No dream is too big to be realized. If you really want to wash the Pope’s feet or bungee jump with Ashton Kutcher, Steve Sims is the guy to call to make it happen. If you can pay for it, you can do it. The Bluefish will customize your next experience or build the perfect itinerary for your next event.

Key Takeaways:

[1:19] We are the Wizard of Oz of experiences

[2:58] Our credibility works in our favor when we need to make a wish come true

[4:42] A stockbroker for a day

[5:52] I was designing an event without really knowing what I was doing

[9:57] Paying well is the best way to open doors

[11:58] We do fixed itinerary group events and customized experiences

[13:31] Examples of our best work

[15:17] Tips for direct access to events you want to attend

[17:10] Password protected parties

[19:15] BLUEcause facilitates celebrity encounters to benefit charities

Mentions:

The Bluefish

BLUEcause

Ugly Sims

Central Florida is home to one of the biggest family vacation spots in the U.S. Renting single family homes with private swimming pools within one hour of Disney resorts is a lucrative business for foreign real estate investors. The area boasts 62 million visitors just last year. This episode inspects ways to distinguish good deals from bad deals and breaks down the ownership costs of a $210 a night rental.

path of progress,

Key Takeaways:

[1:18] Great values inspired me to invest in Central Florida

[1:47] A common misconception is that everyone makes a fortune in real estate

[3:17] A medium term hold is 5-7 years, a long term is 10-15

[4:22] 62 million visitors went to Central Florida last year

[8:26] You make money on the day you buy the property and not the day you sell

[10:21] How to distinguish a good deal from a bad deal

[12:18] Local expert knowledge, using restaurants as an indicator

[14:02] The term “the bank’s money” means no skin in the game

[18:30] Paying an 8% interest rate without putting any money down

[20:38] Which banks are financing international investors?

[21:39] What’s so good about Florida?

[24:04] A vacation property which generates income while I’m not using it

[26:33] 1600 sq. foot home for $260,000 home it rents for $210 a night

[28:05] Traditional management fees + rental fee + cleaning costs

[33:28] Jason makes a very good point!

[35:21] Jason’s team looks for deals with a 35% annual overall return on investment 

Mentions:

Feltrim Group

Association of International Property Professionals (AIPP)

Laden Jiracek has traveled to 80 countries and is the host of the Travel Wisdom podcast. Laden shares tips to Jason's audience on how they can make friends while traveling solo and why it's important for any new traveler to keep an open mind. Laden also talks a little bit about his podcast and some of his guests who have inspired him. 

Key Takeaways:

[4:15] Laden likes to travel to countries where he doesn't understand the language. 

[6:30] At what point can you say you've officially been to a country? 

[9:55] Who are some of Laden's favorite guests he's had on his podcast?
[12:50] How can people travel the world? What should they do? 

[18:15] There's a lot of single travelers out there, how do they meet locals and make friends? 

[22:15] Couch Surfers and Meetup.com hosts events all over the world that you can attend and meet new people. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

CouchSurfing.com

Meetup.com

TravelWisdomPodcast.com

Carol Margolis is the founder of Smart Women Travelers and Business Travel Success. She is the author of the book entitled Business Travel Success and talks to Jason on some helpful travel apps people can use, great safety tips, and how to get your lost luggage back safely. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:00] Go with a positive attitude. 

[3:45] Carol tells Jason why she love TripIt. 

[7:55] Resit the urge to pack everything. Travel light is the best way to go. 

[9:10] Favorite luggage brand? Carol loves Samsonite and Hartmann. 

[13:35] Have your name on everything, so airport staff can return your items to you.

[15:45] Have a packing list to make sure you're leaving the hotel with everything. 

[16:16] How do you get a good night's sleep at a hotel? 

[19:30] Social media while traveling, good or bad? 

Mentioned In This Episode:

TripIt – Trip Planner

Nozbe – Get Things Done

HotelTonight – Last Minute Deals on Great Hotels 

PicCollage

http://smartwomentravelers.com/

http://businesstravelsuccess.com/

Terence Gillespie fell in love with Chile and was interested in purchasing property there. As a Libertarian, he really liked the concept of Galt's Gulch property development in Chile, but more and more news came out that the property was a 'bum deal'. The property was being vetted by guys like John Cobin and Jeff Berwick, so what happened? Terrance talks on what he found out, jurisdiction issues, and much more on today's show. 

