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Leverage is a key tool in every U.S. property investor’s kit. As late-night TV real estate investment gurus with courses...

Given a budget of US$150,000, how would you start your global property portfolio? Each year at our annual Global Property...

Having made a move to Spain in 2016, I figured making a second move... this time to Portugal... would be...

We owe you an apology. Each day in these dispatches, we cover sunny beach escapes and charming cities where you...

When visiting a new country, we usually tend to favor traveling during the summer months—peak tourist season. But is it...

Spain has long been a popular destination for casual visitors and retirees alike. A convivial culture, generally agreeable climate, reasonable...

The American interested in establishing residency or citizenship in Europe has more options today than ever in history, depending on...

The Schengen Zone refers to a large area consisting of 26 European countries which have chosen to eliminate any internal...

To determine if a country is gay friendly, we have to make sure that it passes on several factors. First...

For people with disabilities one of the most important things to find when searching for a haven is accessibility. There...

Ordinarily this time of year, Lief and I would be enjoying an adventure somewhere exotic and fun. This year this...

On English-speaking islands you can enjoy island life with some of the familiarity of home. Visit or relocate to any...

Spain and Portugal are two neighboring countries with a long rivalry. These two nations have a lot in common but...

COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball to many savers and investors. Although we are still very much at the start...

There is a scene in the 2003 movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" that I now can identify as the moment...

Money may not grow on trees... But it can grow under them... In the form of one of the most...

A day-trip to Barcelona or Cambrils? The biggest decision my family had to make over our two weeks spent on...

One sunny summer afternoon in 2012 I had the most expensive lunch of my life. Kathleen, the kids, and I...

My latest agriculture discovery is in Europe... But it's not a vineyard. It's a truffle plantation. What's a truffle? Well,...

Collins English Dictionary defines a small town as a place “where people are friendly, honest, and polite.” While that might...

“He who controls the spice, controls the universe.” – Frank Herbert, Dune Like a lot of things in modern life,...

This Christmas we were off to Portugal and for almost three weeks. It cost us less than 10 days at...

'Twas the day before Christmas and all 'round the world, we creatures were stirring... Preparing for the big day, spreading...

My high-powered, six-speed Opel was stranded... stopped partway through a turn onto a narrow, cobblestoned street, much to the annoyance...

For the past week, we've been making the point that Europe is a more affordable live- or retire-overseas option than...

11 Top Ways To Generate Income As An Expat When I made my move overseas two years ago, I knew...

Where’s The Revolution? Getting To Know The Real Barcelona For a city at the heart of a revolution, Barcelona seems...

Retiring in Europe is about launching a new life in a new country, starting over in a unique place with...

How do you get started investing in real estate overseas? To borrow a page from Nike’s playbook... You just do...

It is an odd feeling. Definitely something is different about being back in Madrid this time. As a single female...

My wife Celine and I are a couple of retired European expats who were living a life in California that...

How This Midwestern Lady Found The Support She Needed To Reinvent Her Life In Spain I found myself single at...

Europe’s Most Tempting Coastline Is Also Its Best Bargain Portugal's Algarve and Spain's Costa del Sol are two of the...

Bargain-Priced And Tourist-Free—Paris In Winter I'm back in Bangkok now after a three-week winter break in Europe. On the European...

Four Ways To Profit From Real Estate Overseas (With As Little As $17,000) I'm finalizing the line-up for my 2016...

Cultured Coastal Retirement In Europe Spain's third-largest city (after Madrid and Barcelona), Valencia, was hit hard by the 2008 property...

True Confessions—What Our Editors Really Think Each year, we publish our Retire Overseas Index, rating and ranking the world's top...

Top Choice For Culture Vultures In Europe Seventeen years ago I flew into sunny, cosmopolitan Barcelona, thinking what a great...

What are the reasons to buy property in Europe? Diversifying your portfolio into euro-valued real estate is a better idea...

Sweet Spot Of Opportunity On Europe's Best Coast Sumptuous Marbella, nestled on Spain's southern Mediterranean coast, has long been a...

U.S. Dollar On A Tear—Now Is The Best Time In 10 Years To Be Buying Property Overseas The U.S. dollar...

"Granada sits on three hills at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, overlooking the plains of Andalusia. Built, fought...

Lucy continues, on a more festive holiday note, reminiscing from her Christmases in Catalan: "Every Dec. 8, the Feast of...

Discover The Alhambra In Granada "The Alhambra," writes Correspondent Paul Lewis today, "that magnificent Moorish palace near the southern Spanish...

Embracing Catalan Today I give you over to new correspondent Lucy Culpepper: “When we moved to Catalunya (Catalonia), in the...