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July 24, 2018

I meet thousands of our Live and Invest Overseas readers at conferences we host each year. And I love hearing...

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Why My Property Portfolio Is Doubled Down On Diversification

July 20, 2018

Lief Simon’s Personal Global Property Investing Strategy As longtime readers know, 99% of my investment portfolio is in real estate....

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A Community Of Friends Can Make Anywhere Feel Like Home

July 19, 2018

If Your Friends Don’t Understand, Maybe You Need New Friends "Why don't I own a four-bedroom, two-story country home in...

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How to

5 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Year Living In Portugal

by Melanie Veah

July 18, 2018

This Is For All The Single Ladies (Dreaming Of A New Life Overseas) I've just celebrated my first anniversary as...

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Retirement/Living

Living Overseas At All Ages: The 21st-Century Adventure

July 17, 2018

Fill In This Blank—It’s The Key To Making Your Dream Life Overseas A Reality As I write, my husband Lief...

How to

How Can You Start A Whole New Life In A Foreign Country?

July 16, 2018

You Really Could Retire Right Now If You Wanted—Here’s How A recent survey revealed that 42% of baby boomers don't...

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Finally, A “How To Retire Overseas” Plan Anyone Can Afford

July 15, 2018

Where Should I Ship Your Complimentary Copy Of My New Book? Several weeks ago, a brand-new, updated, and expanded edition...

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How to

8 Questions You Need To Answer Before Retiring Overseas

July 12, 2018

Realize Your Dream Life Overseas In 7 (Or So) Workshops When we convene in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 8–11, for...

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How to

The Pros And Cons Of Being A Snowbird In Sunny Panama

by Robin Post

July 11, 2018

OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds...

How to

How, When, And Why I Decided To Make The Move Overseas

July 10, 2018

One Fellow Reader’s Important Advice For You Today When you're planning a move to a new country overseas, it helps...

Belize

The 5 Phases Of Ambergris Caye’s Changing Property Market

July 8, 2018

I've watched it play out scores of times over the more than three decades I've been paying attention... Demographics on...

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How to

Does Living Overseas Make You Less American?

July 4, 2018

An American Abroad On This Day Of Independence Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this...

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How to

Three Important Lessons I Learned Internationalizing My Life

June 29, 2018

The Biggest Mistake Of My Life Overseas I've been working to internationalize my life for more than two decades. It...

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How to

How To Go Offshore And Diversify Your Life In 5 Simple Steps

June 28, 2018

5 Steps To Hedge Your Economic Bets And Ensure A Legacy For Your Heirs In the financial world, diversification is...

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How to

Why You Should Diversify Your Life Offshore And How I Started

June 27, 2018

What Kathleen And I Are Getting Up To In Paris This Week “Think back,” my editor wife counseled... “Why, originally,...

Have Them always with you - Essential Tips To Plan Your Retirement Overseas

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11 Essential Tips To Plan Your Retirement Overseas

June 25, 2018

11 Things You’ll Wish Someone Had Told You Before You Made Your Move Overseas Here are 11 things I've learned...

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How To Rent Or Buy Real Estate In Unregulated Markets Overseas

June 24, 2018

Wait Until The Rum Wears Off… Rum and real estate don't mix. You want to be sober when considering property...

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How to

Why An Integrated Lifestyle Overseas Is Your Best Backup Plan

June 21, 2018

Three Paths To Your Ideal Life Overseas I'm preparing the program for my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place July 25–27 in...

Why starting a business in Panama made sense

How to

Why Starting A Business In Panama Made Perfect Sense

June 20, 2018

We Had To Leave Paris… Early July 2008, I arrived in Panama with my husband Lief, my 8-year-old son Jackson,...

France

Start Your New Life At Our Retire Overseas Conference

June 19, 2018

Playing The Field Overseas I'm just back in Panama City after almost a month in Europe. Following a week on...

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Employment

Life With A View: Opening A Rooftop Bar In Da Nang, Vietnam

by Rick Ellis

June 8, 2018

Making Waves In Vietnam Most expats end up in Da Nang, Vietnam, as a result of research or recommendations from...

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Brazil

I Truly Enjoy What I Do: What It’s Like Teaching English Abroad

by John Clites

June 7, 2018

Retirement Cash Flow Made Easy I've just finished class with Renata, a pediatrics resident who will go to the United...

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Employment

11 Easy Ways For Making Money Overseas Quickly

by Melanie Veah

June 5, 2018

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

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How to

How Can You Create A Bigger, More Interesting Life Overseas?