Key Takeaways:

[4:40] John Cobin's books about Chile helped Terance discover Chile. 

[14:10] Little did the three other founders know, Johnson had cut them all out of the deal. 

[25:10] Why is Terance so interested in this? 

[28:20] When property deals like this go wrong, what's the jurisdiction? 

[38:50] There are so many international scam artists out there because no body has jurisdiction on them. 

[48:25] Once you take a title in the name of an entity, you've invited the state in. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

mcgillespie.com

wendymcelroy.com

dollarvigilante.com

I, Psychopath documentary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist

Jason Hartman invites Sanne Meijboom to the show to talk about her I Like Local business. I Like Local connects tourists and travelers to an individual local of the country they plan to visit. Travelers can now get a local's perspective and tour the country with them for cheap. With the help of I Like Local's website, you can now fish with a fisherman in Sri Lanka, go on fun food tours all over Asia, and more. Join us on today's JetSetter show to find out more about Sanne's website. 

Key Takeaways:

1:05 – I Like Local enables travelers to book tours and activities with real locals. 

3:15 – Sanne talks about how she selects a local. 

6:20 – I Like Local wants to empower local people and encourage them to make some money. 

9:55 – Travelers love I Like Local. The locals have been extraordinary helpful and honest with the them.

12:20 – Many organized tours from big companies don't offer the local experience travelers are looking for. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

https://www.i-likelocal.com/

@I_Like_Local

Ronnie Screwvala has developed an impressive resume for himself and as been named 78 out of 100 most influential people in the world on Time's 100 list. He has also been named Asia's Most Powerful 25 by Fortune magazine and will be coming out with a new book titled Dream With Your Eyes Open. Ronnie is the founder of UTV Group and has successfully made a name for himself in India as well as world wide. Ronnie sits down with Jason Hartman to talk about what's happening in the entrepreneur sector in India, the movie industry, and much more on today's episode. 

Key Takeaways:

2:15 – When Ronnie started as an entrepreneur 25 years ago, India didn't really encourage entrepreneurship and it unfortunately still doesn't. 

3:25 – It's only when an Indian fails at successfully landing a good job do they move on to being entrepreneurs. 

8:00 – The mobile and internet sectors are fast growing right now and offer extremely huge opportunities for new entrepreneurs. 

12:20 – New generations are looking at producing more products than being just a cheap outsource company. 

14:20 – Ronnie talks about India's movie industry. 

17:05 – Entrepreneurship is not an outing, it's a journey. 

19:20 – Ronnie says that investing in a company really boils down to the entrepreneur running the company more so than the actual business. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

@RonnieScrewvala

DreamWithYourEyesOpen.org

Dream With Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey by Ronnie Screwvala 

Jaime Novoa is today's JetSetter guest and he sits down with our host Jason Hartman to talk about Spain's current economy. Jaime runs a blog called Novobrief and in the blog he talks about what the investment landscape looks like and growing new businesses in the Spain market. In today's episode, Jaime talks about the unemployment rate, why Spain isn't entrepreneur friendly, Spain's current exit tax, and more. 

Key Takeaways:

2:00 – There's a big employment gap between the North and South of Spain. 

4:35 – The Spaniards are used to being taken care of by their parents well into their 30s.  

6:30 – Most young, ambitious Spaniards leave Spain to work in London or other highly-driven countries.

9:30 – Jaime talks about Spain's exit tax and what that means. 

13:40 – If you want to be self-employed, you have to pay a $250 Euro monthly fee even if you don't make profit. 

18:10 – Jaime hopes when young people leave Spain and see the true ambition in other countries that they will want to come back home and make a difference. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

NovoBrief.com

Jason Hartman invites Budget Travel president Elaine Alimonti to the Jet Setter show to talk about some of the top locations to travel to in 2015. Elaine talks about what to do if you're a solo traveler, how today's sharing economy has made it easier than ever before to travel on a budget, and some great travel hacks relating to airfare prices on today's episode. 

Key Takeaways:

2:00 – Price never needs to be impediment to great travel.

