A Look At Copenhagen: Rich History And Real Pleasures
Grand Tour 2017—First Stop, Copenhagen Over the past several summers, Lief and I have been leading our children on…
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Unretirement: Broadening Your Retirement Perspective
How To Retire Where You Want, How You Want, And When You Want (Even This Year) Many, including, perhaps, you, are…
Puerto Vallarta Offers A Five-Star Beach Lifestyle For Retirees
Puerto Vallarta Is #1 For Pacific Beach Life If it’s a Pacific coast lifestyle you’re in the market for overseas,…
Your Plan For Retiring Overseas Can Be Part-Time
What Should Your Retire-Overseas Plan Look Like? This doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could "retire…
Bring Out The Bubbly: 2017 Overseas Retirement Index Is Here
A Champagne-Worthy Accomplishment (With Unprecedented Upside For You) Wow. That was my reaction to our all-new,…
2 Simple Steps To Afford An Overseas Retirement On A Budget
Don’t Have Enough Money To Retire Overseas? Here’s What You Do… How much money do you need to move to a new…
Unretirement: How You Too Can Take Control Of Your Life
This Works For Anyone, Anytime… You Should Try It Now I made my first international move, from Baltimore, Maryland,…
Your New Life In France: “Ooh La La” On An Affordable Budget
Detailed Budgets For Your New Life In France (They’re Way Lower Than You Might Think) Years ago, when we were…
Why Life In Paris Keeps Me Coming Back For More
With Trump In Paris This Bastille Day The streets of central Paris were silent and still this morning until well…
The Palio of the Contrade: Passion, Intensity, and Intrigue
The World’s Best Horse Race No one knows for sure when it began or exactly why, but official record formalizes the…
Does Living Overseas Make You Less American?
Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I’ve been living outside the States for…
Find A Local Attorney Overseas Before All Else
Step #1. Get A Reliable And Trusted Attorney Your most important ally when buying, selling, or renting real estate…
My Dream Of Owning Property In Paris, France
Property Values Up And Other News From The City Of Light Lief and I have long agreed that, when we’re too old…
[Q&A] Paris Travel Tips, Personal Favorites, And Things To Do
A Few Of My Favorite Things About Paris France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in…
Back In Paris: This Is What “Retirement” Looks Like To Us
Historic Paris is constantly rejuvenating and improving itself.
Why We Always Return To Offshore Real Estate As A Top Asset
How To Choose Where To Go Offshore These past several days, since last week’s Offshore Wealth Summit in…
Leaving Panama For Paris: Our Bittersweet Hasta Luego
Return To Paris Among my best memories of the places we’ve called home are the views. In Panama City, our view has…
Where You Should Be Opening An Offshore Bank Account (And Why)
3 Critical Things To Understand Before Opening A Bank Account Overseas Yesterday, we discussed your best options…
Don’t Just Sit There! Start Reinventing Your Life Offshore
World’s Best Residency Options Listen to the news for 10 minutes these days, and you’re convinced. We all need a…
The Ideal Destinations For Creating Your Plan B, Discussed
Why Go Offshore In The First Place? Yesterday we looked at options for forming an offshore structure and wondered:…
Do You Really Need An Offshore Corporation?
