TESTIMONIALS
EXPAT PREPARATION FOR, AND PURCHASING OF HOUSE/LAND - from Eric Shepherd - 29 October 2024

About five years back, when the company I'd been working for suddenly and unexpectedly lost the contract I was on, it provided me with the opportunity of finding a new home for some of my savings from the past fifteen years. Savings I had hoped would one day serve as a sufficient down-payment on a house in Okinawa.

I had been acquainted with Mr. DeHarty from years past and knew him as the person I could trust to set me on the right path. When I explained the situation, he promptly set us a meeting where he laid out my options and advised on how I should proceed. From there he helped with an account for me through RL360 and assisted with the initial large money transfer.

The plan moving forward, as advised by Mr. DeHarty, was to grow these funds as quickly and safely as possible while we searched for the house and land we wanted. By the time we finally found what we were looking for roughly four years later, the account had grown substantially, and the ¥: $ was heavily in our favor. Once again, we turned to Mr. DeHarty for advice, which this time was time-sensitive and little of it to spare.

Mr. DeHarty had the answer ready as if he were waiting for us to ask the question. He promptly coordinated meetings with both RL360, and GC Partners to conduct a high-value international money transfer at a significantly higher rate than anywhere I could exchange locally. From us finding the house to it being paid for and in our name, it took less than three months despite doing it over the Dec-Jan holidays!

We owe the rest of our future on this beautiful island to all the teams at ISG, Royal London, and GC Partners, but even more so to the wonderful Mr. David DeHarty for overseeing the entire thing, thank you.