Blog > Real Estate > Blog article: Own One of the Channel Islands, No, Seriously!
 | Email This Article Email This Article  | 

Own One of the Channel Islands, No, Seriously!

Posted June 19, 2008

“If you’re in the market for your very own genuine island (and a top offshore tax haven to boot), one of the eight inhabited Channel Islands is up for sale.” — Bob Bauman

by Bob Bauman

Baltimore — (TFN): The Reverend John Donne (1572-1631) indelibly informed us that “no man is an island.”

But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy your own island.

Some years ago, one man claimed a World War II British gunnery fort in the North Sea’s international waters to be a quasi-independent outpost. The fort’s British owner, who calls himself “HRH Prince Roy,” dubbed this fort the “Principality of Sealand.” However, Sealand never got off the ground, so to speak, because it was located in deep water.

But if you’re in the market for your very own genuine island (and a top offshore tax haven to boot), one of the eight inhabited Channel Islands is up for sale.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Real Estate Deal of a Lifetime: Lots start at just $36,000 in this premiere Pacific beachside community.

The developers of Rancho Santana, are rapidly becoming masters at putting together alluring real estate deals. And this one’s no exception. You’ll want to secure a $36,000 lot in this premiere Pacific beachside community.

Learn more…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The island of Herm is now on the market. This 1½-mile “paradise” isle just three miles from Guernsey can be yours for £15 million (US$29.5 million).

Who Does the Labour Party Think They’re Kidding?

It’s ironic that the U.K. government has tried several tactics to curb tax havens in the past, because in reality some of the world’s leading tax havens have been England’s Crown dependencies. That includes historically rock-solid havens like the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Read on to learn more.

****Make sure you sign up for our FREE TFN News Feed for breaking news, special reports and new financial videos. You can pick your favorite reader. Or if you prefer, you can have the feed delivered to your email.


Related Articles


Posted by Bob Bauman · Filed Under Real Estate 

Comments

close Reblog this comment
Powered by Disqus · Learn more
blog comments powered by Disqus