Colombia
Why Medellín Is Tailored For The Digital Nomad Lifestyle
The Living Is Great Here At Any Age Many are moving to Medellín, Colombia, to retire, yes, but another expat...
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Why My Next Real Estate Investment Will Be In Colombia
Today’s Exchange Rate Makes This Market A Better Opportunity Than Ever I don't try to predict currency exchange rates when...
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Why A Plan B Residency In Colombia Should Be Your Plan A
World’s Best Residency Option? I spent the past several months working on a massive expansion and a complete updating of...
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Medellín Vs. Cartagena: Comparing Colombia’s Best Cities
Caribbean Versus Mountain, Old World Versus Modern And Urban—Cartagena Versus Medellín Medellín versus Cartagena... which is the better Colombian city...
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Planning For The Next Stage Of Life
For better than two decades now, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of...
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Your Ticket To Passive Income: Global Property Investing
We had two agendas in Panama City last week. First, we shared all the practical information, collective experience, and hard-won...
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Global Property Investing Made Easy – Here’s How
On stage at last week's Global Property Summit in Panama City, with the help of friends, colleagues, and property experts from around...
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Global Property Investment 101: Where To Start
If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...
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Everyone Will Think Of Medellín For Retirement, Here’s Why
About 20 years ago, I sat around a table in a just-opened restaurant in a little-known mountain town in Panama...
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Retire Overseas Conference Helps Couple Retire To Medellín
"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of...
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4 Reasons Life In Medellín, Colombia, Might Not Be For You
I've been spending time and investing money in Colombia and reporting on those adventures for almost 10 years. Still, people...
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A Rental Market Overview Of Medellín’s Top Neighborhoods
Recently I saw a report that's important for anyone who wants to get into the lucrative rental market in Medellín,...
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Finding An Apartment In Medellin’s Booming Property Market
I recently shared a cup of coffee with a couple in their mid-40s living here in Medellín, Colombia. As RJ...
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Arriving In Medellin, Colombia
My Favorite Place To Recharge And Reboot Kathleen Peddicord is offline and incommunicado for the next few days, celebrating the...
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10 Of The Strangest Christmas Traditions Around The World
World’s Oddest Christmas Traditions ‘Twas the day before Christmas and all ‘round the world, we creatures were stirring... Preparing for...
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4 Foreign Property Markets With Big Dollar-Discounts In 2018
7 Places Where Your Dollar Soars Since the U.S. dollar began gaining strength in 2014, I've written a lot about...
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Why Laureles Is One Of Medellín’s Top Property Markets
The Perfect Blend Of Shady Neighborhoods And City Amenities I've written many times to say that the El Poblado sector of...
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5 Real Life Testimonials From The Retire Overseas Conference
Real Life Stories Of Live And Invest Overseas Success You've been thinking about it... dreaming about it... Maybe for a...
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Unveiling Our 2018 Live And Invest Overseas Conference Calendar
Oh, The Places We’re Going... My Panama City-based team and I spent last week in meetings charting our course through...
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Our Official List Of The World’s Easiest Residency Programs
5 Best Places To Establish Residency Overseas Live and Invest Overseas' annual Retire Overseas Conference is in full swing here in...
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Cali, Colombia: An Urban Setting With Plenty Of Green Space
Your Own Home In This Friendly, Welcoming, Green City For $45,100 My workout over, I wipe my brow and walk...
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Choosing A Jurisdiction For Backup Residency Overseas
World’s Best Residency Programs One important piece of internationalizing your life is establishing residency in another country, either because you...
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Colombia: One Of The World’s Easiest Residency Options
Easiest And Best Residency? We’re updating our guide to foreign residency and second citizenship. I’m reviewing the final chapters, and...
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How Medical Tourism Saved My Life (And My Wallet, Too!)
The Enormous Upsides Of Being A Medical Tourist Most people know it as "medical tourism." I think of it as...
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A Real Look At Colombia: Answers From Our 2017 Conference
Real Answers To The Tough Questions Medical insurance and the related costs in Colombia, including out-of-pocket medical expenses, are generally...