Who Really Needs An Offshore Structure? Lief Simon's Offshore Wealth Summit in Panama City this week is built…
10 Business Opportunities For The Entrepreneur Abroad
Live Where You Want... The Money Can Follow Starting about 33 years ago, wide-eyed, pony-tailed, and straight out…
Renting An Apartment Overseas
How To Rent Overseas Checklist The most important thing to understand about finding rental accommodation (short- or…
7 Surefire Tips For Managing Your Financial Life Overseas
7 Things You Need To Know About Moving Money Across Borders In Today’s World Living or retired in another country,…
7 Questions You Need To Answer Before Retiring Overseas
When we convene in Orlando, Florida, Aug. 27–30, for this year's Retire Overseas Conference, we'll be joined by our…
The Real Reason To Retire Overseas Is Purpose
My Mom Is Struggling With This, Too It was early one morning during my most recent visit with my family back in…
Keys To A Happy Retired Life Overseas
Are You Cut Out For A New Life Overseas? Should you really be thinking about retiring to a new country? That is...…
Cost Of Living In The Algarve: A Detailed Breakdown
How Much Does It Really Cost To Live In Portugal? Here’s A Detailed Budget Breakdown When you think about the…
11 Reasons The Algarve Is Our Favorite European Escape
The Algarve Offers A One-Of-A-Kind Lifestyle "We have a word in Portuguese," a friend from Lisbon, Miguel, told me…
Expat Entrepreneurs Are Growing In Numbers: Here’s Why
This Is Not For Retirees Only For more than 30 years, "retire overseas" has been my beat... but it’s never been my…
9 Best Places To Run A Business From Your Laptop
9 Places To Chase Self-Funded Adventure Overseas (Working As Little As 10 Hours A Week) How would you like to opt…
Our Next Overseas Adventure Is Taking Us Back To Europe
Jet-Set Summer On The Continent Four weeks from today, Lief and I will be on a plane bound for Paris. We are four…
Most Frequently Asked (And Not So Crazy) Questions About Retiring Overseas
Answers To 24 Live Overseas FAQs Our editors, contributors, correspondents, and friends across the globe are all…
Why Panama’s Top Retirement Spots Lie Beyond Panama City
Is Panama Still A Good Place To Retire? I was a guest on the "Breakfast With Gerry D" radio show in Panama this…
5 Rules For Renting A Home Overseas
Don’t Rent A Home Overseas Unless... If you’re moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your agenda…
7 Reasons You Might Hate Living In Belize (Or Totally Love It)
The Reason You Should Never Travel To Belize? From barefoot fishermen to software millionaires, Belize is home to…
How Raising Your Kids In Panama Could Be A Big Advantage
Jack’s Story—Growing Up In Panama Six months after we’d moved from the United States to Ireland, I discovered I was…
Everyone Will Think Of Medellín For Retirement, Here’s Why
What You Need To Know If You Weren’t Able To Join Us In Colombia Last Week About 18 years ago, I sat around a table…
11 Essential Tips To Plan Your Retirement Overseas
11 Things To Know Before You Live Overseas Here are 11 things I’ve learned from the school of hard knocks after…
Here’s The Secret On Starting A Business Overseas
Remember This When You’re Just About To Give Up While retire overseas is my beat, it’s not my personal agenda. I…
Overseas Success Stories From Our All Access Pass Members
Three LIOS Members Share Their Real Life Stories Of Success Overseas This month we celebrate the four-year…
The Inside Scoop On Live And Invest Overseas Conferences
The Real Estate Agents Will Wear Pants, I Promise I hosted the first conference of my career some 30 years ago in…
Waterford, Ireland: A Place In Our Minds And Maybe Our Future
Why Waterford, Ireland, Is Again Part Of The Plan When Lief and I decided to relocate from the United States to…
7 Things To Know Before Building A House Overseas
7 Things to Know Before Building Your Dream Home in a Foreign Country… I’ve bought, sold, and renovated houses in…
Apples to Apples: Comparing Cost Of Living Abroad
Apples To Apples—And Other Live And Retire Overseas Fundamentals Apples to apples. That's the principle to keep in…
Overseas Property Adventures From Ireland To Paris
Here’s How To Know When You’ve Found The Overseas Property Investment That’s Right For You "I’ve told the buyer…
Global Property Investing Made Easy – Here’s How
This Is How To Build Your Fortune From Real Estate Overseas On stage at this week’s Global Property Summit in…
Your Ticket To Passive Income: Global Property Investing
Passive Cash Flow To Support Your New Life Overseas We have two agendas in Panama City this week. First, we are…
3 Global Property Hot Spots Primed For High Returns
This Is About The Extraordinary Return, Plain And Simple "It’s a magic spot," Juan Darío said simply as he began…
2 Critical Reasons Global Property Is Today’s Big Opportunity
Two Critical Reasons To Own Property Overseas In Today’s World In Panama City with us today are colleagues,…