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We live in a great big beautiful world that is bursting with opportunity around every corner if you decide to...

Mexico is one of the world’s top options for retirement living. Indeed, it ranks #2 (behind only Portugal) in our...

Over the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico the world’s #1 place for retirement or live in the way...

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As we’ve returned this year to in-person events… With our Live And Invest In Belize Conference in January… Our Live...

This success story is nothing short of remarkable. It's taken a couple of decades... But Colombia has reinvented itself into...

The first time I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was back in 1985. When I began making these...

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn...

Lief and I are counting down the days until our chance to return to Medellín, Colombia, next month.It’s been far...

Excellent infrastructure... strong investor rights... appreciating property markets... Biggest salsa festival in the world... plus important theater and poetry festivals......

We've been reveling this week in the experience of our first in-person conference in Panama in more than two years......

I'd forgotten how invigorating an in-person conference can be... Reconnecting with old friends from across Panama as well as All...

"Kathleen, I've been thinking about making a move overseas, specifically to Panama, for years... but my wife... not so much......

"You have reminders of Paris all around," our friend born and raised in that city remarked over dinner at our...

Why were Lief and I drawn to Panama in the first place, some 24 years ago? And why have we...

If you've been reading these dispatches for any time, you know how we feel about Portugal. This country is, hands...

As we finalize the speaker invitations for our first in-person Colombia event in two years, I've been thinking back on...

The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was back in 1985. A...

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

The most important tool in the U.S. expat's tax toolbox is the foreign-earned income exclusion (referred to in tax-planning circles...

I've been spending time in Portugal since 2013. I knew after the first visit that this was a special place......

"I just don't know what to do now... "I mean... what do I do with myself at this stage? Where...

When it comes to buying property overseas, cheap isn’t necessarily best. However, here are six overseas markets offering appealing property...

This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford...

"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I'll consider it. I have no interest in tropical...

I've been covering this beat for more than 35 years. And, as I've been reporting this week, I've identified one...

The "currency discount," as we call it, on offer in Colombia for U.S. dollar holders right now translates to 55%...

If you're interested in living, retiring, or working in the Old World, you have more options than ever in history....

"Panama City will be the next Singapore..." I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard that prediction—from Panama property...

First, you aren’t buying real estate in most of the world today for capital appreciation. It’s possible in select markets,...

Imagine... Tall, lazy palm trees swaying in the breeze behind you... Cool, powder-soft white sand between your toes... And, out...

In 2008, I took my leave from the publishing company where I'd been working for 23 years. I was 45...

I'd like to introduce you to a little-known escape in Belize... As well as a fellow reader who's already made...

For North Americans, Halloween is all about jack-o-lanterns, spooky or comical costumes, trick-or-treating, and excessive candy consumption. In other parts...

Europe has been a draw for me since I was in high school. I saved up my junior year to...

Can you afford to live in Belize? The simple answer, I'd bet, is yes. But the better answer is that...

We've been giving Belize a lot of virtual ink lately. Here are the Reasons Why You Should Reinvent Your Life...

It’s true... Europe doesn’t offer the same shoestring bargain lifestyle options that you can find in Latin America or Asia....

Finally, after being grounded for far too long, we're hitting the road again as we are headed to Belize looking...

In my office in Panama City, hanging on the wall opposite my desk in a place I see every time...

The Internet is perhaps our world's greatest source of information... current and outdated... accurate and made-up. That's why we don't...

One thing that attracts many expats to Belize is its tradition of privacy. It's difficult in this world of ours...

Bright and early this morning, our entire far-flung Live and Invest Overseas team convened for this year's Retire Overseas Virtual...

As we finalize plans, presentations, and panel discussion talking points for this week’s Retire Overseas Virtual Conference kicking off bright...

"I read something you wrote on Thailand several months ago and decided that that was the place for me," explained...

Lief and I are on a plane as you read this... repositioning from Paris to Panama. While I'm always eager...