How We’ve Been Spending Life Under The Lockdown Overseas
Moving into week seven of quarantine in Paris, my lockdown routine revolves around writing to you, dear reader… filming twice-weekly ...
The Unvarnished Truth About The Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Digital nomads enjoy sharing photos of themselves working from paradisiacal locations. There they sit, laptop in lap, toes in the ...
7 Different Places To Live Well In Northern Belize
Belize was founded by pirates, and mischievous pirate blood still pumps in Belizean veins today, especially in the north of ...
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 ...
6 Reasons Why Off-Grid Belize Is The Perfect Overseas Haven
“Breaking bread together” is an age-old idiom. Literally, it means sharing a meal with another person or group. The spirit ...
Dream Places To Live After The Coronavirus
The global Covid-19 outbreak seems to have put the world on hold. While many are turning to Netflix and social ...
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 ...
The Best Overseas Countries That You Can Drive To
The Coronavirus has been a good reminder of just how fast things can change. In the space of a couple ...
Celebrating 12 Years Of Helping People Find Their Dream Life
Twelve years ago this month, I started Live and Invest Overseas. Back then, that first year, we were a two-person ...
What Would Be The Dream View From Your Bedroom Window?
If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be? Over the three-and-a-half ...
A Detailed Guide To The Top 4 Expat Neighborhoods In Medellin
I am still surprised by the reactions I get when I tell people I live in Medellín, Colombia. A few ...
5 Countries Where Real Estate Is Still Incredibly Cheap
Getting onto the property ladder has always been one of the safest and best ways of securing long-term wealth. Buying ...
Expats Discuss Why They Moved To Medellín, Colombia
"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates near lakes and I'll consider it!" a reader wrote in ...
A Look At The Different Cultures That Call Panama Home
"I can find almost everything and anything here!" I said in astonishment when I found a can of ackee, one ...
Exclusive Discount On Cartagena Pre-Construction Houses
Over the past two years, we've been highlighting Colombia as a place where U.S.-dollar-holders have increased buying power. Now that ...
Our Virtual Conference: The Most Complete Guide To Medellín
The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was 35 years ago. A ...
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 ...
Best Countries To Retire Overseas With Excellent Healthcare
Finding quality healthcare overseas is a top priority for most expats and retirees. Luckily you can find excellent healthcare overseas, ...
Why I Keep Returning To Granada, Nicaragua, After 30 Years
Every country is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in its own way. Some emerging markets in particular are struggling with ...
9 Isolated Islands Where You Can Escape From Modern Life
In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up. ...
8 Tips To Get Maximum Profit Selling Your Overseas Property
We speak often about how to purchase real estate overseas, sharing hard-won wisdom and decades of experience to help you ...
11 Questions You Should Ask Before Buying Property Overseas
Certainly if you’re making a first-ever investment, but even if you’ve already made several real estate purchases overseas, how can ...
Angela And Rick’s Adventure In Belize, Part I
As I gazed out the window of our 15-seater turboprop airplane at the turquoise Caribbean waters below, I could barely ...
A Guide To The Best Real Estate Opportunities After COVID-19
What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40% ...
Top 4 Global Investments To Suit Any Portfolio
When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash ...
Living And Retiring Overseas Post The Coronavirus—Three Top Options
Eventually, COVID 19 will be contained, and global markets and economies will recover. But the experience of having lived through ...
9 Reasons Why It Makes Sense To Buy Real Estate Overseas
Why might it make sense for you to buy a piece of property overseas? The answers to that question are ...
Panama Pre-Construction Condo Opportunity In Prime Location
We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of ...
Find Out The Best Way To Hold Real Estate Overseas
How should one hold property overseas? That's a regular question at conferences... especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best ...
How To Bring Your Pet To Panama And What You Can Expect
“It’s easy,” they said. “Take your dog to Central America. No problem,” they insisted. “We do this all the time,” ...
The 3 Best Countries To Live In Isolation During A Pandemic
The Coronavirus bought global travel to a halt last week. This week most people across the world are being advised ...
8 Great Places To Buy A Dream Beach Home For Under $250K
"Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?" a reader recently wrote to ask. In Florida ...
Best Places To Retire In Panama
Over the last 20 years and counting, Panama has been in the conversation as the best place in the ...
Where To Live In Panama – The Land That Has It All
For such a small country, Panama packs quite a punch in terms of the diversity of lifestyles available. When April ...
Best Places To Retire In South America: Salinas, Ecuador
In the space of just over a decade, Salinas has appeared on the expat map. It's gone from an overlooked ...
5 Tips To Become More Productive When Working From Home
Twenty years ago, living and running a business in Waterford, Ireland, I opened the first of a series of what ...
Get Your Dream Retirement Overseas In As Little As 52 Days
You hear from me every day in these dispatches on some aspect of living and retiring overseas. One day I’m ...
Why I’m Glad That I Hold The World’s Most Valuable Asset
The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch ...
From The Maya To Pirates: Northern Belize Through History
Once the center of the ancient Mayan Empire, which extended north to Chiapas in Mexico and south to northwestern Honduras, ...
Paris Podcast
First podcast episode by Kathleen Peddicord and Lief Simon - Podcast From Paris.
Real Estate And Retirement Visas: An Expat’s Guide To Brazil
"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim ...
How To Move To Ecuador
Who Is Moving To Ecuador? Ecuador is such a varied place that it attracts people from every walk of life. ...
From Paris To Panama: Updates On The Situation Overseas
For the past week, Lief and I, along with all Paris and all France and those in a number of ...
9 Reasons To Reinvent Your Life In Beautiful Belize
As we have welcomed big numbers of new readers recently... and as many of us find ourselves spending much more ...
The Best Places To Escape From The Coronavirus
You may not want or be able to travel to any of these places now. But the current situation is ...
Join Now: The Overseas Living Clubhouse Is Growing Fast
I drew the short straw this morning... My husband Dara dibbed the only desk in the house. He has a ...
7 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Retire In Mexico
Yesterday, I made a case for why we've named Portugal's Algarve coast as the best place in the world to ...
Is It Safe? The Surprising Truth About Crime In Panama
I have been asked countless times by those considering retiring to Panama or simply planning a vacation here, about the ...
10 Reasons Why The Algarve Is Our #1 Retire Overseas Option
For five years running, we’ve named Portugal’s Algarve coast as the world’s #1 place to retire overseas. Why do we ...
Join Our Online Community At The Overseas Living Clubhouse
"Mom, they just told us all that the dorms are closing this weekend. We need to leave by Sunday at ...
