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9 Critical Issues To Consider Before Deciding To Live Overseas
The first and perhaps most important step you must take to make sure that you arrive where you want to...
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How To Find Your Ideal Location, Anywhere In The World
If you could live anywhere... where would you choose? It can be hard to find an answer to a question...
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Find Out Where Money Grows On Trees For Up To 80 Years
2018 has been a great year for us global property investors... And it's not over yet. In fact, I'd say...
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Unretirement: Broadening Your Retirement Perspective
Many, including, perhaps, you, are understandably concerned about retirement. How will you manage it? Here's how: Don't retire. Retirement was...
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Staying IRS Compliant While Abroad: Dates And Common Qs
It’s tax time again for us Americans. That is, next Monday, Oct. 15, is the reporting deadline for those of...
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I Truly Enjoy What I Do: What It’s Like Teaching English Abroad
I've just finished class with Renata, a pediatrics resident who will go to the United States in July for a...
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How I Used My Writing Skills To Build My Own Business
I sat across the street in my car staring at the door to building number 824. I was 21 years...
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Find Out Why Medical Tourism Is Booming Among U.S. Citizens
Health insurance in the United States today is a maddening, sometimes infuriating quagmire. This is not a global reality. Many,...
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Top 5 Global Investments To Suit Any Portfolio
At the Retire Overseas Conference we hosted a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, the question I was most frequently...
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10 Tips For Moving Abroad
Nearly 20 years living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you...
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Conference Attendees Consider Their Options For Retiring Overseas
"Kathleen, I have to tell you the truth," began the Retire Overseas Conference attendee who pulled me aside in the...
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Relocating To Another Country
"I read something you wrote on Thailand several months ago and decided that that was the place for me," explained...
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3 Things You’ll Need If You’re Deciding To Retire Overseas
"The world is alive with opportunity. "Specifically, in the context of this Retire Overseas Conference, the world is alive with...
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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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Start Your Grand Journey At Our Retire Overseas Conference
Back home in France right now, La Rentrée is in full swing... These early days of September are when family vacations are...
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How I Funded My Early Retirement With Overseas Real Estate
I bought a beachfront home, directly on the sand, for less than US$62,000. After furnishing the solid, 2,000-square-foot house, I...
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How You Can Fund Your Retirement Overseas
“When I retire, I'll have about US$1,400 a month in Social Security and pension income. I'd like to have more....
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From Potholes To Paying Bills: Adjusting To Life In Panama
I'm a recent arrival in this country. I moved to Panama in October of last year. As a new arrival...
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7 Things You Must Know About Learning A New Language
"I'm too old to learn another language." "My brain doesn't work right... I can't remember new words." "I'm not one...
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Ranking Medellín, Colombia, As A City For Digital Nomads
All over the globe, people are rethinking the way we work and live. Unsatisfied with the confines of the cubicle...
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Figuring Out Your Best Choices For An Alternative Residency
Choices. The whole live-and-invest-overseas thing comes down to choices. Because taking control of your future is all about understanding your...
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A Post-Divorce Plan B That Can Really Stretch Your Nest Egg
In today's world, it can be a good idea to have a backup plan... A game plan for where to...
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The 2 Biggest Concerns Retirees Have Before Living Overseas
The Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he began, "is...
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Will You Be Our Next Retire Overseas Conference Success?
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
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
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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5 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Year Living In Portugal
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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Living Overseas At All Ages: The 21st-Century Adventure
Fill In This Blank—It’s The Key To Making Your Dream Life Overseas A Reality As I write, my husband Lief...
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How Can You Start A Whole New Life In A Foreign Country?
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
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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8 Questions You Need To Answer Before Retiring Overseas
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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The Pros And Cons Of Being A Snowbird In Sunny Panama
OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds...
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How, When, And Why I Decided To Make The Move Overseas
One Fellow Reader’s Important Advice For You Today When you're planning a move to a new country overseas, it helps...
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The 5 Phases Of Ambergris Caye’s Changing Property Market
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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Does Living Overseas Make You Less American?
An American Abroad On This Day Of Independence Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this...
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Three Important Lessons I Learned Internationalizing My Life
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 Go Offshore And Diversify Your Life In 5 Simple Steps
5 Steps To Hedge Your Economic Bets And Ensure A Legacy For Your Heirs In the financial world, diversification is...
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Why You Should Diversify Your Life Offshore And How I Started
What Kathleen And I Are Getting Up To In Paris This Week “Think back,” my editor wife counseled... “Why, originally,...
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11 Essential Tips To Plan Your Retirement Overseas
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
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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Why An Integrated Lifestyle Overseas Is Your Best Backup Plan
Three Paths To Your Ideal Life Overseas I'm preparing the program for my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place July 25–27 in...
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Why Starting A Business In Panama Made Perfect Sense
We Had To Leave Paris… Early July 2008, I arrived in Panama with my husband Lief, my 8-year-old son Jackson,...
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Start Your New Life At Our Retire Overseas Conference
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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Life With A View: Opening A Rooftop Bar In Da Nang, Vietnam
Making Waves In Vietnam Most expats end up in Da Nang, Vietnam, as a result of research or recommendations from...
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11 Easy Ways For Making Money Overseas Quickly
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 Can You Create A Bigger, More Interesting Life Overseas?
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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Is Starting A Business In Italy Your Key To Expat Success?
When Peta Lowry looks from her window she sees a beautiful valley and the Apennine Mountains. “I pinch myself looking...
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Portugal 101: Essential Tips And Insights For Would-Be Expats
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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Traveling Visa Free: How We Avoid The Hassle Of Tourist Visas
Stay Away From The Visa Cha-Cha These days Vicki and I try to only do visa-free travel. That is, we...
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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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