Our 2021 Retire Overseas Index names Tavira, Portugal, as the single best place in the world to launch a new ...

Two of our favorite retirement destinations are Portugal and Panama. One of the most important factors you should consider when ...

Just any old car will do!... Or will it? Lots to consider before deciding on the best vehicle for Belize... ...

I’m back in Panama after having been away for a year. Kathleen and I arrived in the country about a ...

It’s been one of those weeks… From multiple household-wide illnesses to minor annoyances, major frustrations, and serious disappointments, it feels ...

When traveling or living overseas it is important to learn the local customs and blend into the culture. Rather than ...

On paper, Belize doesn't add up to much. This is a sleepy Caribbean nation with but 382,000 people, four highways, ...

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

More than ever, people are asking, "What does the future look like?" In Belize it looks appealingly like the past. ...

White sand beaches and sunny days… No snow to shovel… Leaving behind the stresses of everyday life… These are just ...

My first trip to Belize, some 30 years ago, was organized courtesy of the Belize Tourism Authority (BTA). I was ...

Northern Belize's population is tiny, with a little over 100,000 in the districts of Corozal and Orange Walk combined. 1. ...

One of the big lessons we learned over the last year is our ability to be more self-sufficient. Between restaurant ...

Section 1031 of the United States Tax Code establishes provisions that allow a taxpayer to defer capital gains taxes when ...

What is your biggest fear related to the idea of moving overseas? That’s the question we put to members of ...

I'd say that this world of ours is a pretty great place to be. I make the point in case ...

No matter where you’re dreaming of reinventing your life overseas, the key to success is a network of support. I’m ...

The dictionary defines "retirement" as a state of "being withdrawn from the rest of the world or from a former ...

Newcomers to Belize always ask where the best place to live here is, and my answer is always a definite, ...

One of the biggest challenges you'll face as you launch your new life in a new country is seldom discussed. ...

Should you really be thinking about retiring to a new country? That is... who should consider this idea? Surely it's ...

The world’s best buys on beachfront property in 2021 are to be found in Northern Cyprus, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and ...

You have no trouble reading and learning about Belize these days. Google “Belize,” and a multitude of websites and resources come up.  ...

Thinking about making an overseas property purchase can arouse feelings such as excitement, fear, anxiety, relief, and accomplishment. Even seasoned ...

This is my fifth winter as a part-time expat in Mexico. After having lived and spent extended time in countries ...

Hindsight is 2020... and we’ve definitely learned a lot this year. Cities have been eerily quiet during the pandemic and ...

One of the questions I hear most frequently is why I chose to live in Mazatlán, rather than the better-known ...

To any keen cyclist, bicycle tourism isn’t a new phenomenon… The concept of traveling to a new country, bike in ...

Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores ...

Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I consider this city my most exciting ...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán ...

Not everyone is a beach person. In fact, I believe that most full-time expats in Mexico prefer the ambiance and ...

As of this writing, more than 11.5 million American and Canadians live overseas… And 2 million of them—nearly 20%–live in ...

Shortly after graduating college in 2004, I applied and was accepted to the Peace Corps. On a cold January day ...

After more than 14 months away, Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes. We arrived at Tocumen International late ...

I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two ...

"What are we doing?" Lief asked me the other morning as we were dressing for the day, rushed, hurried, confirming ...

Tavira is a traditional fishing town in the eastern Algarve, a region in the south of Portugal, that offers European ...

I've always wanted to travel, live in other countries, experience other cultures, and live simply and sustainably. I never got ...

From the southern coastal district of Punta Gorda to the northern coastal town of Corozal, there's a lot to see ...

Panama is a gorgeous, diverse country with everything from white-sand beaches on the Atlantic coast to the capital of Panama ...

Last week, Lief Simon and our entire Panama-based Live and Invest Overseas team showed the hundreds in attendance at our Live ...

Last week we held the biggest Live and Invest in Panama Conference in our history, with more attendees and more ...

More than 40,000 adventurous Americans and almost 130,000 Europeans have decided to live or retire in Thailand. With so many ...

Among the new trends we faced last summer in Ireland, a country home being snapped up by a foreign buyer ...