Your Guide To Carnaval: Panama’s Biggest Party Of The Year
Panama's carnival—the next major holiday after New Year's—is right around the corner, and people from all walks of life have...
FEIE Basics
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Basics The Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) is the expat's first, and sometimes only, line of...
Win 2 Free Tickets to Ambergris Caye, Belize + 5 Nights Stay Included!
You are reading this right. We are hosting our biggest giveaway of this year on Facebook. A lucky winner will...
Surfing For A Cause: Starting A Private Foundation In Panama
Working long hours and getting no closer to the lifestyle he believed he was destined to live, a young German,...
How Medical Tourism Saved My Life (And My Wallet, Too!)
Most people know it as "medical tourism." I think of it as being a thrifty and educated user of global...
Insider’s Guide To The Algarve’s Best Blue Flag Beaches
With more than 155 kms of sand, the Algarve’s southern coast offers a wide range of beaches. Whether you are...
The Expert’s Guide To Postal Services In Panama
Panama is one of the most developed countries in the region—fully appointed in nearly every aspect... except postal service, which...
Mercado de Mariscos: A Trip To Panama’s Fish Market
We rode the escalator up from the Cinco de Mayo subway station to gray skies. Just 20 minutes earlier, at...
Moving To Panama And Starting A Home-Based Business
This is the story of a couple that weathered moving abroad, changing jobs and careers, having a baby, and starting...
The Truth About Importing A Car Or Truck Into Belize
There are plenty of reasons to import a car or truck into Belize if you’re going to be spending any...
Expats Living In The Algarve
Something about the Algarve just draws you back... and, every time you return, you find a new little village or...
Buying Real Estate Overseas For Retirement
Before you’re ready to retire, you’re likely to notice places around the world where you’d like to be able to...
Expat Entrepreneurs: Opening A B&B In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
What will the next chapter of our lives look like? This was a burning question as our corporate jobs became...
Sidewalks In Panama: Your Very Own American Ninja Warrior Course
Some things we take for granted living in the United States, Canada, and other developed countries. Things that tourists and...
5 Things To Consider Before Retiring Abroad
It could be the lure of a laid-back lifestyle in sunnier climes, the chance to sample a new culture first-hand...
Life In The Dominican Republic Is All About New Adventures
The decision to quit our jobs, rent out our two homes, sell our cars, and give our children most of...
Tis’ Christmas Season In Panama City, Panama
Counting Down To Christmas In Panama If you grew up in the Northern Hemisphere, as I did, it’s difficult to...
Growing A Food Forest Garden For Security And Sufficiency
The Single Best Strategy For Taking Control Of Your Own Future We’re living in unpredictable times. That’s a given. What’s...
A Life Of Peace, A Life Of Freedom, A Life In Belize
The Advantages Of Life At The End Of The World "If the world has any ends, British Honduras would...
Celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day In Belize
Enjoying The Garifuna Celebration In Belize I’m still groggy from my pre-dawn start as I wade through the crowds of...
How To Live An Affordable Life In Belize On A Tight Budget
A few years ago, I decided it was time for me to give up the rat race. I had worked...
What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You About Health Care in Panama
Health Care In Panama—The Good, The Bad, And The Dysfunctional Panama offers international-standard health care, and medical tourism is a...
Building An Off-The-Grid Community In Rural Panama
Building Not Just A Home But A New Lifestyle On Panama’s Beautiful Azuero Coast What started out as a desire...
Self-Sufficient Living In Belize’s Cayo District
Five Reasons To Become More Self-Sufficient Neither Doomsday Prepper nor Wilderness Mountain Man you need to be... but, with the...
The Self-Sufficient Lifestyle And Your New Found Freedom
The Many Advantages Of A More Self-Sufficient Lifestyle In Belize You settle back into the timber rocking chair on your...
Uber Panama’s Destiny In the Hands Of National Transit Authority
Ubers May Become As Extinct As Golden Frogs Most people in business don’t like competition, it’s natural to want to...