6:50 – Budget Travel has a roundup of some of the top places to go to this year.

10:10 – First time solo travels tend to hit English speaking locations first. 

13:20 – Tuesday is the best day to purchase an airfare ticket. 

17:30 – Elaine explains what hidden city ticketing is. 

20:10 – Budget Travel publishes an app called Road Trips, which lists 100 of the best US road trips. 

Mentioned In this Episode:

TouristEye

Viator 

Trafalgar

Contiki

Skiplagged

BudgetTravel.com

Road Trip

Jason welcomes Chris Picciurro on the show to talk about taxes. He is the co-found of Integrated Financial Group as well as a CPA. He specializes in taxes for non-resident and non-US citizens looking to purchase property in the United States and he also has some great advice to give for US citizens looking to purchase overseas. On the show, Jason and Chris break down some of the complicated tax laws that are only applicable to non-residents such as estate taxes, withholding tax, and much, much more. 

Key Takeaways:

3:00 – What are some things foreigners need to consider when purchasing a property? 

8:10 – Foreigners would have to file a 1040nr.

14:30 – As a non-resident you're only allowed to transfer $60,000 worth of assets, but there are ways around this. Chris explains. 

23:15 – Chris explains what a tax treaty is. 

25:10 – In this segment Chris goes into what US citizens need to know when buying property overseas.

28:30 – When US citizens move overseas to work, you get a foreign income exclusion of $100,000. 

31:40 – If your entity made money and you did not take that money out, would you still have to pay taxes? Chris explains.   

Mentioned In This Episode:

http://www.integratedcpa.com/

http://nta.integratedfg.com/

https://twitter.com/picccpa

Jason Hartman opens with a short introduction for today's Jet Setter show and talks about the bash America movement. He knows that a lot of his guests that come on to the show tend to bash America, yet they still live in the United States. He introduces his Creating Wealth podcast guest, Peter Zeihan, on to the show to give a better contrast as to why the United States is so important to the economy on a global scale and why it really isn't as bad as you might think. 

Key Takeaways:

3:20 – Jason's opinion of the United States has changed over the years.

6:10 – The US is in the center of some fantastic technologies. 

10:30 – Jason thinks American's negative opinions of the US is massively overblown. 

13:40 – There's a couple of great upcoming shows to look out for. 

16:15 – Jason is currently reading Tony Robbins's latest book, Money, and is trying to get him on the show. 

19:20 – Jason introduces Peter to the show. 

22:20 – We have more older workers than we do younger workers right now, which is a first ever in history. 

29:30 – If the US steps back in their trade, everybody worldwide would suffer. 

36:20 – As broken as our social security system is, it's no where near the kind of problems the Japanese and European retirees will be experiencing. 

41:00 – Will the US become an oil exporter? There's three angles to this. 

45:15 – If 1% of the global manufacturers’ market is taken over by 3D printing, then that will result in a 10-15% drop in shipping. 

51:30 – Don't forget to check out Peter's book, The Accidental Superpower. 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Abundance by  Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. 

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global 

Disorder by Peter Zeihan

Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins

www.Zeihan.com 

Sichan Siv is an international bestselling author of the book entitled Golden Bones. He has worked closely with George H.W. Bush and is a Cambodian killing fields survivor. He shares his personal and amazing story about how he survived the killing fields and the Khmer Rouge regime, why he got into politics, explains the meaning behind golden bones, and more on today's Jet Setter show. 

Key Takeaways:

3:00 – 13 years after escaping the killing fields, Sichan was in the White House working with George Bush senior. 

5:45 – Sichan was honored to be part of the UN and to be representing the US. 

8:30 – Sichan considers himself very lucky and blessed. 

11:20 – Sichan talks about how wonderful it was to work alongside George H.W. Bush.

13:20 – Sichan was captured by the Khmer Rouge and was almost killed. 

16:30 – Golden State is the most recent book written by Sichan Siv. He talks a little bit about his latest book. 

20:50 – Sichan's favorite historical period was when the founding fathers were discussing what to do with the future of the United States. 

25:00 – The United States is a very unique place and you can not find something similar any where else in the world. 

26:20 – We need to hold our government accountable to keep America beautiful. 

