In the context of Europe, Spain is fantastically affordable. Many North Americans have this perception of Western Europe as being ...

Belize is an English-speaking and affordable tropical paradise on the Caribbean that has been attracting retirees, snowbirds, and entrepreneurs for ...

Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, has so many nicknames and claims to fame, it’s hard to highlight just one aspect of ...

My high-powered, six-speed Opel was stranded... stopped partway through a turn onto a narrow, cobblestoned street, much to the annoyance ...

I’m headed to David, Panama, in one month to visit one of the most popular investment opportunities that Live And ...

A rental property is the most common way to diversify your investment portfolio beyond borders. Buy an ocean-view condo on ...

Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than ...

Considering a move to Spain? Here’s my list of things you need to know before taking the plunge on this ...

Twenty years ago, you could have bought almost anything in Panama and felt confident that you’d earn a good return. ...

As a reader of Live and Invest Overseas, you probably have dreams of living in another country, as I did ...

Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than ...

I first visited this expat haven in 2002, and found it sleepy beyond imagination. “I’m not old enough to live ...

The men in my life drink whisky. Lately they’ve been talking a lot about how it’s produced and what makes ...

Recently, a reader wrote to me to ask whether she should buy property in Greece to qualify for residency under ...

Why Europe? It’s been a while since I considered the question… Let’s take a step back today and reconsider Europe ...

Buying property to rent it out for profit can be easy money. You identify the right market, invest in a ...

Belize is one of my favorite places in the world… My first time in Belize was a press trip. This ...

Last week as shots rang out in Butler, Pennsylvania, the U.S. came within an inch of all-out chaos. Then came ...

For anyone considering moving overseas—but especially older folks—health insurance is a critical consideration. If you think that Medicare will cover ...

Since the pandemic, Americans have flocked to Portugal in record numbers. From 2017 to 2022, the number of Americans living ...

If you could live anywhere, where would you go? And, once you got there, what would you like your new ...

You heard it here first: 2024 is going to be big for global property investors. Key to having a profitable ...

One thing that attracts many expats to Belize is its tradition of privacy. It's difficult in this world of ours ...

For many golfers, owning a home on a golf course or near to their pick of courses is the ultimate ...

Four years ago, I had a total hip replacement at the Veteran’s Administration’s flagship facility in Orlando, FL. In December ...

Every Friday afternoon sees an exodus from Panama City as residents drive across the Bridge of the Americas and then ...

Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a ...

Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a ...

“I can only stay for about an hour. I have a meeting about establishing a food co-op at 10:30, and, ...

“You’re doing what?!” This was the reaction I got from family and friends when I told them I was going ...

I wrote my first book on retiring overseas in 1987. I was twenty-four years old. I’ve produced many titles on ...

Portugal’s Silver Coast, or Costa da Prata in Portuguese, is best known for its ancient towns with cobblestone streets, breathtaking ...

For many people considering a retirement in Europe, one of the things they look forward to is the option to ...

"I've had enough of your Caribbean vacations for this year!" This is the response Bill Piatt got from his wife ...

Part of my reason for leaving Canada, the country of my birth, was to explore something different, something unique. To ...

Belize is a beautiful, safe, welcoming wonderland of wide-open spaces and sugar-sand beaches. An idyllic place offering both quintessential escape ...

Retiring by the beach is a popular dream of many, but while escaping the 9-to-5 grind on a deserted island ...

Dreaming of escape? Imagining your life somewhere welcoming, friendly, peaceful, and safe… Where the sun shines, your days are filled ...

Gun laws vary in every country. It is important to understand that gun ownership is a privilege, not a right. ...

Panama has some of the best expat beach towns anywhere in the world. Whatever you want, you can find it ...

If you’re not a Panamanian, Panama is a foreign country for you…which means the way people do things here will ...

Lee and Jennifer Scott were ready to retire when their son graduated from college in 2012. “We sold the house, ...

The moment we decided to pack our lives into suitcases and make the leap across the Atlantic to Portugal, I ...

A few years ago (before the pandemic), I had a conversation with a fellow real estate investor about his rental ...

Starting about 35 years ago (yikes), wide-eyed, pony-tailed, and straight out of college, I went to work in the publishing ...

When the King of Rock and Roll died in August 1977, his estate was valued at more than US$10 million. ...

For decades now, I’ve tried to educate people on how to do some basic analysis on investment real estate. One ...

We focus a lot on the benefits of retiring overseas, or buying a second home overseas. But what about if ...

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The following questions, which we receive every day, are often preceded by, "I feel a little foolish asking, but I'm ...