The Hemispheres HIRE ACT Update and asset protection conference in Ambergris Caye, Belize has just come to a close. There were numerous discussions on new ideas of how people can protect what they’ve worked so very hard for. Everyone who gathered for the conference shared this one common goal and each of the speakers addressed the issue in different ways.
Editor's Note: Last month, international business attorney Joel Nagel listed the first 10 of 20 questions he is frequently asked about international investments by IRAs. This month, he completes that list.
Being the head of a real estate development business in Latin America, I hear quite a few comments about the price of real estate abroad. People frequently say to me, “I can buy a condo in Florida for less than what you are selling them for.” And they are right. The simple truth is that it is possible to buy a condo in Miami Beach for as little as $80 per sq.ft. One such offer I located is a condo built in 1948 located at 1275 Marseille Dr. just about a mile from the beach.
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The pain of filing U.S. income taxes for many individuals is over, but the “sting” of writing the check to the IRS still lingers. This is the time of the year to evaluate not only last year’s tax liabilities, but to focus on strategies to reduce tax liabilities for 2011 and beyond.
Timing is everything. Once in a great while, events change the game and present tremendous investment opportunities.
Those events are happening now in the energy sector, with shale oil and gas. You can capitalize on the changing landscape, if you know how. One reason this is such a great opportunity is because so few people even know that energy rights exist as an asset class, much less how to invest in them.
I discovered this class of assets while helping clients who were seeking investments that would protect their assets through diversification. To do that, I have been helping them gain exposure to hard assets.
Risk and the perception of risk are two different things. Many people think their decisions are based on reality, when actually they are based on false perceptions of risk.
For example, we have been led to believe that the traditional stock markets are safe, because they are large institutions ... run by really smart people ... regulated and overseen by various government agencies in charge of protecting us.
If you envision yourself investing internationally in the future, you have just under two years to prepare to transact international business without being turned away by foreign banks, or your having funds subjected to IRS withholding by banks handling transfers.
International business attorney Joel M. Nagel recommends the following strategies you can use to prepare for enforcement of the HIRE Act provisions that he outlines in this issue of Hemispheres.
You won’t find a more comprehensive gathering of international experts anywhere. Many of our speakers will not even speak at public gatherings but are only willing to share their insights at a private, invitation only event such as the Hemispheres President’s Week Forum.
If creating economic stability and growth is a priority for you this year, you belong with the select group of invitees at Hemispheres' 13th Annual Presidents Week, March 12-16 on the sunny Caribbean island of Ambergris Caye, Belize.
