This Deal Stinks! How To Recognize A Bad Property Buy In Europe Over the past three weeks that I’ve been traveling around Europe, from Paris to Siena to Florence to the Algarve and now back to Paris, I’ve probably looked into more than a couple dozen real estate agents’ windows. Mostly I’ve…
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Your New Life In France: “Ooh La La” On An Affordable Budget
Detailed Budgets For Your New Life In France (They’re Way Lower Than You Might Think) Years ago, when we were…
Portugal 101: Essential Tips And Insights For Would-Be Expats
13 From-The-Trenches Portugal Tips Making a move to a new country is never without its bumps in the road. That’s…
Does Living Overseas Make You Less American?
Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I’ve been living outside the States for…
Find A Local Attorney Overseas Before All Else
Step #1. Get A Reliable And Trusted Attorney Your most important ally when buying, selling, or renting real estate…
Why We Always Return To Offshore Real Estate As A Top Asset
How To Choose Where To Go Offshore These past several days, since last week’s Offshore Wealth Summit in…
How To Vet An Overseas Property Purchase (And Avoid Being Taken!)
An attendee at last week’s Offshore Wealth Summit asked for specific recommendations for how to carry out…
FAQs On Banking And Buying Property Overseas
Can You Get A Mortgage To Buy Property Overseas? At this week’s Offshore Wealth Summit, the three dozen…
Where You Should Be Opening An Offshore Bank Account (And Why)
3 Critical Things To Understand Before Opening A Bank Account Overseas Yesterday, we discussed your best options…
Don’t Just Sit There! Start Reinventing Your Life Offshore
World’s Best Residency Options Listen to the news for 10 minutes these days, and you’re convinced. We all need a…
The Ideal Destinations For Creating Your Plan B, Discussed
Why Go Offshore In The First Place? Yesterday we looked at options for forming an offshore structure and wondered:…
Do You Really Need An Offshore Corporation?
Who Really Needs An Offshore Structure? Lief Simon's Offshore Wealth Summit in Panama City this week is built…
7 Surefire Tips For Managing Your Financial Life Overseas
7 Things You Need To Know About Moving Money Across Borders In Today’s World Living or retired in another country,…
Choosing A Jurisdiction For Backup Residency Overseas
World’s Best Residency Programs One important piece of internationalizing your life is establishing residency in…
7 Questions You Need To Answer Before Retiring Overseas
When we convene in Orlando, Florida, Aug. 27–30, for this year's Retire Overseas Conference, we'll be joined by our…
The Real Reason To Retire Overseas Is Purpose
My Mom Is Struggling With This, Too It was early one morning during my most recent visit with my family back in…
How One Couple Discovered A Great New Life In Algarve
Our Hectic, Stressful Former Lives Are Now A Distant Memory We sat at an outdoor table at a cafe in the square of…
Expat Entrepreneurs Are Growing In Numbers: Here’s Why
This Is Not For Retirees Only For more than 30 years, "retire overseas" has been my beat... but it’s never been my…
A Single Female Retiree ‘s Journal Of Her New Life In Madrid
A Single Woman Of A "Certain Age" Reinvents Her Life In Madrid It is an odd feeling. Definitely something is…
9 Best Places To Run A Business From Your Laptop
9 Places To Chase Self-Funded Adventure Overseas (Working As Little As 10 Hours A Week) How would you like to opt…
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…
Most Frequently Asked (And Not So Crazy) Questions About Retiring Overseas
Answers To 24 Live Overseas FAQs Our editors, contributors, correspondents, and friends across the globe are all…
A Goldilocks Adventure That Ended In The Dominican Republic
One Couple’s Search For Their "Just Right" Second Home In The Caribbean Led Them Here Remember Goldilocks? She…
9 Questions To Ask Before Ruling Out Planned Communities
Answer These 9 Questions Honestly Every year, I speak with hundreds of potential expats at events and get…
9 Steps To Success In Your New Life Overseas
How To Get The Most Out Of Your New Life Overseas You’re doing it. You’re taking the plunge. Soon you will be an…
Road-Tripping The World: Our Adventures In Perpetual Travel
Road Trip Of A Lifetime My wife and I have been traveling the world for two decades. We have visited more than 100…
Why (And How) We Quit Our Jobs To Travel And Live Overseas
Our Next Move Is Completely Up To Us We are house-sitting in Tulum, Mexico, for an expat family from the United…
Why International Real Estate Investing Isn’t For Everybody
Cherif Should Never Buy Real Estate Overseas A reader sent this earlier this week: "Lief, I have seen a recent…
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 being a…
5 Rules For Renting A Home Overseas
Don’t Rent A Home Overseas Unless... If you’re moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your agenda…