171: Offshore Investing as an Ex-Pat with Escape Artist's Mikkel Thorup

Mikkel Thorup is the host of The Expat Money Show podcast and the Director at EscapeArtist.com. He is the author of #1 Best-Selling book Expat Secrets on Amazon. Mikkel has spent more than 20 years in continual travel around the world, circumnavigating the globe more than 400 times visiting over 100 countries including Colombia, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Iran. His goal is to help people just like you to generate additional streams of income, eliminate your tax bill, and take advantage of offshore structures so you can travel the world freely and never have to worry about money again.

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Where we are:

• Johnny FD – Sri Lanka / IG @johnnyfdk
• Sam Marks – Thailand / IG @imsammarks
• Derek Spartz - Los Angeles / IG @DerekRadio

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Discussed:

• TLAB 263 - Mikkel Thorup Living Abroad As An Expat 2nd Passport 
• Escape Artist
• Expats Secrets: How to pay zero taxes (Book)
• Johnny FD

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Time Stamps:

• 17:13 – Why invest offshore?
• 21:12 – What are your thoughts on investing in foreign currency?
• 23:26 – What are thoughts on holding gold?
• 26:35 – Can you describe the vaults you visited?
• 31:22 – What other investments will you recommend to those who want to go offshore?
• 36:25 – Can you clarify the reporting on overseas accounts?
• 39:15 – Why are you supportive of people having second residency or a second passport?
• 44:20 – What are some of the other ways you can file for citizenship?
• 47:05 – What are other services you help people with?
• 48:11 – Johnny and Sam review

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