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In April of 1155 AD, after a successful invasion of northern Italy in which his army vanquished city after city, the legendary ruler Frederick Barbarossa received yet another crown upon his head. Barbarossa was already King of Burgundy, King of Germany, AND Holy Roman Emperor. But on top of all of those titles,
[Editor’s note: This article was written by one of our team members, Joe Jarvis.] Walking into a hospital sounds about as much fun to me as being mugged in an alley. And if I were to go to a US hospital, I suspect the outcome to my wallet would be about the same
In the year 1542, after the deaths of her husband and brother-in-law, Gracia Mendes was finally left with sole control of her family’s trading business. And in almost no time she turned it into one of the most powerful enterprises in all of Europe. Mendes was a unicorn. At the time it was
“I can’t believe this place is so nice!” That’s what we kept hearing over and over again this past weekend in Mexico City, where we held a private event for our Total Access members. Both the event, and the city, were absolutely phenomenal. We held the event at the JW Marriott hotel in
Inflation is undoubtedly one of the biggest stories of our time. It’s a story of abject failure — of how the ‘experts’ who have been entrusted to pull the giant levers of the economy were asleep at the wheel. The ‘experts’ failed to anticipate how their irresponsible spree of spending and monetary expansion
It’s finally here. Today’s the day. More than 35,000 people have begun descending on the picturesque Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh to participate in the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27. Or as I prefer to call it, the International Hypocrisy and Ignorance Conference. The absurdity starts with
In the early spring of the year 1492, Lorenzo de’ Medici had just arrived to his family’s opulent villa in the hills nearby Florence when he began to experience severe stomach pains. His pain quickly grew worse, and the finest physicians were summoned to heal him; Lorenzo was reportedly given a number of
Could you imagine yourself owning a quiet countryside home in an area of southern Europe with a low cost of living? What if living there legally allowed you to pay NO income taxes for the next ten years? And you could do it all for €300,000 or less (currently about $294,500 USD)… Something
Billionaire Peter Thiel is acquiring his fourth passport. Born in Germany, Thiel moved with his family to the US and became a US citizen as a child. More recently, he acquired citizenship in New Zealand after investing and donating heavily to charities in the country. Now, Thiel is obtaining a passport from the
In the early 6th century BC, roughly 2,600 years ago during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China, a young scholar named Li Er was hired to work as a government scribe in the imperial capital of Chengzhou. Though Li had no formal schooling, he quickly became renowned for his keen intellect. And in
At 1,350 miles, Florida has the most coastline of any state in the lower 48 United States. Add year round warmth, and it is no wonder that Florida nets about 80,000 retirees moving to the state yearly, based on census data. But today Florida tops the list of states where real estate prices
This week I had the incredible joy of welcoming my son into the world. He’s healthy, happy, and at nearly 9 pounds, quite strong. As soon as we found out she was pregnant, my wife and I made a very deliberate decision to have the baby in Cancun, Mexico. We live in Puerto
The principle that your home is your castle is enshrined in Western culture. It signals that an individual has monarch-like rights to his or her own private property. But stop paying property tax and you’ll soon feel more like a serf on the lord’s land. And when they come to take your home,
Last Friday, September 30th 2022 was the close of the Fiscal Year for the US federal government. If you’re not familiar with the term, the ‘Fiscal Year’ refers to the government’s official accounting period. It starts on October 1st and ends the following September 30th. And everything from the federal budget to the
As we’ve learned from recent history, deals as good as the Greek Golden Visa don’t tend to stick around for long. And sure enough, the program’s pricing will double to €500K in January 2023. Today, we take a closer look at the program, the recently announced changes, as well as why you may