I’d been so long away that I prepared myself for disaster. Like property anywhere, property you own in another country...

If you’re dreaming of a new adventure in a Portuguese city, you’ve got some great options. Today, let’s take a...

It was the house I’d had in mind since the day Lief and I decided we’d move together to Ireland....

John Rohan had been taking us to see houses for six months. I wouldn’t say we’d become friends or even...

Four days into my first visit to Medellín, Colombia, in 2008, here’s what I had to say: The Euro-undertones are...

My personal live-and-invest-overseas adventure began with a weeklong tour of Ireland. I had packaged and marketed the program to readers...

Moving from the United States to another country is an opportunity to leave a consumerism-driven lifestyle behind for good.  The...

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

You want to be sober when considering a property purchase in a foreign land. Certainly, you want your wits about...

American retirees looking to move overseas often wonder how they’ll be regarded in their new home abroad. I’ve recently earned...

I’ve made a career of scouting the globe to identify interesting places for people to spend time and money. My...

Owning real estate overseas can mean profit… And, if you ask me, I’ll tell you that it always means fun....

In 2015, Lief and I went shopping for a rental apartment on Portugal’s Algarve coast. After eight years of economic...

Moving overseas can be an opportunity to reinvent yourself—leave behind the stresses and worries of where you’re currently living and...

Six to eight months each year, you’ll find Jacelyn Holmes at home in Nafplio, a seaside town in the south...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight.From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, nearly 40...

“Good morning, Kathleen!” called out one attendee at last week’s Live And Invest In Panama Conference as she approached me....

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

We would stand at the window—Lief, young Jackson, and I—watching the scene 14 floors down until it was time for...

Monday, at 8 a.m., 10 little girls assembled at Las Cruces. Our Maria Fernanda was standing by to collect them…...

All the calendar days of a new year in front of us...Each one begging to be filled with discovery.I’d say that this world...

We humans invented the New Year and named it after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. Janus is depicted with...

It got to where I was too embarrassed to talk about it. I first had the idea to start a...

Apples to apples. That’s the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real...

Happy New Year. As 2026 begins, let’s focus on where we’re going this shiny new year. Live And Invest Overseas...

This time last week I began reflecting on where we are and how we got here. Now, with but a...

’Tis the season to rememberAll the faces and the places that were home...’Tis the season to rememberAnd to count up...

I write from Chamonix where Lief and I have traveled with our children and granddaughters for Christmas. Lief and I...

Almost 30 years ago I got a life-changing call from a property scout I had sent on a mission to...

I remember it like it was yesterday…  Lief and I were seated al fresco at a café table at the edge of...

Repositioned now to Paris to enjoy the holidays with our children and granddaughters who call the City of Light home,...

Belize is best known for its La Isla Bonita. That’s Ambergris Caye, the white sand-fringed Caribbean island Madonna fell in...

My family and I have celebrated Thanksgiving every one of the 27 years we’ve been Americans abroad. I’ve shared some...

There are many benefits to holding a second passport and second citizenship. It gives you the opportunity to live, work,...

You’re moving to a new country. You’ll need a place to live.  I say rent one. At least at first...

Portugal has become one of the most sought-after expat destinations in the world. Geographically, this country packs a punch. Portugal...

Waterford, Ireland, circa 1998, when Lief and I first came to call it home, was a bit worse for wear....

This doesn’t have to be all or nothing. You could “retire overseas” and still spend part or even lots of...

We were just 10 minutes outside downtown Waterford City, but the forest was thick on both sides of the narrow...

I began my own adventures overseas in Ireland. Early one autumn morning what today seems like a lifetime ago, I...

For more than 40 years, I’ve tempted readers with dreamy visions. Retire overseas, I’ve suggested… Go where the weather’s sunny,...

I first recommended Panama as the world’s best place to live, retire, and invest overseas in 1997. In the coming...

Lief and I live a life of comings and goings, fresh starts and fond farewells. We divide our time between...

I didn’t set out to “internationalize” my life. Who would? My first experience diversifying beyond U.S. borders was with five...

Portugal’s Algarve is a wonderful bit of European geography at the southwestern corner of the Continent, at the longitude of...

Sunny days, stunning beaches, happy people...A low cost of living, tons of cheap property, and tasty food... Healthy living, safe...

I was drawn to Panama in the pursuit of investment upside. In 1996 I sent my property scout Bob Fordi...

The French refer to this time of year as la rentrée. July and August all France goes en vacance. Then,...

What if you could go back to a simpler, sweeter time… To a time when you knew your neighbors and...

Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes for an extended stay at what those in the tourist biz in...