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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. He has spent more than 20 years in continual travel around the world, circumnavigation 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.

Living Overseas

Offshore Trusts – Protecting Yourself From Unjust Malpractice Lawsuits

Mikkel Thorup Jun 26, 2020

Offshore Trusts - Protecting Yourself From Unjust Malpractice Lawsuits It’s really common to hear the word malpractice thrown around if you’re working in medicine. However, doctors…
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Investing Offshore

Demand Vacuums And The Real Estate Opportunities in Fortaleza

Mikkel Thorup Jun 19, 2020

Demand Vacuums And The Real Estate Opportunities in Fortaleza Brazil’s not doing well with the Coronavirus pandemic on its hands, and the world remains largely critical of how the…
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Investing Offshore

Drugs, Cartels, and Crime: How Mexico is Misrepresented and Stereotyped—and Why So Many Americans…

Mikkel Thorup Jun 17, 2020

Drugs, Cartels, and Crime: How Mexico is Misrepresented and Stereotyped—and Why So Many Americans are Going There Anyway Exotic drug lords, illegal immigrants, and more—most…
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Living Overseas

Getting a Malaysian Travel Visa

Mikkel Thorup Jun 15, 2020

Getting a Malaysian Travel Visa Malaysia is one of those beautiful Asian paradises that is often ignored when it comes to conversations about tourist destinations and retirement…
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Living Overseas

A Look at the Lifestyle in Malaysia

Mikkel Thorup Jun 11, 2020

A Look at the Lifestyle in Malaysia You know, I’ve travelled a lot in these past twenty years— and I’ve visited more than 100 countries and probably more than 500 cities. I have fond…
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Investing Offshore

Reasons Why You Should Invest in Mexican Real Estate

Mikkel Thorup Jun 2, 2020

Reasons Why You Should Invest in Mexican Real Estate With the global economy spiraling into oblivion and investors scrambling to get their portfolios under control, everyone needs to…
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Investing Offshore

Turnkey Rentals in Fortaleza Brazil – What Would a Contrarian Investor Do and Why Would They…

Mikkel Thorup May 29, 2020

Turnkey Rentals in Fortaleza Brazil–What Would a Contrarian Investor Do and Why Would They Do It? In the past few years, international real estate had grown in tandem with the growth…
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Living Overseas

Entering a Post-Corona World—What Will Global Economics Look like in the Future?

Mikkel Thorup May 27, 2020

Entering a Post-Corona World—What Will Global Economics Look like in the Future? The ways in which the global political order has handled the coronavirus epidemic points out some…
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Living Overseas

1920 and 2020—Drawing the Parallels Between the Precursors of the Worst Recessions in Human Hist

Mikkel Thorup May 27, 2020

1920 and 2020—Drawing the Parallels Between the Precursors of the Worst Recessions in Human History I think I might be entering the conversation a little later than I intended…
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Residency and Citizenship

Quarantine and Woes For Expats Around the World

Mikkel Thorup May 13, 2020

Quarantine and Woes For Expats Around the World As Covid-19 becomes an increasingly grave threat to countries around the world, it’s impacting people in more ways than just making them…
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Residency and Citizenship

Quantitative Easing Around the World—The Impacts on Currency Values and Alternative Investments

Mikkel Thorup May 13, 2020

Quantitative Easing Around the World—The Impacts on Currency Values and Alternative Investments The economic effects of the Coronavirus haven’t been pretty so far. As unemployment in…
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Residency and Citizenship

The Worst Recession in Global History

Mikkel Thorup May 12, 2020

The Worst Recession in Global History — How To Protect Your Wealth When the World Comes to a Crash By now, I think all of us should have come to terms with the fact that we’re…
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Investing Offshore

An Analysis of the Russia-Saudi Arabia Oil Price War

Mikkel Thorup May 9, 2020

An Analysis of the Russia-Saudi Arabia Oil Price War As if the world wasn’t already going through enough turbulence—Russia and Saudi Arabia have decided to get into what seems to be so…
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Investing Offshore

10 Reasons To Move To Mexico

Mikkel Thorup May 6, 2020

10 Reasons To Move To Mexico As I sit down to write this article on 10 reasons to move to Mexico, I have to first look at how the Coronavirus has affected Mexico and what we can expect…
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Residency and Citizenship

Retiring in Costa Rica: All the Reasons You Should

Mikkel Thorup May 4, 2020

Retiring in Costa Rica: All the Reasons You Should One of the most recognizable countries in Central America, Costa Rica is best known for its rich natural landscape—fun fact, “Costa…
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Offshore Gold and Silver

What the Covid-19 Epidemic Teaches about the Need for a Plan-B

Mikkel Thorup May 1, 2020

What the Covid-19 Epidemic Teaches about the Need for a Plan-B The travel restrictions from the Coronavirus and the general apprehension of the disease has impacted tourism more than…
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Residency and Citizenship

Reasons To Retire in Belize

Mikkel Thorup Apr 30, 2020

Reasons To Retire in Belize For much of its history, Belize was known as British Honduras—a collection of beautiful islands in the Caribbean. When the country got its independence from…
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Living Overseas

A Case for Brexit—Perhaps It Might Have Been for The Best

Mikkel Thorup Apr 28, 2020

A Case for Brexit—Perhaps It Might Have Been for The Best Liberty, politics and economics share a complicated relationship. It’s not for nothing that people have argued over the…
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Living Overseas

What Does the Coronavirus Epidemic Tell Us About the Failures of Modern Government?

Mikkel Thorup Apr 28, 2020

What Does the Coronavirus Epidemic Tell Us About the Failures of Modern Government? The US government is being accused of “unprecedented indifference.” The government of…
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Living Overseas

Increased Surveillance of Individuals During COVID-19—Necessary Precaution? Or The Groundwork of an…

Mikkel Thorup Apr 27, 2020

Increased Surveillance of Individuals During COVID-19—Necessary Precaution? Or The Groundwork of an Authoritarian Future? Big Brother is watching you. George Orwell’s…
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