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We're living in unprecedented times. Times so extraordinary that it's natural to feel powerless. With all the doom and gloom...

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

Apples to apples. That's the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real...

A Plan B has never been more important than it is right now. Your all-important backup plan starts with the...

If you purchase a piece of real estate in another country, should you have the ownership documents issued in your...

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

"Can an evergreen tree die?" my son asked as I ran alongside his bike. Under Irish lockdown laws, we're free...

As Lief and I sat down at our dining room table this weekend to finalize the program for next month's Global...

Certainly if you’re making a first-ever investment, but even if you’ve already made several real estate purchases overseas, how can...

What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40%...

When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash...

We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of...

How should one hold property overseas? That's a regular question at conferences... especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best...

Twenty years ago, living and running a business in Waterford, Ireland, I opened the first of a series of what...

You hear from me every day in these dispatches on some aspect of living and retiring overseas. One day I’m...

The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch...

Who Is Moving To Ecuador? Ecuador is such a varied place that it attracts people from every walk of life....

"Mom, they just told us all that the dorms are closing this weekend. We need to leave by Sunday at...

Last week, Lief and I traveled freely between Paris, France, and Waterford, Ireland. Despite the spread of the coronavirus in...

Keeping up with current world events can be exhausting and overwhelming. But it needn't be paralyzing. You do not need...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the Jetsetter Show Podcast with host Jason Hartman....

All over the globe, people are rethinking the way we work and live. Unsatisfied with the confines of the cubicle...

Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a...

If you’ve been to our Retire Overseas Conference in the past, you’ll identify with this… If you haven’t, but are...

The world is alive with opportunity for fun and for profit. Let’s begin there. And let’s meet in my hometown...

As recently as four years ago, Barbara Petrohan never thought she’d be shopping for recipe ingredients from the farmers’ market...

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

As we begin 2020 you may be reminiscing about the past and dreaming about what the New Year will hold......

All the calendar days of a new year in front of us... Each one begging to be filled with discovery....

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...

This morning, Lief and I took to the stage in the meeting rooms of the Playa Bonita Beach Resort just...

How We Ended Up In Tavira When my husband and I decided we were moving to Portugal to the Algarve......

If I were just starting out as an investor today, with little capital and an eye to converting that capital...

Until recently, if you wanted to teach English overseas—one of the most accessible gigs for job-seeking expats—you needed two things:...

Not having the money you think you need to live where you dream of living is not a reason not...

If you could live anywhere... where would you choose? It can be hard to find an answer to a question...

I've just finished class with Renata, a pediatrics resident who will go to the United States in July for a...

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

Yesterday I detailed the nine critical questions you must answer before launching a new life in a new country. Today I'd...

At some point in their life, nearly everyone has dreamed of moving to a foreign country. For me, that time...

29 Ways To Fund Your New Life In Belize You could move to Belize... live a dream life on the...

Portugal is hot. I’ve been focusing time and attention on this country for the past two-and-a-half years. My first visit,...

Kathleen’s Take—Proof That You Could Live In France On As Little As 1,380 Euros Per Month Earlier this week, Lief...

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

How would you like to opt out of the daily grind and take off for grand global adventures? Today’s technology...

I’ve bought, sold, and renovated houses in more than a dozen countries. But, until this year in Panama, I’d never...

Thinking about dipping a toe into global property markets but wondering how and where to get started? The benefits of...

Should You Own Property Overseas In Your Own Name? Trying to figure out the best way to take title to...

5 Keys To Success With A Rental Property Overseas A rental property overseas is one of the best types of...