June 1, 2018

I decided in high school that I wanted an international life. Of course, I wouldn't have articulated it that way...

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Lifestyle

Is Starting A Business In Italy Your Key To Expat Success?

by Anna Lebedeva

May 30, 2018

When Peta Lowry looks from her window she sees a beautiful valley and the Apennine Mountains. “I pinch myself looking...

Portugal

Portugal 101: Essential Tips And Insights For Would-Be Expats

May 13, 2018

13 Real-Deal Pieces Of Advice For Anyone Considering A Move To Portugal Making a move to a new country is...

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How to

Traveling Visa Free: How We Avoid The Hassle Of Tourist Visas

by Paul Terhorst

May 10, 2018

Stay Away From The Visa Cha-Cha These days Vicki and I try to only do visa-free travel. That is, we...

Offshore

Why A Plan B Residency In Colombia Should Be Your Plan A

May 9, 2018

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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Lifestyle

Why The American Dream Stretches Far Beyond U.S. Borders

May 6, 2018

I receive your Mailbag questions for me direct to my inbox each morning. Reading through them is one of the highlights of...

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How to

Navigating The World’s Top Residency Options Firsthand

May 2, 2018

At the opening of every conference we host, I ask a few general questions to get an idea of the...

How to

The Offshore Guru’s Guide To Residency And 2nd Citizenship

April 29, 2018

Freedom... security... special benefits... a reduced cost of living... a new life... a new start... a better retirement... a grand...

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Life In the United States Can Be Cheap, But Is It Fulfilling?

April 27, 2018

I'm just back from a cross-country road trip... followed by a few days in New York City. I drove from...

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Retirement/Living

Take Your Pick: Custom-Tailor Your New Life Overseas

April 26, 2018

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

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How to

There Are Many Reasons For Going Offshore, Taxes Aren’t One

April 23, 2018

Last week was the end of the official tax season for Americans. We all got an extra day this year...

How to

The Word Is Out: Retiring Overseas Is Going Mainstream

April 22, 2018

Eight years ago this month, the first edition of my "How To Retire Overseas" book appeared on bookstore shelves. Two...

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How to

Weighing Risk Vs Reward For Long-Term Subsidized Renters

April 20, 2018

I'm receiving emails and alerts daily from U.K. real estate promoters touting U.S. property investment opportunities to their British investor...

Dominican Republic

Get Hard-Won Advice From Real Expats At Our DR Conference

April 17, 2018

When Lindsay de Feliz, originally from the U.K., decided to relocate to the Dominican Republic, she needed to find a...

How to

Your Plan For Retiring Overseas Can Be Part-Time

April 12, 2018

This doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could "retire overseas" and still spend part or even lots of...

Belize

Planning For The Next Stage Of Life

April 11, 2018

For better than two decades now, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of...

How to

The Real Reason To Retire Overseas Is Purpose

April 9, 2018

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

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Our Adventure Retiring And Buying A Home In Tavira, Portugal

by Marie Moore

April 4, 2018

Marie’s Amazing Overseas Retirement Adventure In Tavira When my husband and I decided we wanted to move to the Algarve......

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How to

How I Created A Life And Business For Myself Overseas (And You Can Too!)

April 1, 2018

For four years in Paris, my daily commute was a 20-minute walk across the Seine and through the Tuileries Gardens....

How to

How To Choose The Right Country For Your Overseas Move

March 30, 2018

Why did Lief and I move to Ireland 20 years ago? Why did we decide to base ourselves in Paris...

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Buying Property In Paris Was One Of Our Best Decisions Ever

March 29, 2018

The Secret To Timing Your Overseas Property Purchase If I could live anywhere, where would I live? My answer to...

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Granada, Nicaragua: Our Grand Retirement Building Condos

by Jay Snyder

March 26, 2018

Ten years ago this month, Kathleen Peddicord launched her Live and Invest Overseas publishing group. What started out as a...

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How to

Why I Don’t Recommend Offshore Banks Anymore (From An Offshore Expert)

March 23, 2018

Banking overseas is more challenging today than it's ever been and more challenging all the time thanks to the constantly...

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How Trump’s Tax Changes Impact Americans Offshore

March 22, 2018

Trump threw us Americans with businesses overseas a curveball in December. His tax changes eliminated the deferred tax status for...

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Why It’s More Urgent Than Ever To Be Diversified Offshore

March 21, 2018

The key advantage to "going offshore," as we refer to it, is diversification. The very good news is that you...

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Belize

Your Ticket To Passive Income: Global Property Investing

March 20, 2018