Plus: “My 8-Year-Old Students Can Write Better Than You…” I’ve often made reference to self-directed IRAs, and the fact that you can use them to invest in property overseas… as well as for many other non-traditional investments. I’ve even compared them to self-directed 401Ks. This is a popular and important topic, and many of you […]
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Plus: I Thought You Said You’d Never Invest In Brazil I got an email comment this week from a guy, also named Lee, in California: I was surprised to read the quote from Lee Harrison in Valentine Fouché’s article about Medellín: “Medellín… has the same diverse natural beauty as Ecuador but (and this has become
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Plus: “How About The Risks Involved With That 17% Return?” You don’t make money when you sell a piece of real estate, but when you buy it. Before making any property purchase anywhere, you want to feel comfortable about the basic fundamentals. First, that you’re getting a good value… Second, that you’re buying into a
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Plus: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, And Trump Tower We’ve all heard the old axiom: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And it seems like a good rule to keep in mind whenever you see a super deal being offered. But I don’t think of it that way. I’d rather say that
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Plus: Mazatlán Versus Puerto Vallarta The ability to buy property with an IRA or a 401k was a huge breakthrough for investors seeking opportunities overseas. It has allowed people to “unleash” their retirement plans and give them access to the full potential of the world’s opportunities. These unusual retirement-plan investments are made with what we
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Plus: Beaches, Climate, Expat Community, Restaurants, And Sex “Seas Are Rising At Fastest Rate In Last 28 Centuries” In case you missed it, this was a page-one headline in the New York Times last week. The article reported on new statistics that quantify the current sea level rise and refine previous disaster predictions. Current models
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Plus: Getting The “Real” Story On Belize “I can’t believe this place has stayed off the radar,” said my friend Lou… for the third time in as many days. We were having dinner in an open-air French restaurant in Medellín’s Zona Rosa, the city’s upscale dining and shopping area. Lou lives on Manhattan’s Upper West
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Plus: A Beach Property For US$75K? If you’d like to see a quick, efficient snapshot of what’s happening with Latin American property prices, then you’ve come to the right place. Each year, I take a snapshot of property costs from 19 key markets around the region. I use this data as a means of comparing
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Plus: Investments That Qualify For Residency I’ve been writing for the past few weeks from Mazatlán, Mexico, and have fallen into a pleasant routine here. Each day starts with a morning walk along the beach at sunrise (fellow dog owners will understand why I’m out there so early), followed by a day of exploring the
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Plus: A Reader’s Low-Cost Country That Offers Everything Ever since I boldly predicted that The Beatles would fade away by the end of 1965—overshadowed by The Dave Clark Five—I’ve learned to be wary of making predictions. But predictions are part of the business when it comes to buying property abroad (or writing about buying property
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