charliebadenhop

I am an American, and I still do not understand.... I have a US bank account and use a friend's address and tel. #. THEIR telephone #. Never had a problem, and I have never been to where they live. A presence in the US does me very little good, but I have had it for more than 20 years.... For investing, the last thing I would want to do is simulate a US address. For investing you need a passport plus other info that is not easily made up.... My dad died about 9 years ago and at that time each person was allowed somewhere close to $1mil tax free. If you have more than that, easy to move it around a bit. If you are making BIG time money you leave Thailand once or more a year, and show yourself living in one of at least 100 places. If I was really doing a lot of investing I would create an offshore company in HK or somewhere else... And, I have a password manager. Impt. sites have complicated passwords that I do not need to remember... So, I am still not at all understanding why I would need to try and hide where I am living. Help me understand this please.

Just talking "in general" here. What would one need to be doing or wanting to do, to make the set-up explained, worth one's while?