Is Retiring In Panama Still A Good Choice? If So, Where?
As you read this, Lief Simon and our entire Panama-based Live and Invest Overseas team are confirming for all in ...
How Panama Became A Great Economic Success Story
This week's Live and Invest in Panama Conference, which kicked off bright and early yesterday morning in Panama City's Las Americas ...
Everything You Need To Know About Driving In Panama
Buying a car in Panama can be an adventure. My first attempt culminated in the loss of US$6,000 and a ...
4 Interesting Overseas Alternatives To Living In Paris
When I covered the Paris property market a couple of months ago, I promised you I'd follow up with some ...
Why The Best Time To Retire Overseas Is Always Now
Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a ...
Tens Of Thousands Of Live And Invest Overseas Readers Have Retired Overseas
A reporter recently got in touch to ask how many people I've inspired to retire overseas. So I tried to ...
Find The “Right Place”: Our 2020 Retire Overseas Conference
If you’ve been to our Retire Overseas Conference in the past, you’ll identify with this… If you haven’t, but are ...
Retire Overseas In Under 12 Months By Asking 8 Questions
The world is alive with opportunity for fun and for profit. Let’s begin there. And let’s meet in my hometown ...
How Barbara Enjoys Two Lifestyles—The Algarve And Medellín
As recently as four years ago, Barbara Petrohan never thought she’d be shopping for recipe ingredients from the farmers’ market ...
The 2 Biggest Concerns Retirees Have Before Living Overseas
The Forbes reporter who interviewed me wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he began, "is an ...
What Is Life Like On Ambergris Caye, And Is It For You?
Have you ever gone on vacation and fallen in love with the place you were visiting? Perhaps you even fantasized ...
The Secret To Being Happy In Your New Life Overseas
When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally, ...
Things You Must Know About The Wonderful San Blas Islands
Think palm trees swaying in the breeze, crystal clear water, and white-sand beaches. Then add pelicans overhead, starfish within yards ...
9 Critical Issues To Consider Before Deciding To Live Overseas
The first and perhaps most important step you must take to make sure that you arrive where you want to ...
5 More Things To Check Before You Move Overseas
Yesterday I began a list of 10 things you'll need to think about when you're planning for a move overseas. Today, we ...
The Top 5 Things To Check Before You Move Overseas
What does 2020 hold in store for you? Do you approach it with trepidation or enthusiasm? If you're reading these ...
Real Expat Story: Moving To Valencia, Spain, Was My Destiny
There is a scene in the 2003 movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" that I now can identify as the moment ...
How I Discovered New Confidence Living In Cayo, Belize
Here's our tale of How We Escaped The Frozen North... We came to Belize from northern Idaho. We were used ...
7 Reasons Colombia Is South America’s Best-Kept Secret
Colombia is South America's best kept secret. But with perceptions starting to change, how long can it stay that way? ...
Starting A New Life In Portugal With A Family
"Do you know where our passports are?" my husband asked, sounding slightly panicked over the phone. I was away on ...
Planning For The Next Stage Of Life
For better than two decades now, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of ...
The Pros And Cons Of Being A Snowbird In Sunny Panama
OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds ...
How I Escaped The 9-To-5 And Found My Dream Life Overseas
As we begin 2020 you may be reminiscing about the past and dreaming about what the New Year will hold... ...
Time To Start A New Life Overseas In 2020
All the calendar days of a new year in front of us... Each one begging to be filled with discovery. ...
Discover The Charm Of A Back-To-Basics Lifestyle In Belize
I hear lots of parents and grandparents bemoaning the fact that kids' lives are so regimented these days... how they ...
The Real Reason To Retire Overseas Is Purpose
"I just don't know what to do now. I mean... what do I do with myself at this stage? Where ...
New Year’s Eve In Panama
Depending on your demeanor, New Year’s Eve celebrations in Panama are either somewhat loathsome or downright lovable. I tend to ...
Find Out Which New Places Our Staff Want To Visit This Year
If I'm able to go to one new place in the New Year it will be the city that was ...
The 10 Best Places To Live Overseas In 2020
The best places to live are different for everyone. If you could live anywhere, where would you go? Here are ...
10 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2020
We´ve done the hard job and pulled out the 10 best places to buy real estate overseas in 2020. The ...
How To Move Overseas And Launch Your New Life, Step 1
With just four days remaining until New Year 2020, I challenge you to get up and get going. It's time. ...
The Opportunity To Live And Invest Overseas Is Yours To Take
What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As ...
Celebrating Christmas Overseas Is More Than Eggnog and Expats
Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one of Ireland's quirkiest festive traditions, what ...
The Best Places To Buy Real Estate In The Dominican Republic
In this article, we take a look at some of the best places to buy real estate in the Dominican ...
The Feel Of Home: A France For Every Season And Lifestyle
Twenty years ago Vicki and I spent our first Christmas in Paris. We stayed in Paris all that winter and ...
Christmas Traditions In Belize: Beaches, Bram, And Rum Popo
Belize, a nation of immigrants, has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions from abroad and combined them with Mayan traditions that ...
We Have A Tie! The 2 Best Places To Retire Overseas In 2020
Cheapest, safest… best weather, best infrastructure, best health care… most tax-advantaged and most foreign-resident friendly… Not to mention most romantic, ...
3 More Of The Top Real Estate Markets For Investment In 2020
Today, we reach the final part of our three-week series on the World’s Top Property Markets For 2020. So far, ...
Learning How To Cook Traditional, Algarve-Style Octopus
When I was growing up in Kansas, fish meant Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks in the frozen department of the grocery ...
Celebrating Christmas In Cuenca, Ecuador
For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Paseo del Niño parade, or Passing of the Child, is a colorful, ...
4 Reasons Why Belize Is The Ultimate Adventure Destination
Helena Hess was originally attracted to Belize for its diving. She wasn’t even thinking about retirement when she made her ...
The Big Challenges Of Celebrating Christmas As A Vegan
“In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones ...
Planning For Christmas In France
For my family and me, one of the greatest things about living an expat life has been the combining of ...
Ancient Traditions: A Funeral And 9-Day Vigil In Panama
The grandfather of a member of our staff who has become a friend at Los Islotes died earlier this month. ...
¡Feliz Navidad! Celebrating Christmas In The Tropics
These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. As we head into ...
2 More Of The Top Real Estate Markets For Investment In 2020
Originally, I intended to split my picks for the best places to own property overseas in 2020 over two issues. ...
What To Expect Celebrating Christmas In Panama
Celebrating Christmas or any other holiday in a foreign country can be a truly enjoyable experience. Panama offers all the ...
Christmas In Taiping, Malaysia, And My Job As Santa Claus
Vicki and I spent last Christmas in small-town Taiping, Malaysia. I was Santa Claus. We've stayed many times in Taiping, ...
3 Of The Cheapest Places To Buy Property In 2020
Each year this time, I take a snapshot of property prices worldwide. My annual survey shows where values are rapidly ...
7 Different Living Options For Expats In Panama
One of the things we love about Panama is the diversity of lifestyle options this little country has to offer. ...