Mentioned In This Episode: 

Golden Bones by Sichan Siv

Golden State bu Sichan Siv

www.SichanSiv.com 

Domingo Silvas is the CEO of EscapeArtist and comes on the show to talk to Jason about his company and offer information and insight on international travel, real estate, and owning businesses off shore.

Key Takeaways:

1:47 – In 2015, a lot of people are becoming more aware of their privacy.

2:40 – EscapeArtist has been in business for 20 years. 

3:09 – A lot of countries are now requiring a five-year plan or a large investment to get a passport. 

4:33 – Panama is one of the easier countries to get into.

6:19 – The EscapeArtist website has good country ambassadors for Chile and Panama. 

8:09 – You can gain residency and citizenships in other countries by using ancestry.

9:47 – The five flags are core business, your residency, your citizenship, where you do your core investments, and your recreation.

15:21 – The Mayan River area by Tulum, Mexico is really up and coming.

17:20 – There are tax advantages of having a business off shore.

20:59 – Right now the Singaporean dollar is really strong so a lot of people are having bank accounts opened in Singapore.

24:37 – Before you decide to just get up and move somewhere, go rent a place, go live there for three or four months, and make sure that you like it.

Mentioned In This Episode:

www.escapeartist.com 

Doug Casey, The International Man

Diane Kennedy

Today’s JetSetter Show features Scott Picken of Wealth Migrate as the guest. He and Jason Hartman discuss demographic trends, the importance of transparency and really knowing what’s going on with your own investments and how crowd-funding as a means of investment is changing and developing. 

Key Takeaways

02.13 – Scott Picken gives the back story to how Wealth Migrate came into being.

04.49 – It’s important to look at demographic and societal trends when figuring out different markets.

08.10 – Is direct investing still the only real way to know what’s happening with your investment?

11.51 – Wealth Migrate sets itself apart from other companies through its international links and its professional nature with reliable experts on the ground.

15.30 – The attitude to crowd-funding is changing, and it’s only going to get bigger.

17.57 – You can reach a point where, regardless of your background, you are an equal. 

21.27 – For more information, head to the main website at www.WealthMigrate.com

Mentioned in this episode

The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Got a non-refundable hotel reservation that you have to cancel? Now, rather than wasting your money on an empty hotel room you can’t use, Roomer Travel has been set up as an online marketplace for exchanging unwanted hotel rooms between buyers and sellers. In today’s Jet Setter Show, Jason Hartman talks to Roomer Travel’s Managing Director about the company’s origins, how it works and what sets it apart from other travel businesses.

Key Takeaways

01.11 – Roomer Travel is a unique marketplace aimed at saving you money in the event of non-refundable cancellations.

05.03 – Having to negotiate a hotel’s cancellation policy can be tricky, but checking is worthwhile.

07.50 – Find out how it works for yourself at www.RoomerTravel.com

09.42 – Recommend Roomer to a friend, and when they make a booking, both of you get $25 credit.

11.40 – One of Roomer Travel’s great selling points is the ease of access to hotel information.

14.02 – It looks like there are opportunities for Roomer to branch out into wider travel sectors, so watch this space.

Mentioned in this episode

www.RoomerTravel.com

Today’s Jet Setter Show takes a historical turn as Jason Hartman invites author and travel writer John Man to the show. John’s specialist subject area is the Mongul Empire, including the rise and fall of Genghis Khan and the influence of Marco Polo. He also gives a few tips for adventurous travelers who are keen to explore parts of the world as yet unknown to most outsiders. 

Key Takeaways

02.02 – John Man has researched and written extensively on the topics of the Mongul Empire and then branched out into a more specific work on Marco Polo.

05.00 – Consider your own travel complaints and musings and compare them to what Marco Polo would have endured.

08.37 – We can learn a surprising amount from some of the historical figures that shaped the world.

11.48 – In the West, we have such dismissive views about Genghis Khan, but perhaps that’s just ignorance.

13.29 – Everyone always talks about must-see places, but how does a travel writer’s view differ?

18.15 – The Atlas of the Year 1000 gives modern-day readers a chance to see how the world would have looked over a thousand years ago. 

19.50 – John Man can be contacted on his personal email address at johngarnetman@gmail.com

Mentioned in this episode

Marco Polo: The Journey That Changed The World by John Man