first Christmas and the
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Weighing Up The Risk On Your Foreign Property Purchase “Isn’t investing just another form of gambling?” asked my teenage son. Not the reaction my husband was expecting when he announced the current status of his cryptocurrency play. I couldn’t laugh. The 8-year-old had just called me out on my own double standards. Following lectures earlier
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“I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned… and every morning I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender… I am an
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Last week we looked at the top mistakes that can ruin your overseas property investment. (If you missed it, be sure to catch up here.) Today, we’re going to take a step back right to the beginning of your scouting process—under the guidance of Senior Real Estate Correspondent Lee Harrison. As you think about where
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In a year like this, it’s frustrating not being able to be on the ground to scout out new places of interest as freely as before… On the bright side, thanks to technology, there’s a lot more that you can do from home… Today, I’m sharing an invaluable lesson from OPA Director Lief Simon—originally published
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How should one hold property overseas? That’s a regular question at conferences… especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best option depends on the person, the property, and the country where the property is located… and even what funds you’re using for the investment. Use IRA funds and, generally speaking, you should set up an
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A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Jettsetter Show Podcast with host Jason Hartman. My mission: to cover the top real estate markets overseas for U.S. buyers. Ahead of the show, the producer sent me a list of potential topics for discussion. I took time to gather my thoughts
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Renovating a property overseas is something many of us dream about. But I can’t go any further without asking you one question… How are you with getting things fixed around your own home? I’m
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