Interview with Asset Protection Guru Mark Nestmann

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A few days ago, in response to questions about how to get started with offshore asset protection, I mentioned Mark Nestmann’s book The Lifeboat Strategy.  Mark is a trained international lawyer and one of the world’s top offshore asset protection experts.  I own his book and think it’s a fantastic resource, especially for those looking for initial answers.

The number of questions I received from readers in response to the book was overwhelming, so as a special service to Notes subscribers, I decided that we should pin Mark down for an interview.

I called my partner Matt, one of the savviest, most intellectually curious global entrepreneurs I know, and asked him to conduct the interview… as you will see, Matt didn’t pull any punches.

Personally I think he caught Mark a little off-guard, so you’ll hear a lot of candor.

Mark and Matt cover a lot of ground in the call, including:

  1. Why demand for offshore asset protection is exploding
  2. The most important thing you should be doing right now to protect your assets
  3. Why politicians just don’t get it, and the future of currency controls
  4. Strategies that anyone can use to legally safeguard their assets

Some of my favorite quotes:

“Anyone who wants to make a serious committment to investing outside the dollar needs a foreign bank account…”

“If you do it in the right way, you don’t necessarily have to report any of it…”

“It’s very hard for the Treasury to tell you to repatriate a house…”

“This is something that anyone can do– it’s private, it non-reportable…”

You can listen to the unedited, unscripted call below.  It’s about 35 minutes, and I think Mark’s valuable insight is well worth your time.  He’s not a Chicken-little fear-monger, rather a common sense professional with first-class knowledge.

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If the player above doesn’t work for you, you can click here to download the mp3 file to your computer.

For more information about Mark, go to http://www.MarkNestmann.com.

Let me know if you like this sort of thing and I can dip into the Rolodex a bit more to interview other experts in privacy, asset protection, investing, and lifestyle design.  Also, if you have any specific questions for me or Mark that weren’t answered in the interview, please leave a comment and I’ll do my best to get an answer.

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2009-07-09
  • colombia

    Simon.Thanks for doing this. I bought the book a few days ago and this interview adds a lot of new insight, very valuable. I wish I was at FREEDOM FEST to hear him speak, and Doug Casey too. Please do more interviews if you can.

  • Dr. Hayek

    Thanks for this, Simon. I actually spoke with Mark for the first time several weeks ago and plan on going to Phoenix for a personal meeting.

  • Daniel

    Is there somebody that does a canadian version?

  • Doug

    I agree with Daniel. Does someone do a Canadian version?

  • Bruce

    Thanks for the interview. Two questions: Simon, do you know of any private safe deposit box services in Panama? Second question: Is a GoldMoney account through James Turk’s company (GoldMoney.com) a “reportable” account for a US citizen? Thanks

  • David

    Many thanks for your work. The interview with Mark was very interesting. I think he mentioned at one point that banks in such countries as Switzerland and Austria are willing to open accounts for Americans if they show up in person, even though their “official” position is that they don’t deal with us. It would be very helpful to have a list of some banks in those countries (or others) one might want to visit.

  • Arial

    I very much appreciate audio interviews. Particularly when downloadable to MP3 (as this one is) because I can listen on the go. Many thanks.

  • Robert Hays

    Yes, more of this sort of product would be appreciated.
    Bob in NZ

  • http://www.InvestLetters.com Roger

    Simon,

    When you mention Silver puts and calls, are you doing comex or puts & calls on SLV, the silver ETF?

    thanks,
    Roger.

  • Tom

    I am going to be in Uru and Arg in a couple of weeks. I am looking for contacts and reputable banks. Can you help me?

  • Travis

    Hi Simon and Matt,
    I just read Casey’s “The Room” and they had a testimonial from a young Canadian woman who attended “cycle” in Lithuania. In her list of what she had learned she named: “little tricks to start a profitable web business with virtually no start up costs”. These “little tricks” are something I would be very keen to learn about in Notes or through some off shoot. For me, this is a big part of my Life Boat Strategy, and an area where I have much to learn.
    Thanks Guys!
    Travis

  • Chuck

    Thanks for the interview. Two questions: Simon, do you know of any private safe deposit box services in Panama? Second question: Is a GoldMoney account through James Turk’s company (GoldMoney.com) a “reportable” account for a US citizen? Thanks

  • Chuck

    Do you answer the above questions to only the asking individual OR do you answer these questions as public information on your website?

    I just sent “Bruce’s” identical question above because I also want to know that answer.

    Thanks.

  • Angus

    Simon, your buddy “Fitzroy MacLean” in his first issue without you recommended the book “Eastern Approaches”. He indicated he will recommend more books in the future. I am reading the book now and think it is really interesting and helpful. I know you have some favorites. I think a suggestion of a book, from time to time, would be appreciated. I think you new reports are really good. Thanks.

  • Jared

    Very, very interesting with a great format. Thanks.
    One point though. You could have left out the obvious ( or not so ) pitch for representation by suggesting the $1000.00 book price. Irrelevant and distracting for this conversation.

    Smith Comment: I meant every word of it. The content is valuable and if it were my book, I’d be selling it for a hell of a lot more than $95.

  • Joe

    Hi Simon,

    Can you or Mark Nestmann elaborate a bit on a recent acquisition of Anglo Irish Bank in Vienna by Valartis Bank from Switzerland. My primary concern would be a privacy and a security. Are there any restrictions for Canadians opening account in Valartis Bank in Vienna? Do you have a different/better recommendation for Austrian bank(s)?

    Thanks,

    Joe

  • Gabe

    Hi there Simon,

    Great stuff in your missives and the website, I greatly enjoy your great work.

    I too am interested in the answer to the question posted above by Bruce and Chuck on the reporting requirements for US citizens owning Goldmoney accounts. An answer, either private to my email address or in the blog will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Gabe

  • Michael Lenker

    Hi Simon,

    I have read The Lifeboat Strategy, and am trying to put my mother into a Swiss annuity. Nestmann only mentions one broker, the one he works with. Do you have any others to recommend, or a source for finding them?

  • Jon

    The mp3 link to the interview is inactive. Please direct me to a working link.

    Thanks

  • Warren

    “Mark is a trained international lawyer….”

    Thank God for that. I hate the untrained ones.

  • Art

    Can anyone recommend an (inexpensive) offshore web hoster? I need to register a name and create a website with which to engage in some biz, and I’d like it to be offshore.

  • Themellons

    thanks.sue

  • Laura

    I too sell information on the Internet and I am a writer as well as being an author’s assistant, so I know what goes into writing a book. The reason for writing a book is to educate or entertain and selling any book at a high price means you will not be selling that many. I tell my authors that is it better to have an international best seller on Amazon for $20.00 a copy and sell it to millions of people, rather than an expensive book that will be purchased by a few hundred. Is the purpose of the book to educate and share information or to make money? Why would you want to exclude people that might just be curious and not “serious” as stated in the interview? Why would anyone make that distinction or care? My humble opinion only.

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