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The world’s best buys on beachfront property in 2021 are to be found in Northern Cyprus, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, and...

I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two...

This week I’m hosting my annual Offshore Wealth Summit from Paris. For the first time ever, it’s a virtual event....

Over the weekend I read one of those Q&A articles in a mainstream financial publication. A reader had written in...

Negotiating a real estate deal in another country—both the purchase and the sale—is likely to be different for you than...

The question I get more than any other is to do with structures.  At every conference we host and in...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep people from moving about as freely as they could before, real estate buyers...

Over the past several years Colombia has been revealing itself to be a great expat destination and one of the...

When planning a move overseas, most people are concerned with how much money they will need to achieve their retirement...

As with any question related to your personal life, the answer is: It depends. It depends on how much money...

When speaking of diversification, our long-time mantra here at Live and Invest Overseas is: Don’t hang all your hopes on...

Lief and I look forward to August. For years, it has been our custom to set aside a week each...

Over the past two years, we’ve been highlighting Colombia as a place where U.S.-dollar-holders have increased buying power. Now, that currency...

World events are creating chaos and uncertainty… which is translating into the greatest opportunity of our lifetimes to own real...

Coley and his wife weren't worried about money, making ends meet, or how they'd pay for retirement. Coley was making...

Panama is... Home to more than 940 species of birds as well as 250 mammals and 354 reptiles and amphibians......

The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was 35 years ago. A...

This is one of the most successful offers I have ever shared with Overseas Opportunity Letter readers... And it's closing out very...

Generational wealth bothers some people, from politicians who want to seize and redistribute it to the super wealthy who don't...

Money may not grow on trees... But it can grow under them... In the form of one of the most...

The U.S.-China trade war has the global economy in disarray. The manufacturing industry, in particular, has suffered significant losses due...

Forget pumpkins. What you really need to care about this October are mangos. Or avocados. Or limes. And, if you're...

For my Offshore Wealth Summit taking place in the W Hotel in Panama City this week, I added a new panel discussion...

Right now, Panama is building a cruise ship pier at the Amador Causeway in Panama City… It’s erecting a fourth...

Agatha Christie was a forward-thinker. Not just in her masterful plotting of murder plots, but financially, too. As her commercial...

In May, the S&P 500 declined by almost 7%. That is remarkable, considering it had one of the best starts...

Inflation erodes buying power over time. That's why inflation-resistant investments like real estate and precious metals should be a part...

In this Internet Age, you could start an international business anywhere. Local business options can be restricted in some jurisdictions...

Beware... the market is falling. The 10+-year bull run is finally coming to an end... and you stand to lose...

The advantages and rewards of buying and owning property overseas are greater right now than ever before in our lifetime....

I had a revelation the other day. I was researching long-term health care investment opportunities for my True Retirement Wealth subscribers when...

American investors are snapping up seriously undervalued property in Colombia thanks to the strength of the U.S. dollar against the...

Something to consider when investing in another country is the requirements for repatriating your funds if and when you decide...

I come from humble beginnings. The village where I grew up had fewer than a hundred houses… most of them...

I've written to you in the past about where the market is moving, which sectors will dominate the future, and...

In the summer of 1997, I got a phone call in my office in Baltimore. It was my global property...

Let me tell you about one of the best investing lessons I’ve ever learned. When I was in elementary school,...

The other day I walked along the local shopping avenue, where all the stores displayed large signs proclaiming "Big Winter...

If you're holding U.S. dollars, 2019 is the best year in a long time for harnessing your buying power abroad....

Agricultural production using aquaponics technology is on the rise… and so is the cost of investing in the opportunity that...

I'd call Leon our find of the decade. About this time last year, Kathleen and I launched a search. We...

As a New Year's exercise last year, I ran the numbers for a rough comparison. I was wondering how the...

No matter how big or small your real estate investment portfolio, it should include agriculture. We live in a world...

After Thanksgiving with family and old friends in Baltimore, Kathleen and I returned to Paris for six weeks. We seldom...

1871, Italy. After waging war among one another for much of the 19th century, states on the Apennine Peninsula finally...

In Colombia, the chime tilín-tilín, tilín-tilín of the bell on the horse-drawn carriage still announces the arrival of fresh fruits,...

2018 has been a great year for us global property investors... And it's not over yet. In fact, I'd say...

Panama City property values have been impressively resilient over the past 10 years. The global real estate crisis of 2008...

What are we doing in Panama? My husband and I came to this country in 2006 to escape winters in...

Two years ago I made a quick trip from France to Thailand to visit with a developer embarking on a...