How do you get an offshore company to invest in the USA?
 

can anybody share advice?

if my company is located in Canada and I am interested in American real estate, how does it all work?

A Canadian company is not considered 'offshore'.

ok, so how does it work?

and what if the company was based in Europe?

No difference to any other company bdjuf - and still makes no difference if your company is actually an offshore entity.

If it does happen to be an real offshore entity, the US can be one of the best offshore investment trading areas - or least it was until the dollar problem started - and there are a few benefits from not having tax to pay.

It can be useful having some real estate where you can actually live in other countries for a while - and this being owned by a foreign entity.

care to continue this conversation over ICQ?

Sure... what's your ICQ?

178-340-550

Hitting ya up bdjuf!

Bottom line is, you don't. IRS cooperates with the CRA. Good luck, you have admitted too much already. :thumbsup

It's true, any bank account will have a CRA-IRS clause. If your corp is in Guersney (EU), that may be a bit different. The patriot act makes things a bit difficult in terms of banking though.

*cough*

Amazing assumptions here! :winkwink:

Find a lawyer that specializes in this kind of stuff, he will tell you exactly what / how / etc...

Webby you're in Costa Rica right? I'd like to talk to you when I get down there for the show about Real Estate investment there, if you wouldn't mind.

No problemo Chio! :thumbsup

I sure ain't any real estate expert, but can give you an overview of the good, the bad and the ugly from past experience. Also got reputable lawyers with plenty experience I can recommend.

To be honest - it's actually quite good Chio - with some excellent deals, tho you really got to hunt for them.