Tulum, Mexico, Is A Top Destination For The Eco-Friendly Retiree
Eco-Friendly Living In Tranquil Tulum... I'm sitting in a palapa in the village of Xache, about two hours from my...
Finding The Perfect Escape In Panama’s Colón Province
The Upside: Living In Colón Province I first moved to Panama nine years ago with my fiancée Ana. We explored...
Opportunities For Real Estate In Lisbon As Low As 85K Euros
Invest In Lisbon’s Top Neighborhoods From 85,000 Euros The opportunities for real estate investment in central Lisbon right now are many,...
How To Get Started With A Self-Sufficient Life
Taking Your Family’s Future Into Your Own Hands How do you get started with a self-sufficient life? Do you sell...
Does Moving Abroad Actually Make You Smarter?
Move Abroad... Become Smarter Paul and I recently watched, with a few expat friends, the hit movie "The Best Exotic...
Living In Malta: The Second Best Place In The World To Retire
The World’s Second Best Place To Retire Overseas Taking up just 122 square miles of southern Mediterranean and with a...
Retirement Life On Roatan, Honduras
Untamed Paradise In The Caribbean If you were a backpacking scuba diver in the 1960s, you may have drifted through...
Government, Democracy, And Politics In Belize
Belize’s Democracy: 2015, 2016, And Beyond "No tyrants here linger, despots must flee; this tranquil haven of democracy." --Samuel Haynes,...
Establishing Retirement Residency In Portugal
Attorney Resource For Residency In Portugal "Kathleen, first, I would like to thank you for all the wonderful advice we...
A Brief Guide On Hunting And Fishing In Belize
Hunting And Fishing In Belize Hunting and fishing are more than pastimes or leisure activities to many Belizeans. In fact,...
You’ll Fall For The Algarve’s Loulé Market
To Market, To Market... In Lovely Loulé Among my favorite things about living and shopping here in the Algarve are...
Reinventing My Life And Relocating To Panama
My New Life In Panama—A Work In Progress So... how did a nice Irish-Catholic boy from Washington, D.C., end up...
How To Live Tax Free In Panama
Q&A on Living in Panama Tax-Free "I have learned so much from your newsletter, and now I have a question. "I...
Starting A New Life In Portugal With A Family
How This California Couple Answered Their Wake-Up Call By Launching A New Life In Portugal With Their 11-Year-Old Son “Do...
Tourist Visa Versus Residency In The Dominican Republic
"Kathleen, they passed a new law in the Dominican Republic for residency. You never researched it, and you are sending...
The Ins and Outs of Banking In Panama: Q&A
Answering All of Your Most Important Panama Banking Questions “Kathleen, I’m now about 30 days from my move to Panama....
The Ins and Out of Getting Residency In Panama: Q&A
Q and A on Getting Residency in Panama "Kathleen, I am interested in obtaining permanent residency in Panama through the...
Coup D’Etat And Crisis Investing In Brazil
"Kathleen, is Brazil's recent coup d'état worrying you? I hear that it is implementing a leader worse than what it...
How Corruption Affects Retirees Overseas
"Kathleen, just a brief note to thank you for publishing Lee Harrison's thorough and thoughtful article about corruption and its...
Moving To Playa Del Carmen As A Young Family
One Family's Enduring Love Affair With The Mayan Riviera We became obsessed with HGTV's House Hunters International, and the seed...
The Pros And Cons Of Building In Belize
Buying Land In Belize Bush-stick scaffolding: a cheap and effective local strategy To build or not to build, that is...
Belize And Guatemala Border Dispute: Is This War?
"Kathleen, my husband and I have been considering investing/moving to Belize for some months now. I recently read in the...
Funding A New Life Overseas
"Hello, Kathleen! I have been reading your letters for like forever. In fact, I was able to talk my husband...
Air Pollution In Medellin, Colombia
"Kathleen and Lief, OK. I really enjoy your reports on Medellin, but I have written to you before about my...
