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American living in Thailand (for 10 years uninterrupted) here. I am thinking of taking my remote fix and flip (real estate) skills to South Africa. It has a mutual legal assistance treaty with America. If I moved $250k out of the US for seed funding, to either Thailand or South Africa, and that...

I am a US citizen who will be supplying Chinese companies. I personally live in Thailand. The Chinese companies in my niche are happy to pay by wise.com which means a “Chinese friendly country” is not strictly necessary. But I also like Hong Kong and see no reason to take points away either...

I have a Wyoming LLC and I want its bank account to be as secretive about owners/signers as possible. I know US banks are not that secret but the goal is not to hide from the IRS or business partners, just creditors pursuing the owner due to another unrelated business's failure. Anyone have...

The thought of a lawyer running off with my funds does suck. But I can't think of another way to keep my name off the bank account for a Wyoming LLC. How serious is the risk of theft by nominee? Is it super infrequent or does it happen regularly?

I am considering doing this with a US company since privacy is my chief concern. Anyone have experience with it? Is it cumbersome or fairly straightforward.

Are there any places where you can maintain an investment holding company (US stocks) and bank account for less than $200? If not, what are the lowest cost locales? The lowest I've seen so far is $500/year maintenance for a Seychelles company.

They should be open to US citizens and ideally are low fee. But of course not based in the US. If they allow investing in US stocks/ETFs that wouuld be ideal. But not required, I can invest elsewhere. Do you guys have any suggestions?

I don't want to work through a US company or bank, but my business is mainly done with US clients. Are there any low/no tax IBC friendly countries that are easy to open a Paypal account with? The residency issue concerns me and I'm curious what you guys do if your funds suddenly get trapped...

SWIFT wires are expensive so I'm hoping there's an easier way. Transferwise is one option. They have been sort of a hassle to setup on the company side though. Are check requests generally low cost at banks in the top offshore jurisdictions? I don't mind the extra time for mailing and then...

Main goal: An offshore company and bank account that can connect to US Paypal and/or Stripe accounts. Company must have excellent privacy and asset protection for the owner. Secondary goal: Ability to transfer money to a low fee offshore brokerage account with access to US Stocks (I mainly...

I don't need a lot of support, trading tools, etc. I'm looking to do some basic portfolio investing with a non US, foreigner friendly broker. Do you guys have any suggestions?

Hi, I have a US mailbox which sometimes receives chcek payments. The mail handler can take care of check deposit by mail so long as I provide the bank's "bank by mail" mailing address. What are some reputable offshore banks for this? I have to have the account in my personal name, not a...

Hi, does anyone know of a bank or jurisdiction that accepts US citizens, is well reputed, but does not respond to US judgments against the account owner (for debts relating to a failed US business)? As a US citizen I can open an account under my name, or my Wyoming corporation. Thanks