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Colombia Conference Attendees Left In Awe By Medellín
Oh, The People You’ll Meet... Bright and early this past Wednesday morning, a group of adventurous, open-minded people convened in...
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What It’s Like Living In Medellin, Colombia (After Two Years)
Never Dread Monday Mornings Again Bright and early this morning in sunny downtown Medellín, Lee Harrison welcomed the crowd to...
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Why I Retired To Medellín, Colombia In My Late 80s
One 80-Something’s New Life In This City Of Springtime And Flowers To help me settle into this unfamiliar spot on...
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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...
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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, friends, and...
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The Colombian Caribbean’s Best Buys Are In Santa Marta
Own On This Spectacular Caribbean Beach For As Little As $67,000 Everyone who appreciates the Caribbean has heard of Cartagena,...
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Investing In Colombia: The Secret Is Already Out
Penthouse Living At A Bargain-Basement Price I look for any excuse to spend time in Medellín. My wife has finished...
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An Expat’s Sweet Success Starting Tilín Cacao In Colombia
How This Digital Nomad Has Made A Business Of Colombian Chocolate In Colombia, the chime tilín-tilín, tilín-tilín of the bell...
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Reasons You Should Be Buying Property In Medellín, Colombia
Best Lifestyle Money Can Buy... For Seriously Not A Lot Of Money "I can’t believe this place has stayed off...
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Main Event Clash: Residency In Panama Or Colombia?
The Question To Ask Today Before Investing Time Or Money In Colombia If you’ve got U.S. dollars in your wallet...
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Six Reasons (And More) To Love The City Of Medellin
For Me And Medellín, It Was Love At First Sight Four days into my first visit to Medellín, Colombia, in...
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Today’s Top 7 Property Investments… All Under $50K
7 Property Investments Under $50K To Buy Now Thinking about dipping a toe into global property markets but wondering how...
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Carnival In Barranquilla: The Second-Biggest Carnival In The World
Second-Biggest Carnival In The World Across Latin America, the countdown is on to the biggest party of the year: Carnival!...
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Celebrating The Festival Of Lights And Christmas In Medellin
The World’s Best Christmas Festival Of Lights I’ve been spending Christmas abroad since 2001 and have come to love the...
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The 10 Best Places To Live Overseas In 2017
Your 10 Best Options For Living Overseas In 2017 As we come around the bend of 2016 and look ahead...
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The 9 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2017
9 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2017 Time to take stock, regroup, project, and predict... [UPDATED:...
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The Real Secret To Our Success Investing Overseas (Hint: It’s Trust)
The Catch-22 Of Living The Way We Live Even I... a woman who really prefers to do things for herself...
Read moreFinding A Luxury Lifestyle In Medellin On A Bargain Budget
Bona Fide Luxury Living At A Better-Than-Bargain Cost Medellín, Colombia, offers a luxury high-end lifestyle without the high-end costs. I...
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Nancy Kiernan’s 5 Critical Steps To Retire And Move Overseas
The Most Critical Requirement For Realizing Your Dream Of A New Life Overseas For years, my husband Mike and I...
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Christmas In Colombia Atop Bogota’s Monserrate Mountain
White Christmas In Colombia At more than 10,000 feet above sea level, Christmas atop Monserrate mountain feels like something out...
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Colombia’s Peace Treaty With FARC Is Big News For Investors
Well-Deserved Peace At Last In This Country Of Promise When I began paying attention to Colombia, in 2008, the country...
Read moreWhy Big Investors And Future Innovators Are Sold On Medellin
No Longer Scary Or Secret, Colombia's Time Has Come A bad reputation, even one that's completely undeserved, can be a...
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Santa Marta: A Hidden Gem On Colombia’s Caribbean Coast
Best Caribbean Seaside City You’ve Never Heard Of Cartagena continues to boost its profile as a prime travel and investment...
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Bogotá Street Artists Praised As Spray-Can Picassos
Street Art Revival In Bogotá The word "graffiti" usually conjures images of Bart Simpson vandalizing the side of the Kwik-E-Mart...
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3 Top Spots For Enjoying Spring-Like Weather All Year Long
Not Cut Out For Life In The Tropics? Consider These Cool-Weather Escapes The first retire-overseas choices to come to mind...
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