Tag: Featured
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Botswana launches one of the world’s most affordable CBI programs at $75K. Learn how it fits into a family’s global citizenship and diversification strategy.
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A second residency doesn’t mean relocating or becoming a tax resident. Learn how back‑pocket residency gives mobility with minimal presence and tax risk.
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São Tomé and Príncipe’s new citizenship by investment program adds CPLP and ECOWAS access. Learn how it fits into a global family’s diversification plan.
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The Trap of Certainty There are a ton of pressing topics right now — important for your family and wealth in the next 5-10 years — where no certainty can be had, but require you to lay the ground work now. Will BRICS replace the current US-based hegemony? Will there be bank failures in the…
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The Morning Everything Stopped I made what seemed like a smart decision. Here in Brazil, my car can run on both ethanol and gasoline — it’s a flex-fuel vehicle. I’ve never bothered with ethanol before. I always filled up with gasoline because it was simple, reliable, and I knew it worked. But I kept seeing…
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There’s a kind of wealth most people never talk about. Not money. Not investments. Not even a passport. Just a small plastic card — a second residency. It doesn’t look like much. It sits quietly in your wallet, tucked behind your driver’s license. You don’t flash it around. No one ever asks about it. But…
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In the last few years, more North American families have come to us looking for at least a Plan B location, if not a complete Plan A. What they tell me is consistent: the city feels different, the school board keeps changing what’s “normal,” the communities they’re part of become less aligned with what they…
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Hey — scrum time! Instead of user stories and bug fixes, we’re going to plan for your life, for the next 30-40 years…because how often do you do that? We’ll keep it short and focused: Yesterday: Where you’re at. Blockers: What’s in your way. Next Sprint: What to build next. Today: What you can do…
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My parents scheduled an appointment on a Tuesday. A week later, they walked into the consulate. Two weeks after that, they had everything they needed. Total cost: the price of gas to the consulate. For most families, the hardest part of international planning isn’t the paperwork—it’s believing it can actually be this simple. Why Mexico?…
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A Ukrainian man living in Germany for ten years goes to renew his passport. The embassy refuses. His choice: return to fight in a war, or become undocumented in the only country he calls home. When the war in Ukraine broke out, the government began drafting men to fight. What shocked the world was how…
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I joined the Marine Corps in 2002. Not by accident, and not for lack of conviction. I joined because I believed in it — because the idea of standing for something larger than myself, of courage, of doing my part, felt obvious. I was eighteen, and the world was simple. The war cycle happened to…