by Jonathan Braswell | Oct 15, 2022 | Building Wealth, Investment, Real Estate
A vacant house in my neighborhood has been empty for years and is decaying. I discovered the owner died 5 years ago, no heirs, no will. Nothing has happened. Can I move in, start fixing it up and get some kind of property or “squatter’s rights” over...
by Jonathan Braswell | Jul 24, 2022 | Permanent Tourist / Plan B, Real Estate
According to Numbeo’s Cost of Living Plus Rent Index (COLPRI), although living in Switzerland is around 12% cheaper than in New York City, the Alpine state still topped the list in 2020. Iceland, Norway, Luxembourg and Ireland also join the top five, making...
by Jonathan Braswell | Jun 23, 2022 | Building Wealth, Investment, Real Estate
Distress Property? Here’s how to make a No Money Down Deal with seller financing: You buy a property “Subject To The Existing Loan originally Taken Out by the Present Owner”. It is used when sellers have little to equity in a property. This is often...
by Jonathan Braswell | Jun 16, 2022 | Building Wealth, Investment, Real Estate
In 1871 almost every building in the city of Chicago burned to the ground in the famous Chicago Fire. Supposedly, widow O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern –and the rest is history. The City Hall & Cook County Buildings also burned to ashes...
by Jonathan Braswell | May 19, 2022 | Cryptocurrency, Investment, Permanent Tourist / Plan B, Real Estate
Real Estate anywhere (outside of a tax haven like Monaco the Bahamas) can never be a primary “PT” asset. Why? It is too visible and can easily be confiscated. A very modest vacation home held in the name of a straw man might be an exception. Remember the...
by Jonathan Braswell | May 12, 2022 | Offshore Banking, Real Estate
Banking abroad for Americans has been made difficult by new USA laws that deny SWIFT transfers and the use of USA Dollars to offshore banks who accept ‘USA persons’ as customers; further, the USA will fine foreign banks who do unreported business with...
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