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... ...
Digital Marketers Wanted
Live and Invest Overseas does things a little differently. We’re not your typical company and we’re not looking for typical ...
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. ...
Our Top 7 Countries For Low Cost Real Estate In 2020
One of the biggest misconceptions about moving or retiring overseas is that you can’t do it without a big monthly ...
10 Questions You Must Ask Before Buying A Home Overseas
Buying real estate overseas is fundamentally about diversification. This is true whether you buy for investment or for retirement and ...
My Top 4 Countries For Obtaining A Second Passport In 2020
How many countries the document allows you to travel to visa-free… Residency requirements (both to earn the passport and to ...
5 Of The Top Real Estate Markets For Investment In 2020
Top property markets in 2019… that we believe will continue strong in 2020 and beyond? Here you go… Brazil Right ...
Last Chance For Big Returns On Panama Farming Investment
This is one of the most successful offers I have ever shared with Overseas Opportunity Letter readers... And it's closing out very ...
The Moveable Feast: Celebrating Thanksgiving In Paris
This week, it’s hard not to be distracted by the holidays… With Thanksgiving under our belts and December now upon ...
The Retire Overseas Challenge No One Talks About
One of the biggest challenges you'll face as you launch your new life in a new country is seldom discussed. ...
Generational Wealth: How To Gift A Teak Investment
Generational wealth bothers some people, from politicians who want to seize and redistribute it to the super wealthy who don't ...
Celebrating Thanksgiving In Panama
"Maybe I should stay home for the day and help you... so you don't drop the turkey or forget the ...
How To Make Friends Overseas, Even For Introverts
One of the hardest things about upping stakes and pitching your tent somewhere new is the social aspect. You've likely ...
Discover The Gamboa Rainforest Close To Panama City
Occasionally, I get a free day in Panama City and I get a little bored because, if we are going ...
Can I Live and Work in Belize?
After hours of researching “live work Belize,” you may find yourself still asking the same question you began with. Can ...
Complete Cost Of Retiring In Belize
Instead of spending hours looking through Google search results for “complete cost retiring Belize,” start your search here. Whether you’re ...
Retiring In Belize On Social Security
Don’t let financing concerns hold you back from your dream of a tropical retirement. As long as you are eligible ...
Traveling in Belize: What You Need To Know About Transport
One of the reasons Belize has become so popular with expats and retirees is the proximity to the United States. ...
How To Retire In Belize For US$1,500 A Month
In the previous article “Complete Cost of Retiring in Belize,” we examined the total cost of living in Belize. The ...
What Truffles and Ferraris Have in Common
Money may not grow on trees... But it can grow under them... In the form of one of the most ...
I Fell In Love With Portugal’s Algarve Region (And You Will Too)
In all my years of travel, I had never been to Portugal until the Live and Invest Overseas Conference in ...
