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The dictionary defines "retirement" as a state of "being withdrawn from the rest of the world or from a former...

If you haven't already established residency in another country, I'm writing today to urge you to consider the idea now....

Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I've been living outside the...

Before you're ready to retire, you're likely to notice places around the world where you'd like to be able to...

Lief used Other People's Money (OPM) to launch his real estate investing career in the United States, and we were...

When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally,...

8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If...

Buying real estate overseas is fundamentally about diversification. This is true whether you buy for investment or for retirement and...

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

We sat at an outdoor table at a café in the square of the little fishing village of Ferragudo in...

We're speaking this week about how to purchase real estate overseas, sharing hard-won wisdom and decades of experience to help...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd...

We Americans have it rough when it comes to taxes. The Big Bad Wolf of the world’s financial arena—the IRS—calls...

Rum and real estate don't mix. You want to be sober when considering property purchase options in a foreign land....

We've all read axioms about travel... "It's not the destination, it's the journey... " Or this from J.R.R. Tolkien: "Not...

If you're moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your priority agenda as you consider the world map...

Most people know it as "medical tourism." I think of it as being a thrifty and educated user of global...

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

Here are 11 things I've learned from the school of hard knocks after four international moves across three continents with...

One thing, one day. If you get one thing accomplished in a day... you've won. That's the best piece of...

What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As...

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

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context...

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

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

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

One big loss can wipe out a lot of gains. After more than two-and-a-half decades of property investing experience across...

About 30 years ago, I was sitting at a palapa bar in Playa del Carmen waiting for the ferry to...

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

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

I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met...

Day by day in these dispatches, I work to show you that you can reinvent your life for the better...

What if you could retire early... even with a small nest egg and little income? What if you could live...

The countdown is on... To the biggest and most important live and retire overseas event of 2021. Every year for...

When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow...

Does moving overseas mean having to learn a new language? Well, unless you choose to move to one of the...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose...

Any global real estate investment portfolio should include at least one rental property. A rental investment won't make you rich,...

Buying to flip is a common real estate investment strategy in the United States that doesn’t make sense in most...

In 2012, Lief and I bought an apartment in Medellín, Colombia. It was nearly 400 square meters in an architecturally...

Years ago, my mother knew a lady named Janet who bought a small piece of land on the southwestern coast...

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

I was an average, non-professional stock investor. I made plenty of money up until 1999—when anyone could do it—and lost...

Properties shape us more than we know. Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all...

What if the country where you'd like to retire uses a currency other than the U.S. dollar? That is, how...

I receive your Mailbag questions for me direct to my inbox each morning. I read through them before I do...

Renovating a property overseas is something many of us dream about. But I can't go any further without asking you...