Jun 16, 2025 | Private List update
People are increasingly moving to Playa del Carmen in Mexico for a number of reasons. Besides the beach, tacos, and sunshine, people move here to live in peace: No politics from back home Hard to fall into the local tax net unless living there full time Cancun airport...
Jun 12, 2025 | International Real Estate Investments
The city of Siem Reap in Cambodia is a by-product of the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat, considered by some experts to be the largest religious structure in the world. As an investor seeking exposure to the Cambodian economy, I ventured there to do some...
Jun 10, 2025 | Residency & Citizenship by Investment
I often see Uruguay being pitched by conservative voices as some sort of great Plan B away from the “decaying West” . I feel this is misleading. I personally believe Uruguay is much more appropriate for liberals, some types of libertarians, and apolitical...
Jun 9, 2025 | International Real Estate Investments
Tulum real estate is making headlines for undergoing a serious crash in recent years. Despite this, there is still a lot of construction happening in town with appealing architecture. But, is Tulum real estate investing a good idea right now? We’ll explore in detail...
Jun 6, 2025 | Residency & Citizenship by Investment
Singapore’s safety, financial services, healthcare, education and low taxes are a huge draw. But Singapore is picky. It chooses its immigration wisely and even offers a two-year path to citizenship to qualified HNWIs. I had a chat with Philippe about...
Jun 3, 2025 | Private List update
Montenegro is one of my main bases. Why? I get to live in Europe without the main disadvantages of the European Union (high taxes, compliance, and paperwork). I just do my own thing and am left in peace. Coming back to such a base, in between trips, is very pleasant....
May 30, 2025 | Private List update
When I first started talking about Medellin as a real estate investment destination a few years ago people opined I was not being reasonable: “crime”; “drugs”; “You’ll get kidnapped”. Fast forward a few years and the city has...
May 28, 2025 | International Company Formation
There has been a lot of drama surrounding Panama in the past few months. Trump started going around saying he wanted to seize the canal and then strong-armed the Panama government into forcing a Hong Kong group to sell some of their Panama Canal activities to...
May 25, 2025 | International Real Estate Investments, Featured
Playa del Carmen is a small beach city on the Riviera Maya, close to Cancun. It is popular with digital nomads and is known for being fun and charming. Some people say it is too late to make an investment here. I don’t think that’s true, let’s dive...
May 24, 2025 | Residency & Citizenship by Investment, Featured
There is a lot of information online concerning the Turkey citizenship by investment program. Most of the information is written by lawyers and agents who stand to gain fat commissions by selling you new developments that are overpriced. Typically, they earn 6%-10%...
